1. Dr Arnold Berliner (1862–1942), physicist and founding editor of Naturwissenschaften

   • Sven Thatje

   Editorial 05 December 2013 Pages: 1105 - 1107

   

2. To drink or grasp? How bullet ants (Paraponera clavata) differentiate between sugars and proteins in liquids

   • Jennifer Jandt
   • Hannah K. Larson
   • Terrence P. McGlynn

   Original Paper 06 November 2013 Pages: 1109 - 1114

   

3. Sex pheromone component ratios and mating isolation among three Lygus plant bug species of North America

   • John A. Byers
   • Daniela Fefer
   • Anat Levi-Zada

   Original Paper 15 November 2013 Pages: 1115 - 1123

   

4. Tolerating an infection: an indirect benefit of co-founding queen associations in the ant Lasius niger

   • Christopher D. Pull
   • William O. H. Hughes
   • Mark J. F. Brown

   Original Paper 14 November 2013 Pages: 1125 - 1136

   

5. Sexually dichromatic coloration reflects size and immunocompetence in female Spanish terrapins, Mauremys leprosa

   • Alejandro Ibáñez
   • Alfonso Marzal
   • José Martín

   Original Paper 20 November 2013 Pages: 1137 - 1147

   

6. Geographical variation in parasitism shapes larval immune function in a phytophagous insect

   • Fanny Vogelweith
   • Morgane Dourneau
   • Jérôme Moreau

   Original Paper 05 December 2013 Pages: 1149 - 1161

   

7. Consequences of electrical conductivity in an orb spider's capture web

   • Fritz Vollrath
   • Donald Edmonds

   Original Paper 10 December 2013 Pages: 1163 - 1169

   

8. A giant spider from the Jurassic of China reveals greater diversity of the orbicularian stem group

   • Paul A. Selden
   • ChungKun Shih
   • Dong Ren

   Original Paper Open access 07 December 2013 Pages: 1171 - 1181

   

9. Juvenile hormone–dopamine systems for the promotion of flight activity in males of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa appendiculata

   • Ken Sasaki
   • Takashi Nagao

   Short Communication 16 November 2013 Pages: 1183 - 1186

   

10. Larval anatomy of the pterobranch Cephalodiscus gracilis supports secondarily derived sessility concordant with molecular phylogenies

    • Thomas Stach

    Short Communication 06 December 2013 Pages: 1187 - 1191