Digging into gopher evolution
This video summarises new research, recently published in BMC Evolutionary Biology, that finds that even closely related pocket gophers can use very different… Read more »
Christopher Foote
Chris is the Editor of BMC Cell Biology, BMC Ecology, and BMC Evolutionary Biology. Before joining BioMed Central in 2012, he did a PhD at the University of Glasgow and post-doctoral research at Iowa State University.
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- Neanderthals, troubles with children, and influential spiders – news from ESEB 2017 - 31st August 2017
- BMC Ecology is now accepting Registered Reports! - 24th August 2017
- BMC Ecology Image Competition 2017: the winning images! - 18th August 2017
Deep space travel’s radiation problem: what cosmic rays do to brains
This video summary discusses new research, recently published in BMC Genomics, that investigates the effects on mice brains of exposure to 56Fe ions - the same… Read more »
How the flatfish arose in the blink of an evolutionary eye
Flatfish are one of evolution’s more bizarre creations. Yet recent research has suggested their apparently unique morphology may have evolved more than once.… Read more »
Solving the enigma of the Azores
The Azores Islands present a riddle that has puzzled biologists since Darwin: why is their flora so much less diverse than that of other island archipelagos?… 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 tumor as an organ • Sexless… Read more »
Domesticated rabbits, vestigial ants and a curious seal – news from EED 2016
Evolutionary developmental biologists from across the world gathered in Uppsala, Sweden last week for the 2016 meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary… Read more »
How the tiger shark lost its placenta
Tiger sharks are notorious for having the widest food range of any shark, eating anything from fish, to birds, to dolphins. Less well-known, but equally… Read more »
A love-dart at the heart of sexual conflict in snails
During sex, snails pierce their mates with a ‘love-dart’ to chemically improve their chances of fathering children. New research, published today in BMC… Read more »
Hawk vs goose: how to cope with an unpleasant neighbour
What do you do when a very large and very angry goose wants to take over your nest? For the black sparrowhawk, as explained in new research recently published… Read more »
The origin of dragons: a Eurasian lizard invasion
How did the ancient collision of India and Asia affect the evolution of the dragon lizards found all over the region today? New research delves into how bygone… Read more »