Stories from our Journals

Anoles on the Edge: Adapting to the Andes
How Andean lizards reveal the hidden power of temperature in driving evolution
3rd June 2025

Out of the Andes, Always Something New
How a new species of tropical butterfly eluded discovery by hiding in the snow
10th January 2025

Why do we Care About Frog Sex?
Examining the sex metadata bias in herpetological museum collections.
14th November 2024

Icons of Evolution: Why are there so many Darwin’s finches?
Uncover the remarkable new development in the understanding of the evolution of Darwin's finches, discovering evidence of extinctions for the first time.
23rd October 2024

International Botanists Vote to Change Offensive Plant Name
Last week the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which appear in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with a word that denotes their African origins.
23rd July 2024

Fearsome Flora: Plants that Bite Back
Inspired by a paper published in our Botanical Journal, Education Officer Dani Crowley investigates the mysterious world of carnivorous plants and their scientific and cultural legacy
24th October 2023