Active parenting behaviors of the Caribbean spiny lobster
Explaining the wide range of animals’ parental behaviors remains an important issue in evolutionary biology. In this blog post, we discuss an article recently… Read more »
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A new golden era for biostatistics? News from ISCB 2016
BMC Medical Research Methodology, as well as the BMC Medical Evidence cluster, attended the 37th International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB) conference… Read more »
2Behind the Image: The Great Spotted Woodpecker
As beautiful as he may be, this great spotted woodpecker is not the star of this show. By perching on tree trunks, these birds disperse many species of bryophytes -… Read more »
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Sports-related injuries and illnesses in Paralympic athletes
A new study protocol, published this week in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, describes an upcoming prospective… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC-series: August 2016
The launch of BMC Zoology • ‘Exergaming’ vs. the gym • Sex specific response to kitten cries • Dying online • The… Read more »
Behind the Image: An Earthworm Labyrinth
Taken above the Colombian savanna, this photo shows hundreds of earth mounds created by large earthworms. Landscape ecology and… Read more »
Crossing the inter-cultural divide: thoughts on medical specialists’ communication skills
New research published this week in BMC Medical Education takes a look at intercultural communication of medical specialists and… Read more »
Mitochondrial evolution in snails gives hints on the adaptations from sea to land and beyond
New research, published this week in BMC Evolutionary Biology, investigates the genetic changes behind the evolutionary transition… Read more »
The launch of BMC Zoology
Attention everybody! We are excited to inform you that BMC Zoology, the latest addition to the BMC series, has launched today with… Read more »
Evolutionary lessons in the songs of island birds
In this blog we feature two articles published as part of this week’s launch of BMC Zoology illustrating how subtle variations,… Read more »