The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that bursaries for those training to teach biology will be cut from £26,000 to £5,000 from the 2026/27 academic year. The Royal Society of Biology (RSB ...

The Royal Society of Biology’s BioArtAttack 2D competition combines science and art in a 2D format to celebrate and showcase the detailed observation of the natural world and the wonders of biology.

The winners of the Royal Society of Biology’s 2025 amateur photography competition have been announced. With over 1,300 entries this year – up 24% from last year – 10 images were shortlisted, and two ...

From the very first snowdrops of January to the last damselflies of late spring, thousands of eyes across Britain watched nature awaken this spring. The Signs of Spring Survey 2025, run in partnership ...

The grant builds on previous Defra funding which supported the establishment and ongoing management of the Plant Health Professional Register (PHPR) and associated training course, a suite of Plant ...

The Home Office has released the annual statistics for scientific procedures on living animals in Great Britain for 2024. According to the data, a total of 2.64 million scientific procedures on living ...

At the Royal Society of Biology, we’re delighted to welcome our new CEO, Dr Doug Brown FRSB, who takes up his post today, 1 September 2025. Doug was previously CEO of the British Society for ...

The Royal Society of Biology recently hosted its 14th annual Biology Week – a week of bioscience events across the globe. Biology Week 2025 featured 123 events and resources, 43% of which were ...

We have published a suite of documents setting out our vision for biology curricula across all four UK nations, presenting a coherent and cohesive approach to biology education and influencing policy ...

All members receive a free subscription to The Biologist, our award-winning and much loved membership magazine. We deliver overseas at no extra cost. Our Member Directory Browse the list of our ...

Welcome to the RSB's A-Z of the Biosciences video series! Each video focusses on a different area of biology, with our biologists sharing the highlights of their work. Each video has details of the ...