[ **up: [[Science]]** ] --- # Biology + [[Life (Biology)]] - [[Taxonomy (Biology)]] - **[[Classification of (these) living things]]** - [[Anatomy and physiology]] - [[Biodiversity]] - [[Botany]] - [[Death (Biology)]] - [[Evolution (Biology)]] - [[Fertilisation (Biology)]] - [[Form and function (Biology)]] - [[Genetics]] - [[Homeostasis (Biology)]] - [[Organisation (Biology)]] - [[Reproduction and sex]] - [[Sex (Biology)]] - [[Zoology]] --- ## Vivid descriptions of (active) scientific research > “… a field station on an island run by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The island and surrounding peninsulas were part of a nature reserve entirely covered by forest, apart from a clearing for dormitories, a canteen and lab buildings. There were greenhouses for growing plants, drying cupboards filled with bags of leaf litter, a room lined with microscopes, and a walk-in freezer packed with samples: bottles of tree sap, dead bats, tubes containing ticks pulled from the backs of spiny rats and boa constrictors. posters on the noticeboard offered cash rewards to anyone who could source fresh ocelot droppings from the forest.”[^1] > [[“The forest and its inhabitants dispel any illusions that scientists are in charge.”]][^2] [^1]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake. 'Entangled Life', 2021.|Entangled Life]]* (UK: Vintage, 2021), p. 12. [^2]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake. 'Entangled Life', 2021.|Entangled Life]]* (UK: Vintage, 2021), p. 13.