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Exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur, 4000 articles published, and why koalas can eat eucalyptus leaves – PeerJ monthly newsletter

Exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur, 4000 articles published, and why koalas can eat eucalyptus leaves – PeerJ monthly newsletter

by PeerJ Community | Dec 4, 2017 | Community

Here is a quick November round-up of news and developments at PeerJ. We have had a busy month launching a new community website at peerj.org, publishing 99 record breaking achievements of spiders, and featuring a discussion on the secrets hidden within koala poop!...
Armored dinosaur specimen is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found: Author interview with Caleb Brown

Armored dinosaur specimen is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found: Author interview with Caleb Brown

by PeerJ Community | Nov 30, 2017 | Community, Interviews

Yesterday we published an exciting paleontology paper by Caleb Brown titled ‘An exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur reveals the morphology and allometry of osteoderms and their horny epidermal coverings’. This ‘one-in-a-billion’ nodosaur...
New species of mites found living on ant pupae in Malaysian rainforest: Author interview with Adrian Brückner

New species of mites found living on ant pupae in Malaysian rainforest: Author interview with Adrian Brückner

by PeerJ Community | Nov 29, 2017 | Community, Interviews

Back in October, we published Infection of army ant pupae by two new parasitoid mites (Mesostigmata: Uropodina) by Adrian Brückner, Hans Klompen, Andrew Iain Bruce, Rosli Hashim, and Christoph von Beeren. The study describes two new Macrodinychus species of mites. The...
Software Heritage is a useful repository for scientists to discover, preserve and recognize the source code powering science.

Software Heritage is a useful repository for scientists to discover, preserve and recognize the source code powering science.

by PeerJ Community | Nov 27, 2017 | Community, Guest Post

Software is an essential component of 21st-century science workflows, yet it often receives little attention in formal scientific publication. Software citation is one way to encourage wider recognition of software’s role in scientific analysis. In 2016, we...
Gut instinct: How can koalas eat such toxic Eucalyptus tree leaves?

Gut instinct: How can koalas eat such toxic Eucalyptus tree leaves?

by PeerJ Community | Nov 17, 2017 | Community, Guest Post

The difference between koala poop and wombat poop is not only in shape! Different microbial communities point to why koalas are able to digest the leaves of Eucalyptus trees. Yesterday we published Gene and genome-centric analyses of koala and wombat fecal microbiomes...
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