Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 23, 2025

Evaluation of cross-generational exposure to microplastics and co-occurring contaminants on embryonic and larval behavior in fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas

Mackenzie Persinger, Jessica Ward

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19927 PubMed 41018900

September 25, 2025

Geographic distributions and patterns of co-occurrence among black-bellied and shovel-nosed salamanders (Desmognathus spp.) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Aidan Shaw, Rebecca Chastain, Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20110 PubMed 41025047

September 25, 2025

Elevational surveys of Sulawesi herpetofauna 2: Mount Katopasa on the Eastern Peninsula of Sulawesi island, Indonesia

Isaac W. Krone, Benjamin R. Karin, Jeffrey H. Frederick, Sina S. Amini, Simon G. Scarpetta, Amir Hamidy, Syahfitri Anita, Awal Riyanto, Evy Arida, Wahyu Tri Laksono, Umilaela Arifin, Bryan H. Bach, Collin Bos, Charlotte K. Jennings, Alexander L. Stubbs, Kinsington Peterson, Sucheng Shi, Jimmy A. McGuire

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20024 PubMed 41025049

September 23, 2025

Estimating ankle joint angle from skeletal geometry: a mechanical model of the calcaneal lever in terrestrial mammals

Fumihiro Mizuno, Shin-ichi Fujiwara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20056 PubMed 41018895

September 23, 2025

On the composition and temporal dynamics of a snake community at the Cerrado-Amazonia ecotone

Arthur Sena, Guarino Rinaldi Colli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20025 PubMed 41018902

September 22, 2025

The braincase anatomy of Simosaurus gaillardoti (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) revealed with X-ray micro-computed tomography

Elisa H. London, Dennis F.A.E. Voeten, Henning Blom, Torsten M. Scheyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19932 PubMed 41018899

September 19, 2025

Taxonomic status of Coryphophylax maximiliani Fitzinger in: Steindachner, 1867 with notes on Coryphophylax subcristatus (Blyth, “1860” 1861)

Zeeshan A. Mirza, Saunak Pal, Tejas Thackeray, Harshil Patel, Aaron M. Bauer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19841 PubMed 40989902

September 18, 2025

Movements of post-breeding royal terns (Thalasseus maximus) in Virginia, U.S.A

Chelsea Weithman, Daniel Catlin, Sarah Karpanty, Kelsi Hunt, Camille Alvino, Joanna Morelli, Will Britton, Ruth Boettcher, Rebecca Gwynn, Michael Guilfoyle, James Fraser

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19898 PubMed 40985032

September 16, 2025

Digitized endocasts and brains: a perspective on measurements and historical analyses of the evolution of 172 fossil and extant amniote specimens

Harry J. Jerison, Catherine M. Early, Andrew A. Farke, Ashley C. Morhardt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19826 PubMed 40980061

September 15, 2025

Global species richness of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata): latitudinal trends and insular colonization

Adolfo Cordero-Rivera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20004 PubMed 40980072

September 9, 2025

Analysis of imaging data on seasonal changes in the population structure and vertical distribution of two dominant planktonic copepod species in the western subarctic Pacific

Tian Gao, Atsushi Yamaguchi