Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 23, 2025

Deriving fibroblast cell lines from wing-punch biopsies of Australian eastern bent-winged bats (Miniopterus orianae oceanensis)

Anna Langguth, Laura A. Brannelly, Christopher Turbill, Tomás Villada-Cadavid, Nicholas C. Wu, Jasmin Hufschmid, Ellen Cottingham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20222 PubMed 41146999

October 22, 2025

Nectar robbing by the invasive bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apidae) changes the behavior of native flower visitors of Fuchsia magellanica Lam. (Onagraceae) but not seed set

Carlos E. Valdivia, José I. Orellana, Maureen Murúa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20253 PubMed 41142302

October 21, 2025

Impacts of tropical cyclones on Northwest Atlantic seabirds: insights from a Category 1 hurricane

Tori V. Burt, Robert J. Blackmore, Sydney M. Collins, Kyle J. N. d’Entremont, Christopher R. E. Ward, Joshua Cunningham, Cerren Richards, Fiona Le Taro, Sabina I. Wilhelm, Amanda E. Bates, Stephanie Avery-Gomm, William A. Montevecchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20157 PubMed 41142300

October 21, 2025

Effectiveness of seed dispersal by foxes in areas with different human disturbances in southern Chile

Onaylis Triay-Limonta, Rocío Paleo-López, Camila J. Stuardo, Carolina S. Ugarte, Carlos E. Valdivia, Constanza Napolitano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20150 PubMed 41142309

October 13, 2025

Molecular identification based on mtDNA analysis of commercial crustaceans in the coastal Amazon: exotic species, cryptic diversity, and implications for sustainable fisheries in northern Brazil

Jefferson Sousa, Ítalo Lutz, Paula Santana, Thais Martins, Charles Ferreira, Nicolly Santa Brígida, Josy Miranda, Raimundo da Silva, Andressa J. Barbosa, Suane Matos, Carla Mendes, Bruna Cardoso, Aline Silva, Ingrid da Silva, Jorge da Costa, Marcelo Vallinoto, Iracilda Sampaio, Grazielle Evangelista-Gomes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19586 PubMed 41112752

October 8, 2025

Impact of two field preservation methods on genotyping success of feces

Valentina Valencia-Montoya, Isabel Salado, Ines Sanchez-Donoso, Alberto Fernández-Gil, Carles Vilà, Jennifer A. Leonard

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20154 PubMed 41081086

October 2, 2025

Mauritian snail shells show evidence of extinct predators

Justin Gerlach, F. B. Vincent Florens, Owen L. Griffiths

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20112 PubMed 41054569