New Scientist on Life
New Scientist's biology board: new species, fungi, fossils, soil microlife and the origin of life. Nearly 1,800 pins, with new ones added every week.
What it is
New Scientist is the British popular science magazine that has been explaining research to a general audience since the 1950s. On Pinterest it runs a set of topic boards, and "Life" is the biggest one about the living world, with nearly 1,800 pins. Each pin is the cover of a magazine story: a strong photo and a headline, and a click takes you to the article on the New Scientist site.
The board covers everything to do with life on Earth. Paleontology: fossil fruits showing that flowering plants flourished in the age of dinosaurs, and finds suggesting T. rex wasn't the only king. Zoology: the first new cat species named in a century, and a walking shark in Papua New Guinea that turned out to be new to science. Mycology: photo stories on the intricate beauty of fungi. And the big questions, such as whether the answer to life's origins has been hiding in our own cells all along.
Why we picked it
Science news usually gets lost in the general flood. Here it's gathered into one visual feed on one subject. Scrolling the board is like flipping through several years of a biology section: you see what scientists argue about, which discoveries made noise and which species were described recently. The images are chosen by the magazine's editors, so the feed is good-looking in its own right, with slime moulds, mosses under a macro lens and reconstructions of ancient animals.
The board is active. The magazine adds pins regularly, the latest in early October 2026. This isn't an archive abandoned after launch; it's a working channel for the newsroom.
It's also not all dry news. There are interviews, such as one with naturalist Chris Packham, and odd stories like a novelist explaining how a slime mould became the protagonist of his science fiction book. There's a "microscopic safari" through the hidden world of soil, with photos of what lives under our feet.
Where to start
- Scroll the top of the board for the freshest stories of the week.
- Look for the photo features on fungi, soil and new species; they're worth seeing even without reading.
- Click through on anything that grabs you; the pin opens the article on the magazine's site.
- Save interesting pins to your own board to build a personal science news file.
- If you like the format, try the profile's other boards: Space, Earth, Physics and Humans.
Who it's for
People who love biology and want to follow discoveries without subscribing to a dozen outlets. Students looking for report topics. Biology teachers who want a "story of the day" to open a lesson. Some articles on the magazine's site may sit behind its subscription, but the headline and image already tell you what the news is.
Quick answers
How many pins are there? Nearly 1,800, making it one of the magazine's largest boards.
How often is it updated? Regularly; the newest pins were added in October 2026.
Where do the pins lead? To articles on the New Scientist website.
