The Biology Education Research Group (BERG) was formed in 2010 with the aim of bringing together those with a strong interest and expertise in the field of education research in the biosciences. The ...

If your school’s Head of Biology, Head of Science, CPD Lead, or Senior Leadership Team members aren’t yet involved, we encourage you to connect them with the TPN. Their input will help shape ...

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In 2012 American biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her collaborator, Emmanuelle Charpentier, proposed that CRISPR – a group of genes and molecules used by bacteria to recognise and destroy viral DNA – ...

Professor Janey Henderson studied at Aberdeen and Manchester Universities before gaining her PhD from Durham University, a CASE award with Rothamsted Experimental Station. Janey completed ...

The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the name given to the most recent common ancestor of all existing life on Earth. It is the population of cells from roughly four billion years ago from ...

A sperm's journey from insemination to fertilisation can be likened to running a marathon. In order to win, runners must possess the perfect suite of morphological, physiological and genetic traits, ...

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 ...

Everything that the sea casts on to the shore tells a story. Some objects give us glimpses into the lives of marine creatures living nearby. Others speak of long-distance voyages on the ocean waves.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that around a third of all soils are degraded due to erosion, being overworked or industrialisation. At the same time, the pressure is on ...

The Elements book series from Cambridge University Press provides an introduction to central ideas in the philosophy of biology. While some scientists are sceptical of the utility of philosophy of ...

The powerful smell produced by male goats is notorious. But while most of us don't find it attractive, female goats find it highly alluring. The male pheromone sets her hormones racing. Charles Darwin ...