A genetic tool to manipulate litter size

    A male pheromone-mediated trade-off between female preferences for genetic compatibility and sexual attractiveness in rats

    A meal or a male: The 'whispers' of black widow males do not trigger a predatory response in females

    A new kind of auxiliary heart in insects: Functional morphology and neuronal control of the accessory pulsatile organs of the cricket ovipositor

    A new sensory organ in primitive molluscs (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida),and its context in the nervous system of chitons

    A wonderful network unraveled - Detailed description of capillaries in the prosomal ganglion of scorpions

    Alternative delivery of male accessory gland products

    Are accessory hearing structures linked to inner ear morphology? Insights from 3D orientation patterns of ciliary bundles in three cichlid species

    Are antimicrobial defences in bird eggs related to climatic conditions associated with risk of trans-shell microbial infection?

    Are ticks venomous animals?

    Bat guano as new and attractive chitin and chitosan source

    Behavioural response of a migratory songbird to geographic variation in song and morphology

    Biodiversity,ecology,and behavior of the recently discovered insect order Mantophasmatodea

    Biological adhesion of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano relies on a duo-gland system and is mediated by a cell type-specific intermediate filament protein

    Brain functioning under acute hypothermic stress supported by dynamic monocarboxylate utilization and transport in ectothermic fish

    Branchial NH4+-dependent acid-base transport mechanisms and energy metabolism of squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) affected by seawater acidification

    Breeding status and social environment differentially affect the expression of sex steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA in the brain of female Damaraland mole-rats

    Chloroplast incorporation and long-term photosynthetic performance through the life cycle in laboratory cultures of elysia timida (sacoglossa,heterobranchia)

    Circumpolar phylogeography of the northern pike (Esox lucius) and its relationship to the Amur pike (E. reichertii)

    Comparative myoanatomy of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha): A comprehensive investigation by CLSM and 3D reconstruction

    Control of shell pigmentation by secretory tubules in the abalone mantle

    Copulation or sensory cues from the female augment Fos expression in arginine vasopressin neurons of the posterodorsal medial amygdala of male rats

    Cross-bracing uncalibrated nodes in molecular dating improves congruence of fossil and molecular age estimates

    Detailed reconstruction of the musculature in Limnognathia maerski (Micrognathozoa) and comparison with other Gnathifera

    Development and epithelial organisation of muscle cells in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

    Development and juvenile anatomy of the nemertodermatid Meara stichopi (Bock) Westblad 1949 (Acoelomorpha)

    Development and organization of the larval nervous system in Phoronopsis harmeri: New insights into phoronid phylogeny

    Developmental dynamics of myogenesis in the shipworm Lyrodus pedicellatus (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

    Differentiated adaptive evolution,episodic relaxation of selective constraints,and pseudogenization of umami and sweet taste genes TAS1Rs in catarrhine primates

    Diversity,environmental requirements,and biogeography of bivalve wood-borers (Teredinidae) in European coastal waters

    Effect of chromosomal reorganizations on morphological covariation of the mouse mandible: Insights from a Robertsonian system of Mus musculus domesticus

    Effects of domestication on biobehavioural profiles: A comparison of domestic guinea pigs and wild cavies from early to late adolescence

    Embryonic oxygen enhances learning ability in hatchling lizards

    Environmental change and long-term body mass declines in an alpine mammal

    Erratum to: Environmental change and long-term body mass declines in an alpine mammal [Frontiers in Zoology 11,(2014) (88)] DOI: 10.1186/s12983-014-0069-6

    Evidence of cryptic and pseudocryptic speciation in the Paracalanus parvus species complex (Crustacea,Copepoda,Calanoida)

    Evolutionary history of Chaetognatha inferred from molecular and morphological data: A case study for body plan simplification

    Experiments in no-impact control of dingoes: Comment on Allen et al. 2013

    FASconCAT-G: Extensive functions for multiple sequence alignment preparations concerning phylogenetic studies

    Factors affecting the levels of protection transferred from mother to offspring following immune challenge

    Goats excel at learning and remembering a highly novel cognitive task

    Hard times in the city - attractive nest sites but insufficient food supply lead to low reproduction rates in a bird of prey

    Head morphology of Tricholepidion gertschi indicates monophyletic Zygentoma

    Historical biogeography of the neotropical Diaptomidae (Crustacea: Copepoda)

    Homing trajectories and initial orientation in a Neotropical territorial frog,Allobates femoralis (Dendrobatidae)

    Host responses to interspecific brood parasitism: A by-product of adaptations to conspecific parasitism?

    Identification of sequestered chloroplasts in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic sacoglossan sea slugs (Mollusca,Gastropoda)

    Insect immunity: Oral exposure to a bacterial pathogen elicits free radical response and protects from a recurring infection

    Litter size manipulation in laboratory mice: An example of how proteomic analysis can uncover new mechanisms underlying the cost of reproduction

    Medaka villin 1-like protein (VILL) is associated with the formation of microvilli induced by decreasing salinities in the absorptive ionocytes

    Minding the gap: In-flight body awareness in birds

    Modeling the origins of mammalian sociality: Moderate evidence for matrilineal signatures in mouse lemur vocalizations

    Naïve hosts of avian brood parasites accept foreign eggs,whereas older hosts fine-tune foreign egg discrimination during laying

    New developmental evidence supports a homeotic frameshift of digit identity in the evolution of the bird wing

    No evidence for assortative mating within a willow warbler migratory divide

    No evidence of conspecific brood parasitism provoking egg rejection in thrushes

    On vision in birds: Coordination of head-bobbing and gait stabilises vertical head position in quail

    Onychophoran Hox genes and the evolution of arthropod Hox gene expression

    Opponent familiarity and contest experience jointly influence contest decisions in Kryptolebias marmoratus

    Organization and metamorphic remodeling of the nervous system in juveniles of Phoronopsis harmeri (Phoronida): Insights into evolution of the bilaterian nervous system

    Overcoming the fragility - X-ray computed micro-tomography elucidates brachiopod endoskeletons

    Parental care,loss of paternity and circulating levels of testosterone and corticosterone in a socially monogamous song bird

    Past hybridization between two East Asian long-tailed tits (Aegithalos bonvaloti and A. fuliginosus)

    Rapid evolution of Anguillicola crassus in Europe: Species diagnostic traits are plastic and evolutionarily labile

    Regulation of red fluorescent light emission in a cryptic marine fish

    Reproductive cessation and post-reproductive lifespan in Asian elephants and pre-industrial humans

    Reproductive responses of birds to experimental food supplementation: A meta-analysis

    Roles of ecdysteroids for progression of reproductive cycle in the fresh water crustacean Daphnia magna

    Scale effects and morphological diversification in hindlimb segment mass proportions in neognath birds

    Second generation sequencing and morphological faecal analysis reveal unexpected foraging behaviour by Myotis nattereri (Chiroptera,Vespertilionidae) in winter

    Segmentation of the millipede trunk as suggested by a homeotic mutant with six extra pairs of gonopods

    Semi-automatic landmark point annotation for geometric morphometrics

    Sensing deep extreme environments: The receptor cell types,brain centers,and multi-layer neural packaging of hydrothermal vent endemic worms

    Shifty salamanders: Transient trophic polymorphism and cannibalism within natural populations of larval ambystomatid salamanders

    Song characteristics track bill morphology along a gradient of urbanization in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)

    Sympatric prey responses to lethal top-predator control: Predator manipulation experiments

    Temperature tolerance of different larval stages of the spider crab Hyas araneus exposed to elevated seawater PCO2

    The cerato-mandibular ligament: A key functional trait for grazing in damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

    The early development of the onychopod cladoceran Bythotrephes longimanus (Crustacea,Branchiopoda)

    The effect of carotenoid supplementation on immune system development in juvenile male veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus)

    The embryoid development of strigamia maritima and its bearing on post-embryonic segmentation of geophilomorph centipedes

    The evolution of metazoan aα-carbonic anhydrases and their roles in calcium carbonate biomineralization

    The evolutionary causes of egg rejection in European thrushes (Turdus spp.): A reply to M. Soler

    The first endemic West African vertebrate family - a new anuran family highlighting the uniqueness of the Upper Guinean biodiversity hotspot

    The importance of having a partner: Male help releases females from time limitation during incubation in birds

    The metameric pattern of Hypsibius dujardini (Eutardigrada) and its relationship to that of other panarthropods

    The nervous system of Paludicella articulata - first evidence of a neuroepithelium in a ctenostome ectoproct

    The role of juvenile hormone in dominance behavior,reproduction and cuticular pheromone signaling in the caste-flexible epiponine wasp,Synoeca surinama

    The role of osmotic stress transcription factor 1 in fishes

    Transcriptional profiling of reproductive development,lipid storage and molting throughout the last juvenile stage of the marine copepod Calanus finmarchicus

    Unveiling the factors shaping the distribution of widely distributed alpine vertebrates,using multi-scale ecological niche modelling of the bat Plecotus macrobullaris

    Xenopus embryonic epidermis as a mucociliary cellular ecosystem to assess the effect of sex hormones in a non-reproductive context