zoology

Scientific Data, Published online: 22 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41597-026-08107-0 Chromosome-level genome assembly of Decorus decorus , an endangered labeonine cyprinid from China

Honeybee queens exposed to pesticides can shift some of the contamination into their eggs, revealing a previously unknown survival strategy. The process may protect the queen while putting developing offspring, and potentially the entire colony, at risk.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 22 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-65638-7 Influence of defatted winged termite ( Macrotermes natalensis ) inclusion levels in diets on caeca bacterial community of Ross 308 broiler chickens

Bumblebees combined separately learned facts to reposition a ball beneath an unreachable reward, including when the goal location was hidden.

Indonesia’s forestry minister named the baby Badar, a Malay word with Arabic origin meaning “full moon.” The mother’s name, Bulan, also means “moon” in Indonesian.

The unusual-looking bobolink is what's called a bilateral gynandromorph. The bird behaved like a male, eventually wooing a mate and raising fledglings

Snake is already under threat from industries like coffee farming and mining, researchers say

“House of the Dragon” may be on a two-year hiatus, but it is still making headlines — especially in the scientific community.

What sounds like a territorial threat is actually a sophisticated communication system, allowing lions to coordinate across vast distances while advertising their presence to rivals.

We are delighted to announce the winning images from the 2026 joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition. These images celebrate relationships in nature, as well as the researchers working to understand them.

A small frog living in a flooded corner of the Amazon has turned out to be something scientists had never formally recognized before. Some species hide in remote places. Others hide in plain sight. In the western Brazilian Amazon, scientists have identified a new frog species, Adenomera varcena, living in forests that are seasonally submerged [...]

A newly identified Congo monkey represents an ancient evolutionary lineage that may already be endangered. A partly hidden monkey appeared in a photograph taken deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2008. Researchers saw the animal again a decade later, this time clearly enough to begin investigating whether it represented something science had [...]

Did you know a shark can have a favorite swimming buddy? New research says bull sharks do — and they’re a lot pickier about their company than anyone gave them credit for. Bull sharks have a reputation as solitary, no-nonsense hunters. A six-year study at Fiji’s Shark Reef Marine Reserve just upended that entirely. Researchers […]