Benito's Explanations

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I am a 25 year old Biology PhD Researcher whose aim is to create highly engaging videos that combine my two loves: science and natural history! I am also ope...

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Hiding in plain sight How katydids evolved leafy costumes to trick predators (PLoS Biology 2025)

Butterflies that look alike, see alike (PNAS paper 2025)

Our final fieldwork in Yasuni (Ecuador), the Waorani + the future of Yasuni

i found the world's BRAINIEST butterfly!

On the Hunt for Amazonian GIANTS! (Yasuni, Ecuador)

Join Me, an Evolutionary Biologist, on a Night Hunt for the Amazon's Creepiest Creatures

I CREATED MY OWN BUTTERFLY SPORT IN THE RAINFOREST... for science

Butterfly Hunting in the AMAZON!!

Science in the Amazon - A Day in the Life Part 2

My latest paper diving even DEEPER into butterfly eyes and brains!

Science in the Amazon - A Day in the Life Part 1 (Yasuni, Ecuador)

Come to the Amazon Rainforest with me!!! (Yasuni, Ecuador)

Benito Wainwright Showreel 2023 Evolutionary Biologist and Presenter

Hot Topics with Benito Part 4 Leccy Lepidoptera (collab with Butterfly Conservation)

My first PhD research paper is out!!!!!

Hot Topics with Benito Part 3 Long Lived Butterflies (collab with Butterfly Conservation)

Hot Topics with Benito Part 2 Caterpillar Congregations (collab with Butterfly Conservation)

Hot Topics with Benito Part 1 Moths on the Move (collab with Butterfly Conservation)

Think Global Act Bristol Butterflies of Bristol

How i look inside butterfly HEADS...

BUTTERFLY EYES HAVE A SPECIAL HIDDEN SECRET...!

I'm Back! Lets go MOTH TRAPPING!

Benito Wainwright Showreel 2021 Evolutionary Biologist and Presenter

the secret of SPERM...

THE BRAINIEST BUTTERFLY (also, I hit 2K subs!)

What is a scientific review (plus more butterfly brain ramblings...)

BIOLOGY FROM THE BEDROOM CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!!

answering YOUR phdacademia questions...

WHAT IS THE BRAINIEST BUG

Tour of the Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol (Biological Sciences)