Biosecurity and bio-risk expert Dr Filippa Lentzos discusses the 'explosion' of high-risk research, genetic surveillance, and science misinformation - and says bioscientists must do more to understand ...

Learn to experiment with R to make analyses and figures more reproducible. A course for Laboratory team leaders who want to improve the way they manage their teams and Postdoctoral researchers who ...

Callum Roberts tells Tom Ireland how a network of protected areas of ocean can not only save marine biodiversity but help sustain the fishing industry in the long term The Biologist 66(3) p12-15 ...

Young Biologist Forum 2024 On Saturday 16th March, Royal Holloway University of London hosted on its beautiful campus the 3rd edition of the Young Biologist Forum. The event is fully organised by the ...

A recent symposium coordinated by the Swiss 3Rs produced excellent 3Rs content that we are pleased to include on the Royal Society of Biology Animal Licence Holders Accreditation Board web pages. As ...

Before the invention of synthetic dyes in the late 19th century, people relied heavily on plants to add colour to their world. Barbara Rush reports from a small corner of France dedicated to ...

What do laboratory technicians do? Find out about technicians and research assistants working in a variety of fields around the country by reading and watching the profiles below. Our Biology Week in ...

This project supports transition from primary to secondary school with peer to peer learning across age groups. Secondary students learn how to deliver the range of Gopher Science Lab activities to ...

It is all too easy to be partisan when writing or reviewing books on marijuana. Having an axe to grind, one way or the other, often means that facts are misrepresented or ignored. However, while the ...

Humans have a contrary attitude towards the animals that cohabit our local environment. Where we take delight in seeing a variety of vertebrates and invertebrates in our gardens, parks and woods, we ...

For the last five years Janelle Kaz has combined her love of nature and motorcycles on a two-wheeled intercontinental conservation adventure. She gives The Biologist a taster of the latest leg of her ...

Taylor Swift and Katy Perry may catch the attention of most youngsters, but it was the microbial world that captured the attention of this author as a child, and his opening pages vividly record the ...