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 ...

a total of around 600trillion (6×1014) synapses. This suggests that the brain has about 300 times as many connections as ChatGPT-4. However, it is unlikely that the competence of these systems is ...

The Natural History Museum, London, is known for publishing excellent books and ‘A History of Plants in 50 Fossils’ is another tour de force to add to its catalogue. Telling the story of plant life on ...

Highly Commended: Krish Desha Beerachee, aged 11, from Oatlands Junior School Highly Commended: Rahni Spaul, aged 9, from Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls Highly Commended: Sky Walker, aged 11, ...

These resources were created around the time of the 2012 Olympics and offer a fun way to explore adaptations in animals and could be used as part of activities related to various different biology ...

Palaeoart is the term given to the striking and often controversial depictions of ancient creatures and ecosystems. We spoke to six palaeoartists about how they reconstruct ancient scenes and what a ...

Bird Brother is a very personal story of hope, redemption, and sheer guts. Rodney Stotts begins his tale as a youngster dealing cocaine on the streets of Washington DC, running from the police, toting ...

Over 19 chapters, Mammalogy Techniques is a laboratory manual for the student and tutor. Chapters one and two are dedicated to the primary resources for identification: the skull and teeth. Diagrams, ...

Find out which minerals and materials are needed to make a smartphone in this poster available to download for free, or to buy pre-printed from The Geological Society's Education Team. Scientific ...

It is difficult to know where this book would be placed in a library or bookshop. In the medicine section? On the gardening shelves? Possibly among the pharmaceutical or plant biochemistry texts?

People think of chameleons as the masters of camouflage, but the coleoids – octopuses, squid and cuttlefish – are far ahead in terms of manipulating their appearance[1]. Because their skin appearance ...

Full HUBS membership is open to university departments interested in contributing to debates on priorities in the biosciences. The Head of Department is normally the point of contact but they can also ...