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While it is currently difficult to measure the population age-structure of mosquitoes, researchers are developing technologies to understand how time… Read more »
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A protective nesting association with white storks aids the spread of an invasive parakeet from urban into rural habitats
Dailos Hernández-Brito, author of a new publication in Frontiers in Zoology, takes us through a commensalism relationship between an invasive bird,… Read more »
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BMC Series highlights: June 2020
• Colorectal cysts: A simple model system for testing the efficacy of CAR-T cells against malignancies • Bipolar disease is… Read more »
New method helps target local butterfly conservation efforts
In the UK, abundance trends of butterflies has typically always been calculated at a national level, however in new research… Read more »
Bovines, Bilharzia and Benin: does Schistosoma hybridization happen in cattle?
Researchers from Benin and France uncovered a missing piece of the puzzle for human-cattle schistosome hybridization.
The new ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines are here
Today, BMC Veterinary Research publishes the new ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines. Editor Dr. Hayley Henderson discusses the importance of… Read more »
One Health at the Dog Park: canine intestinal parasites common across USA
Whether travelling with their owners or moving long distances to be adopted, pet dogs are integrated into our modern mobile… Read more »
Organising COVID-19 data will help us respond more swiftly to this and future pandemics
Many countries are now easing coronavirus restrictions despite a great amount of uncertainty ahead. Returning to normality is a… Read more »
Vampire bat rabies: is it actually 100% fatal?
New research demonstrates that livestock can be exposed to rabies virus and survive. Scientists have detected rabies virus… Read more »
European bats discovered as hosts for leishmaniasis infection
Bats have been identified as reservoir host for Leishmania parasites in Spain.