ABOUT

Mission

The aim is to make serious biology writing accessible without making it simplistic. Most popular science sacrifices nuance for readability. Biome tries to do both — to explain clearly and to explain properly.

Biology is the science of everything that lives. It deserves writing that rewards genuine curiosity, engages seriously with evidence, and treats complexity as something to be understood rather than smoothed over.

What Biome Covers

Biome covers biology in its broadest sense: evolution, genetics, neuroscience, ecology, cell biology, animal behaviour, and the natural world. No single discipline dominates — what matters is whether a topic has rigorous science behind it and something genuinely interesting to say.

Articles are published in two formats:

• Deep Dives — Long-form explorations of a single topic in biology — a process, an organism, a mechanism, or an idea. These pieces go into genuine depth and assume a reader willing to follow the argument all the way through.
• The Biology Of… — Short, focused pieces that take a familiar subject — an emotion, a behaviour, a material, a sound — and trace its underlying biology. Each piece answers one question thoroughly rather than several questions superficially.

Editorial Standards

These standards apply to every piece published, regardless of format or length. They are not aspirational guidelines — they are the conditions under which something gets published.

• Research-led — Every article is grounded in current scientific literature and primary sources. Claims are traced back to evidence.
• Accurate — Scientific accuracy is a baseline, not an aspiration. Where uncertainty exists, it is represented honestly.
• Clear — Jargon is used only when necessary and always explained. Writing should be accessible to any curious reader, regardless of background.
• Non-sensationalist — Biology is already remarkable. There is no need to inflate or overstate to make it interesting.
• Depth over breadth — Biome favours explanations that go properly into the underlying biology, rather than surface-level surveys.

Biome carries no advertising and accepts no payment for coverage. Editorial decisions are not subject to commercial influence of any kind.

Editor

Biome is founded and edited by Felix Walker. He studied biological sciences and has written about evolution, genetics, and ecology for several years.

The publication exists to address a consistent gap in biology writing: pieces that go into genuine scientific depth, treat readers as intellectually serious, and resist the urge to oversimplify. All editorial decisions — what is commissioned, what is published, and what is declined — are made on a single basis: scientific accuracy, explanatory depth, and quality of writing.