15 August 2023

Morphological changes in female reproductive organs in the African monarch butterfly, host to a male-killing Spiroplasma

Amr Elkelish, Handling Editor

14 August 2023

Lethal and sublethal effects of flubendiamide and spirotetramat against the leaf worm, Spodoptera litura(Fabricius) under laboratory conditions

"It is an excellent study about the Lethal and sublethal effects of spirotetramet and flubendiamide against leaf worm, Spodoptera litura under laboratory conditions, it may attract attentions of scientific community"

Habib Ali, Handling Editor

8 August 2023

Bighorn sheep associations: understanding tradeoffs of sociality and implications for disease transmission

"A really interesting long-term study exploring the links between predation risk, sociality, disease transmission and fitness."

Alan McElligott, Handling Editor

4 August 2023

To flea or not to flea: survey of UK companion animal ectoparasiticide usage and activities affecting pathways to the environment

"Wide area research concerning human and environmental overall quality. The attention is on a proximal to human health and comfort zone focusing on pet's care and consequent impact."

Francesco Porcelli, Handling Editor

25 July 2023

Behavioral responses of different reproductive statuses and sexes in Hermetia illucens (L) adults to different attractants

"Black soldier flies are receiving increasing attention because of their potential as food sources and their capacity to transform organic waste."

Claudio Lazzari, Handling Editor

14 July 2023

Micro-CT imaging in species description: exploring beyond sclerotized structures in lichen moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)

"The new techniques allow the scrutiny of otherwise not accessible taxonomical characters."

Francesco Porcelli, Handling Editor

11 July 2023

Vet the journal before you submit: turnaround times of journals publishing in zoological medicine and related fields

"This manuscript is good for vet disciplines, where scientific literature is not much published."

Randeep Singh, Handling Editor

10 July 2023

Varying intensities of chronic stress induce inconsistent responses in weight and plasma metabolites in house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

"This study contributes to our better understanding of the metabolic basis of stress physiology."

Dongming Li, Handling Editor

14 June 2023

Anthropogenic noise decreases activity and calling behavior in wild mice

"Anthropogenic noise is problematic for many species and many applications in bioacoustics. I do therefore believe that the authors have tackled a research topic interesting to a wider readership. Specifically of interest is the rodent vocalisation of two species with interesting experiments."

Sebastian Oberst, Handling Editor

22 May 2023

Description and life cycle of a new species of the genus Arachnanthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Ceriantharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

"This manuscript provides a very detailed description of a little known group of organisms with notes and videos showing their behavior."

Wagner Magalhães, Handling Editor