Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 5, 2024

Nonadjacent dependencies and sequential structure of chimpanzee action during a natural tool-use task

Elliot Howard-Spink, Misato Hayashi, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Daniel Schofield, Thibaud Gruber, Dora Biro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18484 PubMed 39650560

December 24, 2024

Description of two new Apseudopsis species (A. larnacensis sp. nov and A. salinus sp. nov.) (Tanaidacea: Crustacea) from the Mediterranean and a biogeographic overview of the genus

Anna Stępień, Piotr Jóźwiak, Sergio C. Garcia Gómez, Eleni Avramidi, Kleopatra Grammatiki, Myrsini Lymperaki, Frithjof C. Küpper, Patricia Esquete

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18740 PubMed 39735564

December 19, 2024

Updated range distribution of the non-native Asian green mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) at Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luciana V. R. de Messano, José E. A. Gonçalves, Alexandre D. Kassuga, Alexandre R. da Silva, Bruno P. Masi, Héctor F. Messano, Denny Fardin, Ricardo Coutinho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18649 PubMed 39713141

December 23, 2024

Unique dental arrangement in a new species, Groenlandaspis howittensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Middle Devonian of Mount Howitt, Victoria, Australia.

Austin N. Fitzpatrick, Alice M. Clement, John A. Long

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18759 PubMed 39726751

December 23, 2024

DNA metabarcoding reveals diet diversity and niche partitioning by two sympatric herbivores in summer

Ruofei Li, Dandan Wang, Zhiming Cao, Yuqin Liu, Wenguo Wu, Wuhua Liu, Jianwen Zhan, Yongtao Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18665 PubMed 39726746

December 6, 2024

Taurine stimulation of planarian motility: a role for the dopamine receptor pathway

Elisa J. Livengood, Robyn A. M. V. Fong, Angela M. Pratt, Veronika O. Alinskas, Grace Van Gorder, Michael Mezzio, Margaret E. Mulligan, Evelyn B. Voura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18671 PubMed 39655335

December 20, 2024

Modeling the effects of water temperature on the population dynamics of Galba viatrix and infection by Fasciola hepatica: a two-year survey in Andean Patagonia, Argentina

Paula Soler, Juan Manuel Gurevitz, Juan Manuel Morales, Marcela Larroza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18648 PubMed 39717044

December 16, 2024

Diversity and habitat preferences of bdelloid rotifers in mosses and liverworts from beach forest along sand dunes in Thailand

Sittikron Jattupan, Rapeepan Jaturapruek, Phannee Sa-ardrit, Janejaree Inuthai, Chatchai Ngernsaengsaruay, Supiyanit Maiphae

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18721 PubMed 39703919

December 9, 2024

Genetic diversity of the Khorat snail-eating turtle (Malayemys khoratensis) in Thailand

Thotsapol Chaianunporn, Monthakarn Mokarat, Apichaya Ruangsakunporn, Tanapipat Walalite, Wibhu Kutanan, Khemika Lomthaisong, Kanokporn Chaianunporn, Sarun Keithmaleesatti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18699 PubMed 39670087

December 6, 2024

A review of fossil scorpion higher systematics

Jason A. Dunlop, Russell J. Garwood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18557 PubMed 39655336

December 6, 2024

The motivation to inform others: a field experiment with wild chimpanzees

Derry Taylor, Sam Adue, Monday M’Botella, Denis Tatone, Marina Davila-Ross, Klaus Zuberbühler, Guillaume Dezecache

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18498 PubMed 39655334

December 19, 2024

Bone histology and growth curve of the earliest ceratopsian Yinlong downsi from the Upper Jurassic of Junggar Basin, Northwest China

Fenglu Han, Qi Zhao, Jinfeng Hu, Xing Xu