33 papers
This study reveals that while juvenile giant clams (*Tridacna gigas*) can survive sublethal warming and acidification, their symbiotic relationship is compromised by altered gene expression and reduced photosynthetic efficiency, with temperatures exceeding 32°C causing total mortality, thereby underscoring the urgent need for conservation and climate mitigation efforts.
This study utilizes the deep learning system DeepSqueak to characterize the systematic ontogeny of Adelie penguin chick vocalizations in the wild, revealing that calls become longer and more frequency-modulated with age, thereby enhancing passive acoustic monitoring capabilities for assessing climate impacts on these vocal-dependent seabirds.
This study demonstrates that acoustic monitoring can detect consistent differences in sound signatures between stressed and non-stressed black soldier fly larvae, suggesting its potential as a non-invasive tool for remote welfare assessment in dark, feed-covered environments.
This study characterizes the unique symbiotic relationship between the acoel *Convolutriloba macropyga* and *Tetraselmis* algae, revealing a complex lifecycle involving both vertical and horizontal transmission, distinct spatial localization of symbionts (both extracellular and intracellular), and specific metabolic adaptations in the host.
By reconstructing the complete life histories of approximately 90,000 female tsetse flies in Zimbabwe using ovarian dissection and temperature-dependent development models, researchers demonstrated that meteorological conditions, specifically NDVI and temperature, significantly influence fly and egg sizes, thereby enabling the prediction of future population dynamics to enhance vector and disease control efforts.
By using a robotic flapping wing and flow measurements, this study demonstrates that precise adjustments to wing elevation and pitch timing during transitions significantly alter aerodynamic force magnitude and direction, providing mechanistic insights into animal flight control and strategies for tailless drone maneuvering.
This study reveals that Aldabra giant tortoise populations, particularly translocated ones, suffer from critically low hatching success driven by high early embryo mortality, underscoring the necessity of monitoring reproductive productivity rather than relying solely on adult census data to accurately assess population health and prevent future collapses.
This study demonstrates that the Mendelian inheritance and independent RNA expression of specific white spot syndrome virus endogenous viral elements (WSSV-EVE) in giant tiger shrimp correlate with enhanced survival rates following viral challenge, suggesting a viable protocol for breeding viral-tolerant shrimp stocks.
This study establishes *Garra rufa* as a novel laboratory model for human-related research by providing a comprehensive histo-anatomical atlas and confirming its unique ability to survive and remain active at human body temperature (37°C), distinguishing it from the more temperature-sensitive zebrafish.
While irrigating green sea turtle nests with cooled seawater effectively reduced incubation temperatures by up to 5.6°C without altering key soil conditions, the strategy resulted in extremely low hatching success (1.5%) due to late-stage embryonic mortality, suggesting that although early embryos tolerate saline sand, the method is currently limited by its adverse effects on mature embryos.
This study demonstrates that while both mild lysis and homogenization introduce distinct taxon-specific biases in insect occurrence data, combining homogenization with biological spike-ins enables reasonably accurate abundance estimates, advancing the potential of DNA metabarcoding for robust quantitative biodiversity monitoring.
This study analyzes over 2,000 fossil molars from Central Europe to characterize the distinct species *Stenocranius anglicus*, revealing how its morphological diversity fluctuated with climatic stages before undergoing simplification and eventual extinction in the early Holocene.
This paper presents a comprehensive protocol for rearing, dissecting, and performing temporal transcriptomic profiling on multiple *Schistocerca* species to investigate density-dependent phenotypic plasticity, with a specific focus on rapid tissue stabilization and RNase-free workflows for downstream single-tissue genomic analyses.