Journal Of Zoology Podcasts

Listen to the first Journal of Zoology podcast, creating discussions around some of the best research published in the Journal in 2008, featuring interviews with authors of the papers below. Follow the links to read the free articles online.

Editor-in-Chief, Nigel Bennett, discusses 2 papers which he particularly liked and explains why they are good examples of the type of research the Journal aims to publish: "Restricted ranging behaviour in a high-density population of urban badgers", "Boys will be boys: social affinity among males drives social segregation in western grey kangaroos". And Lucinda Haines speaks to the authors of recent papers to find out in a little more depth what their research has unearthed.

Lucinda Haines speaks to the authors of the following papers published between April and June: "Population density and the evolution of male aggression", "Mate plugging via genital mutilation in nephilid spiders: an evolutionary hypothesis", "Can a spider web be too sticky? Tensile mechanics constrains the evolution of capture spiral stickiness in orb-weaving spiders", "Dynamics of Mara–Serengeti ungulates in relation to land use changes". Reviews Editor, Steven Le Comber, then discusses 3 papers which he found particularly interesting from the same period: "A 3D geometric morphometric analysis of digging ability in the extant and fossil cingulate humerus", "When is a species not a species? Uncoupled phenotypic, karyotypic and genotypic divergence in two species of South African laminate-toothed rats (Murinae: Otomyini)", "Vigilance in Przewalski's gazelle: effects of sex, predation risk and group size".

Editor Virginia Hayssen discusses the contradictory findings of the paper, "Birth size and postnatal growth in cave- and bridge-roosting Brazilian free-tailed bats"; Anne Braae from the Editorial Office speaks to the authors of the following papers: "Hurt yourself to hurt your enemy: new insights on the function of the bizarre antipredator mechanism in the salamandrid Pleurodeles waltl", “Vestigial skeletal structures in dinosaurs”; Paul Sherman talks about his comprehensive review, “Avian longevities and their interpretation under evolutionary theories of senescence”; lastly, Eduardo Arraut and Anne Braae discuss the research presented in the paper, “The lesser of two evils: seasonal migrations of Amazonian manatees in the Western Amazon”