The Signaling Pathways Project is a multi-omics knowledgebase based upon public, manually curated transcriptomic and cistromic (ChIP-Seq) datasets involving genetic and small molecule manipulations of…
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Earth & Environment Tropical Agriculture
In this collection, we present a selection of PLOS articles representative of the innovative agricultural research taking place in tropical countries and driving forward the development of…
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Earth & Environment Ocean Sciences
Over the past decade, critical insights and advances have been made in the field of Ocean Sciences. From the use of eDNA barcoding, to investigations of ocean microplastics and studies of the effect…
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Biology & Life Sciences Rewilding and Restoration
This Collection brings together research articles that explore the design, implementation, management, and outcomes of restoration and rewilding projects in terrestrial, freshwater, marine, and urban…
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Earth & Environment Biodiversity Conservation
PLOS ONE takes great pleasure to announce the launch of our Biodiversity Conservation Collection. Biodiversity is the backbone of ecosystems and maintaining diversity through conservation is critical…
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Earth & Environment Plastics in the Environment
Plastic pollution in the natural environment is a global problem, with an estimated five trillion plastic pieces weighing over 250,000 tonnes afloat in the oceans in 2014 [1]. Plastic pollution has…
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Earth & Environment Life in Extreme Environments
The study of life in extreme environments is a highly interdisciplinary subject, which helps further the understanding of the biological and biogeochemical processes taking place in various…
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Earth & Environment Urban Ecology
This collection, curated by Academic Editor Christopher Lepczyk in collaboration with PLOS ONE staff editors, features some of the interdisciplinary urban ecology research published in PLOS ONE. From…
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Earth & Environment Measuring Forest Conservation Effectiveness
Scholars and practitioners have repeatedly called for more and better impact evaluation of conservation policies. This PLOS ONE collection brings together a series of studies that evaluate the…
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Biology & Life Sciences Oceanic Metagenomics Collection
The J. Craig Venter Institute's Global Ocean Sampling Expedition revealed an enormous amount of previously unexplored diversity in the world's oceans. In addition to the research articles, this…
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Earth & Environment Confronting Climate Change in the Age of Denial
Most scientists believe that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time -- if not the greatest challenge. Yet too often, efforts to communicate science-based information about the…