In 1988, French doctor Eliane Gluckman saved a five-year-old boy from North Carolina by treating him with what was then deemed medical waste. The boy had been diagnosed with Fanconi anaemia, a rare ...

In this ambitious book, biologist Tyler Volk attempts to describe the rich world around us in terms of an increasingly complex hierarchy of systems. Volk coins the phrase 'combogenesis' to describe ...

This is the sequel to Isabella Tree’s excellent book Wilding: The Return to Nature of a British Farm, which was published in 2018 and has sold a quarter of a million copies in eight languages. It is ...

A new analysis of the genes common to bacteria and archaea offers strong evidence that the earliest cells on Earth lived deep in hydrothermal vents, explains William F Martin The Biologist 64(2) ...

Fellow (FRSB): £223 (One off application fee of £18) Discounts of up to 50% are available* to those who are in full-time education, retired, unemployed or on a career break, as well as for members of ...

Ashley Leiman OBE, director of the Orangutan Foundation, explores the complex relationship between man and our closest relatives – the great apes The great apes are often perceived differently to ...

Thirty years ago in a small village in northern Italy, a young Scottish woman known as Dee* was taking a shower in the cottage she and her partner were renovating. She was unaware that their water ...

As Higher Education Institutions start to look towards the new academic year and working within ongoing restrictions due to COVID-19, many educators are looking at how best to teach technical skills ...

Conservation cannot avoid contradictions – every organism thrives at the expense of another, meaning it is impossible to protect all of nature. We all make choices about which aspects of nature to ...

Professor Sue Black's interest in anatomy started at just 14 while working in her local butcher's shop. She is now one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists, having investigated the scenes ...

Born in Laois, Ireland, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick specialises in neuro-orthopaedic veterinary surgery and has developed a range of bioengineering techniques – including stem-cell seeded bone implants ...