This week we published Energetics and evasion dynamics of large predators and prey: pumas vs. hounds by Caleb M. Bryce, Christopher C. Wilmers, and Terrie M. Williams. The study used accelerometer-GPS collars to investigate the advantages...
This week we published the study RNA expression and disease tolerance are associated with a “keystone mutation” in the ochre sea star Pisaster ochraceus by V. Katelyn Chandler and John P. Wares. Using RNA sequencing methods,...
The Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA) is the main meeting for the UK’s vertebrate palaeontology community. This meeting has been held annually in the UK, Ireland or France since 1953 and is held in...
Last week we published Two new species of the Brachycephalus pernix group (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the state of Paraná, southern Brazil, which describes two new toadlet species. Author Marcio Pie discusses the findings and their implications...
Scholarly communication in the 21st century is about providing access to the latest findings and being as transparent as possible about the scientific process. We are particularly aware of how efficient and open scholarly...
Early career researchers bear the brunt of negative effects created by closed research practices in a complex system of authority and assessment. In this guest post, Corina Logan, Research Fellow at the University of...
As part of our interview series with our Academic Editors, we caught up with paleobiologist Kenneth De Baets. We asked him about his research, his thoughts on academic publishing and open access, and how he balances...
What can a 4D view of bone structure tell us about the range of mechanisms that occur under axial loading in a typical vertebrate long bone? PeerJ recently published A study of the progression...
Last week we published Glial and stem cell expression of murine Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 in the embryonic and perinatal nervous system by Jantzen Collette, Lisha Choubey, and Karen Müller Smith. Fibroblast Growth Factor signaling...
A few months ago, we announced that PeerJ is now formally accepting a few new article types. You can choose from the following article types when starting your submission: We are thrilled to report that...
Today we published Revision of “Balaena” belgica reveals a new right whale species, the possible ancestry of the northern right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and the ages of divergence for the living right whale species by Michelangelo...
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