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2016 Press Releases
November 15th, 2016
Three new species of miniaturized tropical salamanders are already endangered
October 4th, 2016
Extensive Deep Coral Reefs in Hawaii Harbor Unique Species and High Coral Cover
August 31st, 2016
The great elephant census reports massive loss of African Savannah elephants
July 18th, 2016
PeerJ launches a free jobs board for academic positions
June 30th, 2016
UK author and collaborator APC relief at PeerJ
June 14th, 2016
Discovery of a new mating position in frogs
May 10th, 2016
PeerJ Announces the Formation of the “PeerJ Preprints Advisory Group”
May 10th, 2016
Northern Galápagos Islands Home to World’s Largest Shark Biomass
May 4th, 2016
First-of-its-Kind Global Analysis Indicates Leopards Have Lost Nearly 75 Percent of Their Historic Range
April 12th, 2016
Swarming Red Crabs Documented on Video. Findings Represent New Southernmost Range for Species
April 5th, 2016
Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat
March 22nd, 2016
Researchers identify a single bacteria that grows 60 percent better on the International Space Station than on Earth
February 23rd, 2016
Untangling the Spider Tree of Life
February 2nd, 2016
Ship noise extends to frequencies used by endangered killer whales
January 19th, 2016
First Study of Arthropods in U.S. Homes Finds Huge Biodiversity
2015 Press Releases
November 10th, 2015
Scientists measure the “beauty” of coral reefs
October 19th, 2015
PeerJ announces new ‘APC’ option – a single low payment for full open access publication
September 22nd, 2015
New Research Finds that People Emit Their Own Personal Microbial Cloud
August 4th, 2015
Flexible vocalisations in wild bonobos show similarities to development of human speech
July 21st, 2015
‘Next-gen’ DNA sequencing of non-invasively collected hair expands the field of conservation genetics
June 23rd, 2015
Discovery in the US of the New Guinea flatworm - one of the worst known invasive species
June 12th, 2015
Can inhaled oxygen cause cancer?
June 4th, 2015
Seven new miniaturized frog species found in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
May 26th, 2015
One to Ovoid? Using 3D printing, researchers can study what causes birds to reject eggs with greater precision and repeatability
April 28th, 2015
Endangered corals smothered by sponges on overfished Caribbean reefs
April 13th, 2015
A sex difference in competitiveness even among the fastest runners
April 9th, 2015
New Evidence for Combat and Cannibalism in Tyrannosaurs
April 7th, 2015
Brontosaurus is back! The iconic long-necked dinosaur was not Apatosaurus after all
February 3rd, 2015
PeerJ aims to speed up the pace and openness of Computer Science publishing with launch of new journal PeerJ Computer Science
January 13th, 2015
Sizing up the giants that live in the ocean. Research team corrects inaccuracies and elucidates measurements for 25 marine species.
2014 Press Releases
November 18th, 2014
Unexpected cross-species contamination in genome sequencing projects
September 30th, 2014
Smithsonian Scientists Discover Coral’s Best Defender Against an Army of Sea Stars
September 16th, 2014
What’s for dinner? Rapidly identifying undescribed species in a commercial fungi packet
September 2nd, 2014
Researchers Find Asian Camel Crickets Are Now Common in U.S. Homes
September 2nd, 2014
Exceptionally well preserved insect fossils from the Rhône Valley
August 19th, 2014
Sequencing at Sea – performing real-time DNA sequencing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
August 12th, 2014
Is empathy in humans and apes actually different?
August 12th, 2014
The Maldives and the whale shark: the world's biggest fish adds value to paradise
July 17th, 2014
Birdsongs automatically decoded by computer scientists
June 24th, 2014
New Research Finds that Cell Phones Reflect Our Personal Microbiome
June 24th, 2014
Facelock: a new password alternative which plays to the strengths of human memory
June 12th, 2014
Tiny plants ride on the coattails of migratory birds
June 12th, 2014
Chimpanzees Spontaneously Initiate and Maintain Cooperative Behavior
June 3rd, 2014
Notifying speeding mariners lowers ship speeds in areas with North Atlantic Right Whales
April 3rd, 2014
Public exposure leads to an increase in corrections to the scientific record
March 25th, 2014
Neck ribs in woolly mammoths provide clues about their decline and eventual extinction
March 11th, 2014
Researchers show that bold baboons learn to solve tasks from other baboons
March 4th, 2014
Discovery in France of the New Guinea flatworm - one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world
February 27th, 2014
System-wide analyses have underestimated protein abundances and the importance of transcription in animals
February 18th, 2014
Asian elephants reassure others in distress
February 11th, 2014
With the addition of Stanford, 20 universities have now entered into an Institutional Arrangement with PeerJ
January 14th, 2014
A brief visit to a neighbourhood induces the social attitudes of that neighborhood
2013 Press Releases
December 10th, 2013
Europe's Rarest Orchid Rediscovered on 'Lost World' Volcano in the Azores
November 19th, 2013
Publish Open Access for free until end of the year in PeerJ
November 11th, 2013
Announcing unlimited free publishing in PeerJ Preprints
October 22nd, 2013
High school student discovers skeleton of baby dinosaur
October 1st, 2013
Scientists who share data publicly receive more citations
September 10th, 2013
UC Berkeley and the University of Cambridge enter into Institutional Arrangements for PeerJ publishing plans
September 10th, 2013
Positive emotion influences a depressive-to-happy state and increases life satisfaction
September 5th, 2013
New study shows scientific reproducibility is hampered by a lack of specificity of the material resources
August 13th, 2013
Study finds 'ray' wings sold to consumers includes vulnerable species & can be mislabeled
July 16th, 2013
The Line Islands Collection – Microbial dynamics of coral reef robustness and decline
April 10th, 2013
PeerJ Announces the First Institutions to Provide lifetime publishing plans to their Faculty
April 8th, 2013
PeerJ selected for indexing by PubMed Central (PMC), PubMed and Scopus
April 3rd, 2013
PeerJ Launches 'PeerJ Preprints' a new 'Preprint Server' for the Biological and Medical Sciences
April 2nd, 2013
Diversification in ancient tadpole shrimps challenges the term 'living fossil'
March 12th, 2013
What impact does a day of roller derby have on our skin microbiome?
March 5th, 2013
Viruses: More Survival Tricks than Previously Thought
February 19th, 2013
How the whale got its teeth
February 12th, 2013
PeerJ Publishes Its First Articles
February 12th, 2013
Study Shows Consumers Have Few Negative Reactions to the Results of Genetic Testing for Cancer Mutations
February 12th, 2013
Cognitive Scientists Advance the Art of Magic with a Study of Penn & Teller’s 'Cups and Balls' Illusion
2012 Press Releases
November 27th, 2012
Open Access journal PeerJ opens for submissions starting December 3rd
June 12th, 2012
New open access publisher introduces innovative business model - Pay once, publish for life