Finalists from the 2022 Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research discuss The Ape Research Index. Note: PLOS is delighted to…
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Biology Ape Research Index (ARI): Quantifying the effect of previous experience in research tasks on cognitive skills in captive chimpanzees
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Behind the paper Behind the paper: identifying brain areas that control non-vocal communication
In this ‘behind the paper’ post, Eric Schuppe discusses how seeing a woodpecker drumming up close and a new collaboration changed the…
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Behind the paper Behind the paper: hunting for herpesvirus — the search for a transmissible vaccine vector
In this ‘behind the paper’ post, Megan Griffiths discusses the challenges of studying herpesvirus transmission by vampire bats in South and Central…
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Biology Speciation: a Few Big Genes or Many Little Ones?
by Simon Martin, Richard Merrill and Chris Jiggins NOTE: This blog post has been substantially abridged and edited by PLOS…
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Biology The XV Collection: Living l’AVIDA loca — origins of multicellularity
by Harmit Malik Even before John Maynard Smith formalized the term, evolutionary biologists have been fascinated by major evolutionary transitions…
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Biology PLOS Biology in the media – July
The year is flying past, and July has been another month with several of our papers making the news. This month…
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Biology PLOS Biology in the media – June
June has been a busy month at PLOS Biology and this month we’ve covered a whole spectrum of Biology from…
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Cell biology Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease, modelling chromatin dynamics, ant obstacle courses
Check out our Editors-in-Chief’s selection of papers from the May issue of PLOS Computational Biology. Quantitative theory of deep brain stimulation of…
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Biology PLOS Biology in the media – May
This year is flying by, and May was another bumper month at PLOS Biology. In May we’ve covered all things hair…
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Biology The XV Collection: Effective Conservation Requires Science-Based Decisions
by Georgina Mace The efforts made by conservationists to preserve vulnerable species and sustain critical ecosystem services face increasing challenges. Funding…
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Biology PLOS Biology in the media – April
April was a truly diverse month at PLOS Biology. This month we are talking about gravity-defying fungi, representation of endangered species…
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Biology PLOS Biology in the media – March
March has been a bumper month at PLOS Biology with lots of research hitting the press. A selection of our top…