Category: Translating Science

Listen to this article: Are you speaking my language? We know that whales are mammals, just like us. They breathe air, are warm-blooded and give birth to live young. Some whales, like the humpback whale, have an artistic flare and can sing songs! But what we also share with these

Deep in the rainforests of Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, monkeys swing through the trees, tapirs wander through dense vegetation, and ocelots move silently through the shadows. It is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, a living paradise filled with extraordinary wildlife. But behind this beauty lies a growing

As we settle down for the night, the day is just beginning for the stoic tawny owl. Silently swooping around our urban jungles, with the whirring of traffic and the dazzling glow of streetlights, how do our owls fare in the urban metropolis?
What stands between a salmon and its journey home? From quiet rivers to the open ocean and back again, salmon undertake one of nature’s most extraordinary migrations. But in our ever changing work, this journey is becoming harder to complete.

New collaborative research from leading conservation scientists at the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), BTO (British Trust for Ornithology), and ZSL’s Institute of Zoology has found that we must change the way we feed our garden birds, or risk losing some of our most iconic species. Eurasian

Secondhand shopping is often sold as the solution to the fashion industry’s overconsumption problem. Yet, research shows shopping secondhand only supplements other forms of shopping. Unconscious processing in our brains could be responsible, and learning to recognize it would give us a way out of the overconsumption cycle.

Most people in the UK will be familiar with our favourite household parasites: head lice, fleas, and ticks. But did you know that parasites come in all forms, from tiny microscopic organisms to larger worms? In fact, almost every animal, including humans, can host parasites at some point, and some

Imagine you‘re sat on the coast, several metres above the water. The strong cliff wind blows your hair in all directions, while the flight of gulls and fulmars livens up the sky. A kestrel hunts just within your field of vision, diving down towards a hidden stretch of land below

The view from the bus – somewhere in Turkey. Photo: Maddie Kirby. The case for the slow lane. I gazed out the window as the landscape shifted from rugged mountains to busy roads lined with low-lying buildings, the bus finally coming to a stop in the centre of a town.

Image of thriving coral reef, taken from Canva. As if floating through outer space, gazing at the surface of an unfamiliar planet, divers are awestruck by the view that unfolds below them. Although not quite alien, the kaleidoscopic expanse of animal colonies covering tropical seabeds is often compared to the

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