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1 October 2025
Licinophilus depressus n. gen., sp. n. (Eugregarinida: Stenophoridae) from Licinus depressus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
30 September 2025
Spatially explicit models of density improve estimates of Eastern Bering Sea beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) abundance and distribution from line-transect surveys
23 September 2025
On the composition and temporal dynamics of a snake community at the Cerrado-Amazonia ecotone
22 September 2025
Distribution and evolution of the western European water frogs (genus Pelophylax) from Catalonia, northeastern Spain
18 September 2025
Movements of post-breeding royal terns (Thalasseus maximus) in Virginia, U.S.A
15 September 2025
Global species richness of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata): latitudinal trends and insular colonization
29 August 2025
Seasonally frugivorous forest birds and window collision fatalities: novel integration of bird counts in fall improves assessment of species vulnerability to collisions
28 August 2025
Development of simple sequence repeat markers and genetic diversity of Sipunculus nudus in the Beibu Gulf of China
25 August 2025
No pump, no problem: evaluating passive eDNA sampling for marine biomonitoring of a nuisance macroalga
19 August 2025
Avian biodiversity in central California vineyards
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