BMC Ecology and Evolution

Bioacoustics and soundscape ecology

Guest Edited by Ashish Kumar Arya, Almo Farina, and Daniela Silvia Pace

Chemical signaling in plant and animal interactions

Guest Edited by Deguang Liu and Amélie Saunier

Ecosystem restoration, regeneration and rewilding

Guest Edited by Carmel McDougall and Nancy Shackelford

Automated and remote biodiversity monitoring

Guest Edited by Luiz Silva and Jenni Raitoharju

Biological invasions

Guest Edited by Gary Bucciarelli, Victoria Dominguez Almela, and Josie South

Citizen science in ecological research

Guest Edited by Gerid Hager and Benjamin Kent Haywood

Ecology and evolution of plant–pollinator interactions

Guest Edited by Jay D. Evans and Coline Jaworski

Evolution of vertebrate flight

Guest Edited by Michael Pittman, Thomas Alexander Dececchi, and Norberto Pedro Giannini.

World Bee Day 2024: A hive of research from the BMC Series

Behind the paper: The origin and evolution of woolly rhinoceros in the view of ancient DNA

Junxia Yuan and Guilian Sheng highlight how advancements in ancient DNA technology have enabled their research on the evolution of the woolly rhinoceros. Their findings suggest that Northern China could be a refugium and a key evolution center of the Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros.

Behind the Paper: Heads or tails? A new look at birthing strategies of extinct marine reptiles

Feiko Miedema tells us the story behind his paper using fossil evidence to investigate the evolution of ichthyosaur birth positions.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our first joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition! Bringing together art and science, the competition aims to showcase the beauty of ecology, evolutionary biology and zoological research. Guidelines to enter can be found here.  

Evidence South American theropods were blighted by bone diseases

Analysis of South American abelisaurid theropods reveals potential bone diseases like arthritis, shedding light on varied pathologies beyond injuries.

First filter feeding in the Early Triassic

Fossils suggests that a marine reptile from the Early Triassic sifted prey with plates similar to modern baleen whales, in an example of convergent evolution.