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BMC Zoology

Latest collections open to submissions

eDNA metabarcoding and metagenomics in zoology

Endangered species and conservation challenges

Life at the limits: animal adaptations to extreme environments

Marine mammals: adaptations, challenges, and conservation strategies

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The Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) in Saskatchewan, Canada: current distribution and life history traits of a novel invasive species

Exploring stress and morphology in two songbird species across urban, agricultural, and natural habitats on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos

Influence of temperature on production of the amphipod Parhyale hawaiensis

Parasitic life and environment of monogenean: geometric morphometric study of haptoral anchors in seven Diplorchis species (Monogenea: Polystomatidae)

Exploring shape diversity and sexual dimorphism in two populations of Nigma conducens through geometric morphometrics

Fishing for iodine: what aquatic foraging by bonobos tells us about human evolution

Nymphister kronaueri von Beeren & Tishechkin sp. nov., an army ant-associated beetle species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae) with an exceptional mechanism of phoresy

LemurFaceID: a face recognition system to facilitate individual identification of lemurs

White-nose syndrome fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, on bats captured emerging from caves during winter in the southeastern United States

Understanding the dynamics of physiological impacts of environmental stressors on Australian marsupials, focus on the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

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