A new study by Kammer, @schob.bsky.social and colleagues shows C₃ plants acclimated to ambient (~40 Pa) or reduced (~30 Pa) CO₂ still reduce stomatal frequency as CO₂ rises, with lower-CO₂ plants having smaller apertures, highlighting consistent yet environment-sensitive responses. plos.io/4tQQUY2

A new study by @ingrid-pollen.bsky.social and colleagues presents a slide-scanning protocol to digitize microscope collections, producing high-res 3D images of biodiversity specimens and revealing billions of previously undercounted samples, improving access and preservation. plos.io/4d4lBC6

A new study by Madden and colleagues finds temperature effects on barn swallow nestling growth depend on developmental timing, sibling competition, and parental feeding, with early-life cold and low care increasing vulnerability to climate variation. plos.io/48FVdx1

A new study by @laurynbenedict.bsky.social and colleagues finds companion parrots often learn and use names, sometimes applying them as individual vocal labels in social contexts like greetings and attention-seeking, highlighting their capacity for name-like communication. plos.io/4ugUeLZ

A new study by den Haan and colleagues shows bowhead whale feeding dives can be identified by speed, body pitch/roll and fluke rate, revealing depth-dependent changes in movement that improve detection of foraging beyond dive shape alone. plos.io/4edNjOU

A new study by Smedberg and colleagues finds joint outdoor exercise for dog–owner pairs boosts vigorous activity and cuts sedentary time in owners, with modest effects in dogs, highlighting One Health approaches to improving activity. plos.io/4cUdDLw

A new study by Wu and colleagues shows juvenile green turtles in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Santa Elena display varied residency and space use, with larger turtles ranging more widely across habitats and size-linked seasonal patterns informing conservation of key foraging grounds.

Thrilled to see an excellent #stomata paper pop up in @plosone.org's publications this week! Really nice work on the effects of CO2 adaptation and environmental influences on stomatal function and development: doi.org/10.1371/jour... #plantscience #plantsci 🌿🧪🔬🌱

A new study by Kelly and colleagues uses ocean transport modelling to show that Antarctic krill catches at South Georgia are strongly influenced by upstream advection from the Antarctic Peninsula, highlighting the region as a sink dependent on shifting Southern Ocean currents.

I had a very fun chat with @lastshow.bsky.social about our research on how parrots use names. @viktoriagroiss.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

A new study by @cabbageleek.bsky.social and colleagues uses openly available data (OpenAlex, Wikidata, GBIF) to assess European taxonomy capacity, revealing ~31,000 authors but uneven coverage and mismatches with biodiversity policy needs across key taxa.

A new study by Emond and colleagues characterises a CRISPR zebrafish C9orf72 knockout model for ALS, showing motor and growth defects consistent with loss-of-function, and identifies pizotifen malate as a candidate compound improving motor deficits across species.

A new study by Makarewicz and colleagues shows that Iron Age livestock herders at Tel Hazor used both local and distant grazing areas, suggesting that everyday agro-pastoral mobility persisted despite political conflict and that ancient borders were highly permeable. plos.io/4sX6FM5

Can parrots 🦜 learn the names of people and animals they live with? Yes. Do they use them correctly? Sometimes. Read more about how parrots of many species use names in our recently published article: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @viktoriagroiss.bsky.social @chris-birdnerd.bsky.social #parrots

Vale Peter Raven, champion of plants and biodiversity. 'In one of his lectures, he described biodiversity as “the whole business”—the sum of organisms, their variations and the communities they form. It was a plain phrase for a concept of considerable scope.' news.mongabay.com/2026/04/pete...

A new study by McNally and colleagues finds that 36% of loggerhead turtle hatchling emergences in Florida involved disorientation, strongly linked to artificial lighting, beach position, and moonlight, highlighting spatial hotspots and the need for lighting regulation.

A new study by Benoit, Fernandez and @jenniferbotha.bsky.social reports a non-mammalian synapsid embryo, a Lystrosaurus specimen from South Africa, revealing an in-ovo curled posture and suggesting egg-laying with precocial development in early synapsids.

New study in @plosone.org shows evidence of egg-laying in Lystrosaurus, a non-mammalian synapsid from the Triassic of South Africa, shedding light on early mammalian reproduction. www.science.org/content/arti... journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Other Lives obituary of the brilliant Ruth Francis, my former @nature.com colleague. Ruth also worked at @cancerresearchuk.org, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @bmc.springernature.com and @f1000publishing.bsky.social, and was chair of @stempra.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

A new study by Greving and colleagues finds that psychological ownership in citizen science participants increases later feelings of pride, suggesting that when volunteers feel a project is “theirs,” it can boost motivation and sustained engagement.

A new study by Nowack and colleagues finds black bears show diverse foraging strategies during caribou calving, with higher meat intake linked to greater overlap with calving grounds but not movement patterns, highlighting opportunistic responses to pulsed prey.

A new study by Carpenter and colleagues finds a native avian predator (weka) has little overall impact on burrow-nesting tītī seabird breeding success, with larger, denser colonies buffering predation, although risks may rise if tītī populations decline.

New research concludes that Lystrosaurus, a dicynodont therapsid that lived before the Permian extinction and which are considered ancestors to mammals were egg layers. 🧪https://www.popsci.com/science/did-mammal-ancestors-lay-eggs/

We are pleased to share our new paper on the Iberian Aurignacian. We employed a quantitative approach to explore techno-typological variability and test its spatio-temporal dimension. @palomadelalasca.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

A new study by Brochard and colleagues experimentally replicates Paleolithic bas-relief carving, showing how techniques and expertise shape surface traces, and providing new criteria to identify methods and skill in prehistoric art.

A new study by Kobayashi‑Ujiie and colleagues shows that 5‑HT1B receptor agonists like zolmitriptan promote Schwann cell myelination and improve peripheral nerve function in a mouse model of congenital demyelinating neuropathy.

Oaquim and colleagues use diatoms to reconstruct Antarctic past ozone changes. Their results indicate that the magnitude of recent ozone depletion is unprecedented over the past 7,700 years.

A new study by Narayan Prasad Koju, @rckglobal.bsky.social and colleagues finds snow leopards, leopards, and Himalayan wolves coexist in Nepal via niche partitioning, differing in diet despite spatial and temporal overlap, reducing competition in alpine ecosystems. plos.io/4v4kNVS

A new study by Guerrero‑Vázquez and colleagues shows that deploying two side‑by‑side camera traps per site significantly increases detected species richness, number of photographic records, and reduces time to first detection for medium and large mammals in biodiversity surveys.

In our latest Editorial Spotlight, Academic Editor Mahmoud Yaish talks to staff editor @sarahjose.bsky.social about his research on plant stress physiology, ensuring fair and thorough peer review, and the importance of #OpenScience. everyone.plos.org/2026/04/13/e...

A new study by @annesmiley.bsky.social and colleagues shows that restored Eastern oyster reefs’ habitat context significantly influences sediment nitrogen burial rates, highlighting how restoration can increase nitrogen removal in coastal ecosystems. plos.io/3NXJanm

Bhaumik and colleagues show that the gelatinous zooplankton Oikopleura dioica is physiologically resilient to ocean alkalinity enhancement across tested alkalinity increases, with abundance and feeding unchanged, highlighting its tolerance to future carbon‑removal strategies.

Contracting muscles release a protein that boosts cognitive function, generates new neurons and improves connections between neurons, especially in the hippocampus, the part of the brain that converts short-term memory to long-term memory. www.nbcnews.com/health/aging...

PLOS One is 20! This Editorial reflects on the journal's development: "Over the past 20 years, we learned that there is broad community support for PLOS One’s founding principles... [However,] the most enduring lesson we have learned is that our principles matter more than profits."

A new study by Walsh and colleagues finds that Anopheles mosquito sibling species differ in blood host preferences and competitive dynamics across natural vs human‑dominated habitats, with implications for malaria vector persistence and control strategies.

Happy 20th birthday to PLOS One! 🎉 Our Editor-in-Chief has written this Editorial about its history, accomplishments, and lessons learned 🎂

A new study by Quigley and Amdam shows that in honeybees, age doesn’t alter blood‑brain barrier permeability much, but heavy Varroa mite parasitism increases transcellular permeability, revealing a stressor‑linked threat to bee neural protection. plos.io/4tgOBwF

A new study by Hurst and colleagues shows that Bechstein’s bats adjust habitat use within forest wind parks, with proximity to turbines influencing their foraging and movement patterns. These insights could inform wildlife–renewable energy planning. plos.io/4uVrCce

A new study by Al‑Hajri and colleagues finds that the Sequoia gene is essential for proper central nervous system development in Drosophila, affecting axon extension and guidance in embryonic nerve tracts. plos.io/4vaFVKm

Happy birthday to our younger (but much bigger) sibling!! 🎂

Today is #WorldHealthDay and also the One Health High-Level Summit and Global Forum of WHO Collaborating Centres. These recent articles highlight the focus on #OneHealth and “Together for health - Stand with science”: plos.io/3Qpo8yP plos.io/4skoDHR plos.io/4bWyyi0 plos.io/4cWBxHV #StandWithScience

A new study by Teich and colleagues demonstrates that large language models can effectively extract and link 19th‑century wildlife mentions from historical texts to modern biodiversity databases, offering a scalable way to build long‑term species datasets.

New research by Georgios Orfanidis and colleagues: "Identifying suitable habitats under climate change for non-targeted demersal fish in the Mediterranean Sea" journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

A new study by @fmercad.bsky.social and colleagues finds that two lemur species in Madagascar share similar niches but differ in range size, highlighting how subtle differences in niche requirements can shape a species’ habitat use and vulnerability to environmental change.

Shocked to hear about the death of Ruth Francis - Ruth RIP stempra.org.uk/resources/ne...

Conference attendance! If you're heading to the European Lung Cancer Congress in Copenhagen, keep an eye out for our Senior Editor Alex Tosun! 🧪 #ELCC26 @atosun.bsky.social

The cell biology community mourns the loss of Catherine Rabouille, an exceptional scientist whose determination, innovation, and fearless engagement with ideas reshaped how we think about cellular organization. #InMemoriam from @adamgrieve.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

📢 New publication in PLOS Biology ERINHA is proud to have coordinated this perspective on strengthening international biosafety and biosecurity practices. Read it here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

A new study by Fahim and colleagues showed that temperature and LPS exposure alter coelomocyte counts, protein levels, and reproduction in Arbacia punctulata, revealing impacts of combined stressors.