Royal Society Of Biology

This year’s Intermediate Biology Olympiad is now open for registrations!
The competition will take place between 7th – 4th June 2019 and is open to students aged 16 – 17 years old.
The Intermediate Biology Olympiad tests students’ biology knowledge and encourages them to continue studying the biosciences beyond school.
... Students who take part in the competition can reference their participation in their further/higher education applications.
High scoring students will receive certificates and be invited to an awards ceremony in London. All participating students are also eligible to receive free BioNet membership with the Royal Society of Biology for one year.
A new reduced participation fee has been introduced for 2019 to encourage students to enter the competition.
Find out more about the Intermediate Biology Olympiad: www.rsb.org.uk/intermediate-olympiad
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The Biology Challenge 2019 is now open for registration!
The competition for 13-15 year olds takes place between 6th – 26th March. It aims to stimulate students’ curiosity for the natural world and encourages them to take an interest in biology outside of school.
High scoring students will receive certificates and be invited to an awards ceremony in London. All participating students are also eligible to receive free BioNet membership with the Royal Society of Biology for one... year.
Find out more about the competition: www.rsb.org.uk/challenge
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Check out some seahorse lovin 💙
As many people know, it’s the male seahorse that carries the fertilised egg, not the female, with the male carrying up to 1,500 eggs for up to 45 days before delivering many tiny but perfectly formed offspring.
What you see here is the male (right) filling his empty pouch with water, indicating that it is ready to receive offspring. The female (left) then puts her ovipositor into the male’s brood pouch and deposits dozens... to thousands of eggs, all whilst spiralling and floating together.
Seahorses will court for several days prior to breeding, to ensure the couple are synchronised and ready for egg transfer.
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