Tree of Life

  • 14 October 2024

    Artist and Tree of Life genome scientist Petra Korlević is celebrating the charm and wonder of invertebrates this October. Find out why Petra is capturing the secret world of moths, bees, beetles and anemones living across the British Isle and discover how you can develop your artistic skills.

  • Corals are bleaching at unprecedented rates due to human-induced climate change. Researchers studying the DNA of corals and the algae they live in symbiosis with aim to better understand how to protect them.
    2 October 202414.7 min read

    Corals are bleaching at unprecedented rates due to human-induced climate change. Researchers studying the DNA of corals and the algae they live in symbiosis with aim to better understand how to protect them.

  • 3 September 20186.7 min read

    The golden eagle genome is the first sequence completed as part of the 25 Genomes Project. Kat Arney talks to Rob Ogden about how this will help conservationists protect and manage these fabulous birds.

  • 25 Genomes Project update
    12 June 20183.4 min read

    More than half of the species' genomes have now been sequenced and assembled. But starfish, flatworms and truffles are a different matter, Dan Mead discovers

  • Job satisfaction: helping flatworms to chill out
    8 May 20182.5 min read

    Dan Mead is a happy man, here's why ...

  • Roesel's Bush Cricket: The trouble with crickets and their ever increasing genomes... Image: Richard Bartz, Wikimedia Commons
    23 April 20185.1 min read

    Crickets' genomes are tricky things, just when you think you know how big they are, they just get a whole lot bigger

  • 9 March 20184.3 min read

    Dan Mead discovers that conferences can be a great way to build fruitful research collaborations...

  • 8 March 20186.4 min read

    Finding a blackberry bush was as easy a pie, but then Dan discovered that there are 300 different species... and even experts struggle to tell the difference