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Spiders, Birds, and Snakes, Oh my!
To continue our spooktacular posts this October, we bring you a study which may have some arachnophobes rethinking their next vacation destination. The island of Guam is home to one of the densest...
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Prowling Catfish Catch Pigeons on Land
Cats hunt birds, and sea-birds hunt fish. And in some odd ecological pockets, catfish hunt pigeons. In a study published today by researchers at the University of Toulouse, France, scientists have...
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PLOS ONE News and Blog Round-Up: 2012 in Review
In this round-up, we would like to share with you some of the PLOS ONE articles covered by the media in 2012. Over one thousand papers published in PLOS ONE were covered in the news! Exciting as it is...
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As we start off the New Year, we wanted to take a quick moment and highlight a few noteworthy papers published in 2012. Of the 23,468 papers published last year, five are already in the top 12 most...
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Cervical Health Awareness Month
Health risks can be frightening, but ignorance to these risks can be even more terrifying. In the past, we have discussed a range of women’s health issues, including obesity, cardiovascular disease and...
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A geologist finds his way in a fossil forest (and makes a map for the rest of...
The rich colors and textures of Petrified Forest National Park represent millions of years of geological time, climate change, and peculiar plants and animals. Now you can find your way through these...
View ArticleMeet Vectidraco, a European pterosaur the size of a crow
Fossil records show that pterosaurs of all sizes and shapes flew through the skies of China and Central Asia about 145 to 66 million years ago. A new species of small pterosaurs described in a PLOS ONE...
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Tuberculosis: Raising Awareness Through Research
One of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases has been with us since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It has been found in thousand-year-old Egyptian mummies and is still present in...
View ArticleScience for Marathon Monday
Update: On Monday afternoon at 2:56pm, two explosions occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. In light of these events, PLOS ONE would like to express our deepest sympathies for the...
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Unlikely Critters Found in Avocado Orchards
Wildlife isn’t always restricted to wild spaces. Avocado orchards and other agricultural landscapes also buzz with species that forage and reproduce in these spaces. Birds and herbivores are able to...
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