Everyone that contributes to this site is a professional biologist in one way or another, but contrary to what you might think we don't just sit around in laboratories 'experimenting'. This section is designed to give you an idea of the kind of work that we do on a day-to-day basis. This series of short essays by some of the Ask a Biologist team covers a range of topics in biology and palaeontology. Learn about some of the basics of biological research, how we do experiments, write scientific papers, name species, find dinosaurs and more!

How to become a biologist How to write scientific paper How to publish a scientific paper How to sequence DNA How we bring fossils 'back to life' What museums are for How conservation works

By David Hone By David Hone By David Hone By Stuart Longhorn By Adam Stuart Smith By Paolo Viscardi By David Warburton