The Royal Society of Biology would like to congratulate five Fellows who have been recognised in this year’s New Year Honours ...

Some universities have year long industrial placements built into their bioscience degree courses. Under the watch of an assigned supervisor they allow students to build upon skills learnt through ...

After collaborating with Field Studies Council last year for the first time on the Signs of Spring citizen science project, ...

The Events Working Group (EWG) is a new initiative by the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) to curate and manage high-quality, accessible events for individual and organisational members. Its primary ...

Trocchio, a professor at the University of Lecce, who took care of the press room at the time, did not like the technical jargon I had used – and rightly so. He used a word that we would never have ...

recent announcement of £280 million for universities to help research continuity during the COVID-19 response. Dr Mark Downs CSci FRSB, chief executive of the Royal Society of Biology said, “We ...

his belief that science is ‘too important not to be part of popular culture’. The RSB is also delighted that Professor Neil Gow CBiol FRSB and Professor James Prosser OBE FRSB, a member of the RSB ...

David W Laist Johns Hopkins University Press, £33.50 David Laist's work on right whales is an astounding purchase. The majority of the 22 chapters offer a comprehensive history of whaling in the North ...

Gary Hogben reports on efforts to protect leatherback turtle eggs in Costa Rica The Biologist 66(1) p14-17 It’s 3am. I am sitting in a small rain shelter, attached to a fenced enclosure, on the ...

Membership of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) is open to learned societies, membership organisations, corporate bodies and councils operating in the biological sciences, as well as to schools and ...

Former ecologist Emma Smart talks to Emma Wrake AMRSB about her recent arrest at an Extinction Rebellion protest, and why more and more scientists are joining the activist group Earlier this month, ...

their entry, which stands 1.7 metres tall. The piece is made from black cloth, felt fabric, hot glue and various scraps of yarn, finger knitted. Their teacher, Alison Tew, said, “I am absolutely ...