Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 10, 2024

Spring haul-out behavior of seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas: implications for abundance estimation

Josh M. London, Paul B. Conn, Stacie M. Koslovsky, Erin L. Richmond, Jay M. Ver Hoef, Michael F. Cameron, Justin A. Crawford, Andrew L. Von Duyke, Lori Quakenbush, Peter L. Boveng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18160 PubMed 39399416

October 31, 2024

The behavior patterns of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) housed across 18 US zoos

Jason D. Wark, Katherine A. Cronin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18164 PubMed 39494299

October 29, 2024

Clocks at a snail pace: biological rhythms in terrestrial gastropods

Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador, Barbara Mizumo Tomotani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18318 PubMed 39494278

October 1, 2024

Changes of collagen content in lung tissues of plateau yak and its mechanism of adaptation to hypoxia

Jingyi Li, Nating Huang, Xun Zhang, Ci Sun, Jiarui Chen, Qing Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18250 PubMed 39372716

October 31, 2024

Phylogenetic and taxonomic revisions of Jurassic sea stars support a delayed evolutionary origin of the Asteriidae

Marine Fau, David F. Wright, Timothy A.M. Ewin, Andrew S. Gale, Loïc Villier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18169 PubMed 39494292

October 16, 2024

Proteomic analysis of giant panda testicular tissue of different age groups

Jing Peng, Tao Wang, Feiping Li, Shenfei Wang, Mengshi Zhang, James Ayala, Yuliang Liu, Rong Hou, Kailai Cai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18249 PubMed 39677950

October 24, 2024

Comparing efficacy in reducing pulling and welfare impacts of four types of leash walking equipment

Anamarie C. Johnson, Clive D. L. Wynne

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18131 PubMed 39465149

October 2, 2024

A new species of frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador

David Brito-Zapata, Juan D. Chávez-Reyes, Matheo David Pallo-Robles, Julio C. Carrión-Olmedo, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Carolina Reyes-Puig

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17939 PubMed 39372721

October 28, 2024

Development of a welfare assessment tool for tourist camp elephants in Asia

Raman Ghimire, Janine L. Brown, Chatchote Thitaram, Sharon S. Glaeser, Kannika Na-Lampang, Pawinee Kulnanan, Pakkanut Bansiddhi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18370 PubMed 39484216

October 10, 2024

Demography and predatory potential of Orius strigicollis on eggs of Plutella xylostella at two temperatures

Shakeel Ur Rehman, Xingfu Jiang, Mahnoor Saleem, Xingmiao Zhou, Bangqing Chen, Khalid Ali Khan, Ibrahim Osman Ibrahim, Hamed A. Ghramh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18044 PubMed 39399415

October 25, 2024

Deciphering the influence of evolutionary legacy and functional constraints on the patella: an example in modern rhinoceroses amongst perissodactyls

Christophe Mallet, Alexandra Houssaye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18067 PubMed 39469593

October 23, 2024

Combining citizen science, phylogenetics, and bioacoustics to inform taxonomy and conservation of the Near Threatened Proceratophrys paviotii (Anura, Odontophrynidae)

João Victor Andrade Lacerda, Diego J. Santana, Carla Guimarães, Alice Zanoni dos Santos, Alan P. Araujo, Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes, Sarah Mângia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17990 PubMed 39465155

October 30, 2024

Using vessels of opportunity for determining important habitats of bottlenose dolphins in Port Phillip Bay, south-eastern Australia

Maddison J. Ledwidge, Jacquomo Monk, Suzanne J. Mason, John P. Y. Arnould

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18400 PubMed 39494272

October 24, 2024

Ceciamaralia, a new genus of Dorvilleidae (Annelida) from deep waters of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean and an insight into its relationship within the family

Rafael de Oliveira Bonaldo, Tatiana Menchini Steiner, André Rinaldo Senna Garraffoni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18358 PubMed 39465156

October 9, 2024

The impact of three thioxothiazolidin compounds on trehalase activity and development of Spodoptera frugiperda larvae

Yan Wu, Shangrong Hu, Qixuan Mao, Dongmei Shi, Xiangyu Liu, Busheng Liu, Liyuhan Hua, Gao Hu, Can Li, Hongxia Duan, Bin Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18233 PubMed 39399419

October 25, 2024

Among the world’s smallest vertebrates: a new miniaturized flea-toad (Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic rainforest

Luís Felipe Toledo, Lucas Machado Botelho, Andres Santiago Carrasco-Medina, Jaimi A. Gray, Julia R. Ernetti, Joana Moura Gama, Mariana Lucio Lyra, David C. Blackburn, Ivan Nunes, Edelcio Muscat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18265 PubMed 39469590

October 14, 2024

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Sunda stink-badger (Mydaus javanensis) from the island of Borneo

Vijay Kumar Subbiah, Chrishen Robert Gomez, Dexter Miller Robben, Ranjita Subramaniam, Andrew James Hearn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18190 PubMed 39421424

October 22, 2024

Ecological features and insecticide resistance of Aedes albopictus in Xi’an, a high-risk dengue transmission area in China

Xiaogang Lei, Songtao Pang, Qipeng Zhang, Kun Xu, Wei Xue, Mingxu Wu, Xiangdong Li, Liangdong Jin, Guangshuai Li, Baozhong Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18246 PubMed 39465170

October 29, 2024

Cordyceps cateniannulata, a new potential strain for controlling Allantus luctifer from China

Xiaona Zhang, Yu Wu, Xue Peng, Can Liu, Guimin Yang, Qingfu Chen, Daochao Jin