This latest book on dinosaurs from the author, a palaeontologist at London’s Natural History Museum, comprises 50 short chapters which each focus on a fossil from the museum’s collection – or from a ...

dams provide an underwater entrance to their lodges. Dams can affect water quality and the hydrograph because they act as silt and nutrient traps and their structure as well as resultant ponds provide ...

drystone walls. Some stones stand proud of the surface and are easy to spot, while others are nestled among long grass or nettles. The casual turning over of such stones disturbs the creatures ...

But that’s rare. I think we tolerate behaviour that can make women feel unsupported, alone, like they just don’t want to hack it. We let that go on. That’s why I talk a lot about men being allies. It ...

Above: Lasius flavus workers with a cocoon in a disturbed nest. Picture courtesy of the author. What happens when an ant colony needs to relocate? Dr Elizabeth Evesham CBiol FRSB explains the ...

We have a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) in place with the College of Applied Biologists, based in British Columbia, Canada, whereby Registered Professional Biologists (R.P.Bio.) in Canada can be ...

Growing the future is a report from the Royal Society of Biology Plant Science Group, published under its previous name, the UK Plant Sciences Federation. Launched in January 2019, the report ...

part time. Masters by research Students interested in research can advance into a Masters of research (MRes). A research Masters includes a small proportion of lectures but the majority of your time ...

'face'. The pharynx has two stylets that are used to pierce food items before they are sucked up. They have four pairs of stubby legs, two for each of four body segments. They have a brain and paired ...

The President’s Medal is awarded to those individuals who have supported the Royal Society of Biology in an exceptional way, going above and beyond the normal volunteer role and having a significant ...

This summer marks 50 years since humans first walked on the moon. Colleen Deane and Nathaniel Szewczyk explain why now is an exciting time for UK space science, and how bioscientists and citizen ...

in resistance research. It is often remarked that some pests evolve resistance more easily than others – the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), for example (see 'I will survive',below ...