Complex cancer decisions, no easy answers
With the many different options now available for the treatment of cancer, it can be very difficult for both clinicians and patients to decide on the… Read more »
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11th International Conference on Behavior, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife
BMC Zoology recently attended the International Conference on Behavior, Physiology and Genetics in Wildlife, organized by the Leibniz Institute of Zoo… Read more »
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New research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology finds that when co-founding a new colony, ant queens may bury other queens to… Read more »
When foes become friends
Parasites are, by their nature, harmful to their hosts and considered unwanted guests. This must not always be the case though, as… Read more »
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To conclude our 'behind the image' series, we present our final image from the BMC Ecology Image Competition 2017. A serene… Read more »
Sustainable Earth – science, policy, society
Today, BMC launches its new journal, Sustainable Earth. Peter Newman, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, talks about the need for… Read more »
The unexpected health risks of climate change
Krisztian Magori highlights the underappreciated health risks of extreme events made more frequent and intense by unmitigated… Read more »
Pangolins: the World’s Cutest Creature You’ve Never Heard Of
Curious and cute, pangolins are among the strangest of mammals. Here we discuss new research, recently published in BMC Genomics,… Read more »
Behind the Image: Oystercatchers at dawn
The early bird catches the oyster. Trevor Sherwin caught this image on the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand. Here he tells us more… Read more »