In this brave new world of the Anthropocene – a whole epoch defined solely by humanity’s ability to crap in its own…

For many people, the recent festive period was more about spending time with family, eating too much and being generally merry…

By 2016, most scientifically literate people have come to accept the inevitability of climate change. But what’s much less clear is how…

Just how awesome are bats? It’s easy to forget that one in five species of mammal on this planet have wings capable…

When an American dentist killed a beloved African lion named Cecil last summer, the world responded with outrage. But for biologists, the…

Here are our highlights from September’s PLOS Computational Biology: Model-Based Reasoning in Humans Becomes Automatic with Training Automaticity develops with task…

Here are our highlights from July’s PLOS Computational Biology Neutral Models of Microbiome Evolution There has been an explosion of research…

In this bumper week for PLOS Biology, you can read about bat navigation, transmission of longevity, new neurons for old brains, how…

In PLOS Biology this week you can read about modelling Ebola containment measures, a conceptual framework for IPBES, and new insights into…

In PLOS Biology this week you can read about wolves in Yellowstone National Park, regulation of hair growth, how proteins evolve new…

The second of our Deep Reads blog series follows the PLOS Genetics Deep Reads article, “Strands in the History of Molecular Genetics&rdquo…

In PLOS Biology this week, you can read research articles about the regulation of glial cell activation, zinc regulation in E. coli…