Bee colonies are increasingly falling victim to colony collapse disorder. Its time we understood the causes and took action to protect this vital species.

How do organisms like ants evolve, where many are sterile and help others to breed?

Reflections on Professor Graeme Reid’s speech: ‘Why should the taxpayer fund Science & Research?’ …

Extraordinary science carried out by normal people like you and me included in the top 6 Darwin awards …

Citizen participation in science has never been stronger, but what happens when the Cit gets extreme? …

“I studied Zoology.” “Oh right, the study of zoos.” “Not exactly.” Zoology is the study of ANIMALS and it’s one of those science disciplines that rarely gets the reaction that chemistry or physics have come to expect. The response is normally one of confusion – why would anyone want to study something that has no […]

A novel instrument capable of detecting single molecules of explosives such as TNT has been built using carbon nanotubes and, strangely, bee venom proteins. The detector draws upon the discovery that carbon nanotubes emit a specific spectrum of infra-red light depending on the chemical environment. Carbon nanotubes, by themselves, are not able to detect TNT.  […]

Ever since French entomologists August Magnan and  André Sainte-Lague famously declared that bee flight was aerodynamically impossible, a popular myth has prevailed that the phenomenon of bee flight is beyond our current scientific capabilities to explain. In fact, it was beyond our reach for over 70 years. However,  in 2006 a team of researchers from […]