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biologist

[bahy-ol-uh-jist] / baɪˈɒl ə dʒɪst /


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"The topic remained so exciting that it became my doctoral thesis," says the biologist.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Rick Bass is a writer, a former wildlife biologist and geologist, an environmental activist, and program director for the Montana Project, which helps artists advocate for open space and conservation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

“These mosquitoes really like living with us,” Douglas Norris, a vector biologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told me.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Francis Bunker, a freelance and independent marine biologist, kept finding the tiny seaweed in samples he had collected on that survey.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

For William Bateson, the English biologist, the conversion took about an hour—the time spent on a speeding train between Cambridge and London in May 1900.*

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

New research from evolutionary biologists at Syracuse University, University of Siena, Italy, and University of Szeged, Hungary, points to a more complex picture.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Marine biologists and fisheries scientists believe human influence is the main cause - impact on climate; hydropower systems that eels have to migrate through; pollution and contamination; introduction of exotic parasites; and overfishing.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

As they do yearly, Marine biologists and wildlife officials urge fans to respect Neil’s privacy and let him molt: The more peace he gets, the more we can look forward to his next visit.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

But the endangered fish surprised them: A team of biologists recently spotted 30 of the rare trout — and 21 babies — in Topanga Creek.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Indeed, armed with microscopes, cell biologists had become accustomed to a cellular world in which visible structures performed identifiable functions within cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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