Wen Bo Liao, China West Normal University, China It is my great honor to serve as Associate Editor for the Journal of Zoology and I am looking forward to reading your manuscripts on ecology, morphology, biogeography, genetics and evolution in anurans. I graduated in 2009 in evolutionary biology in Wuhan University. I am now a... Continue Reading →
Timothy Richard Halliday, 73, a zoologist, conservationist and artist, died on 10th April 2019, after a long illness caused by lymphoma, in Oxford, England. Tim Halliday was one of the fathers of the study of sexual selection and a leading light in amphibian conservation, he was also a talented illustrator and will be sorely missed... Continue Reading →
Kaczmarek, Ł. , Roszkowska, M. , Fontaneto, D. , Jezierska, M. , Pietrzak, B. , Wieczorek, R. , Poprawa, I. , Kosicki, J. Z., Karachitos, A. and Kmita, H. (2019), Staying young and fit? Ontogenetic and phylogenetic consequences of animal anhydrobiosis. Journal of Zoology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12677 Anhydrobiosis is commonly defined as desiccation tolerance that denotes the... Continue Reading →
Boulinguez‐Ambroise, G. , Zablocki‐Thomas, P. , Aujard, F. , Herrel, A. and Pouydebat, E. (2019), Ontogeny of food grasping in mouse lemurs: behavior, morphology and performance. Journal of Zoology, vol. 308, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12652 The stars of the study by Boulinguez-Ambroise and colleagues are tiny, furry and large-eyed critters: the grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus).... Continue Reading →
Dorning, J. and Harris, S. (2019), Quantifying group size in the red fox: impacts of definition, season and intrusion by non‐residents. Journal of Zoology, vol. 308, issue 1, pp. 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12650 Despite being one of the most familiar British mammals, there are still huge gaps in our knowledge about red foxes, especially their social lives.... Continue Reading →
Maia, C. M. and Volpato, G. L. (2019), What to choose when the best preference is not available: does the Nile tilapia follow a linear sequence of preferences? Journal of Zoology, vol. 307, pp. 274-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12646 Our interest for studying fish preferences came to us because of welfare concerns, where it is supposed that fish... Continue Reading →
Jamie Winternitz, Bielefeld University, Germany I am very excited and honored to serve as an associate editor of the Journal of Zoology. Recognized for publishing stimulating research that spans the wide breadth of animal ecology, behavior, and evolution, the Journal of Zoology journal is truly integrative. This multidisciplinary perspective is something that I share... Continue Reading →
Meredith Palmer, Princeton University, USA I am an NSF postdoctoral fellow with the Pringle Lab (http://pringle.princeton.edu) at Princeton University (https://eeb.princeton.edu/), studying predator-prey dynamics in African and North American terrestrial mammal systems. The overarching goal of my work is to tease apart the direct and indirect effect of predators on prey behavior, prey demography, and... Continue Reading →
Taylor, Q. and Cox, C. L. (2019), Evidence of predation risk increases with body size in a diminutive snake. Journal of Zoology, vol. 307, pp. 141-148. doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12627 The Georgia Southern University-Savannah Science Museum Herpetology Collection is something of a liminal space. The gently buzzing lights, the rows and rows of dead snakes and frogs preserved... Continue Reading →
