The riddle of “life,” a biologist’s critical view Heinz Penzlin Review 02 September 2008 Pages: 1 - 23
Variation in levels of reactive oxygen species is explained by maternal identity, sex and body-size-corrected clutch size in a lizard Mats OlssonMark WilsonCaroline Isaksson Original Paper 27 August 2008 Pages: 25 - 29
Surface functionalized amorphous nanosilica and microsilica with nanopores as promising tools in biomedicine Ayesha RahmanDipankar SethArunava Goswami Original Paper 13 September 2008 Pages: 31 - 38
Keeping the blood flowing—plasminogen activator genes and feeding behavior in vampire bats Åsa Tellgren-RothKatharina DittmarDavid A. Liberles Original Paper 13 September 2008 Pages: 39 - 47
Sex mosaics in a male dimorphic ant Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Juri YoshizawaKohei MimoriKoji Tsuchida Original Paper 17 September 2008 Pages: 49 - 55
Predation and aggressiveness in host plant protection: a generalization using ants from the genus Azteca Alain DejeanJulien GrangierJerôme Orivel Original Paper 03 October 2008 Pages: 57 - 63
Immune activation affects chemical sexual ornaments of male Iberian wall lizards Pilar LópezMarianne GabirotJosé Martín Original Paper 07 October 2008 Pages: 65 - 69
Isolation of five Rubrobacter strains from biodeteriorated monuments L. LaizA. Z. MillerC. Saiz-Jimenez Original Paper 25 October 2008 Pages: 71 - 79
Feather-like development of Triassic diapsid skin appendages Sebastian VoigtMichael BuchwitzRobert Georgi Original Paper 03 October 2008 Pages: 81 - 86
Biased sex ratio and low population density increase male mating success in the bug Nysius huttoni (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) Qiao WangXiong Zhao HeLorraine K. Davis Original Paper 07 October 2008 Pages: 87 - 91
Does weather shape rodents? Climate related changes in morphology of two heteromyid species Mosheh WolfMichael FriggensJorge Salazar-Bravo Original Paper 09 October 2008 Pages: 93 - 101
Sex identification in female crayfish is bimodal Laura AquiloniAlessandro MassoloFrancesca Gherardi Original Paper 11 October 2008 Pages: 103 - 110
Nacre and false nacre (foliated aragonite) in extant monoplacophorans (=Tryblidiida: Mollusca) Antonio G. ChecaJoaquín Ramírez-RicoAntonio Sánchez-Navas Original Paper 09 October 2008 Pages: 111 - 122
Do feather-degrading bacteria affect sexually selected plumage color? Matthew D. ShawkeyShreekumar R. PillaiGeoffrey E. Hill Original Paper 14 October 2008 Pages: 123 - 128
Inhibition of lipid peroxidation by extracts/subfractions of Chickrassy (Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss.) Rajbir KaurTarunpreet Singh ThindSaroj Arora Short Communication 28 August 2008 Pages: 129 - 133
Triple tracks in CR-39 as the result of Pd–D Co-deposition: evidence of energetic neutrons Pamela A. Mosier-BossStanislaw SzpakLawrence P. G. Forsley Short Communication 01 October 2008 Pages: 135 - 142
The evolutionary origin of auditory receptors in Tettigonioidea: the complex tibial organ of Schizodactylidae Johannes StraußReinhard Lakes-Harlan Short Communication 08 October 2008 Pages: 143 - 146
Airborne myxomycete spores: detection using molecular techniques Akiko KamonoHisaya KojimaManabu Fukui Short Communication 03 October 2008 Pages: 147 - 151
Seasonality of spawning by tropical anguillid eels around Sulawesi Island, Indonesia Sam WouthuyzenJun AoyamaKatsumi Tsukamoto Short Communication 11 October 2008 Pages: 153 - 158
Male fighting and “territoriality” within colonies of the ant Cardiocondyla venustula Sabine FrohschammerJürgen Heinze Short Communication 16 October 2008 Pages: 159 - 163
Summer dormancy in edible dormice (Glis glis) without energetic constraints Claudia BieberThomas Ruf Short Communication 26 November 2008 Pages: 165 - 171