PeerJ talks to Profesor Leandro Rodriguez-Viera from The University of Cádiz about "Characterization of the populations of upside-down jellyfish in Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba" published in PeerJ Life & Environment as part of the IABO Hub. The IABO...
New Articles Published in the IABO Hub
Four more articles have now been published in the IABO Hub, including one from Hub Editorial Team member Valentina Costa. These articles follow on from the IABO Hub's first published research article “Evaluation of DNA metabarcoding for identifying fish eggs: a case...
Author Interview – “Evaluation of DNA metabarcoding for identifying fish eggs: a case study on the West Florida Shelf”
PeerJ talks to Professor Mya Breitbart from the University of South Florida about her latest research article "Evaluation of DNA metabarcoding for identifying fish eggs: a case study on the West Florida Shelf", published in PeerJ Life & Environment as part of the...
Mezcal worm in a bottle: DNA evidence suggests a single moth species
A new PeerJ Life & Environment study looked to identify the species of larva found in bottles of Mezcal. Mezcal is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave. Are people consuming larvae of the skipper butterfly Aegiale hesperiaris, or the larva...
World Seagrass Day 2023 – PeerJ Highlights Collection and IABO Hub Call For Papers
March 1st 2023 marks the first annual World Seagrass Day! This day was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in May 2022 following a resolution proposed by Sri Lanka to emphasize the conservation of this important marine habitat. To celebrate World Seagrass...
New research turns what we know about bird window strikes inside-out
New research from William & Mary published in PeerJ Life & Environment reveals that decals intended to reduce incidents of bird window strikes—one of the largest human-made causes of bird mortality— are only effective if decals are placed on the outside of the...
Opening the black box of bird-window collisions: passive video recordings in a residential backyard
A new study by Brendon Samuels and colleagues from Western University and Purdue University published in PeerJ Life & Environment examines bird-window collisions in a residential backyard. Bird-window collisions happen all over the world throughout the year, but...
Trends and biases in African large carnivore population assessments
A new study by Paolo Strampelli and colleagues from the University of Oxford, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa and Panthera published in PeerJ Life & Environment provides the first systematic review of African large...
Author interview: Nine best practices for software repositories and registries
PeerJ talks to Daniel Garijo about the recently published PeerJ Computer Science article Nine best practices for research software registries and repositories. The article is featured in the PeerJ Software Citation, Indexing, and Discoverability Special Issue. ...
Can cats and coyotes co-exist?
New study by Rebecca N Davenport at Loyola Marymount University published in PeerJ Life & Environment - Spatiotemporal relationships of coyotes and free-ranging domestic cats as indicators of conflict in Culver City, California finds cats and coyotes both use...










