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Behavioral experiments provide strong evidence that krill swimming behavior is controlled by biological clocks throughout the year, revealing a key mechanism for adaptation to high-latitude habitats.

Ecological network management provides key mechanistic knowledge on ecosystem degradation that links species- to ecosystem-level responses to global change, and emerging technological tools offer the opportunity to accelerate its widespread adoption.

The first comprehensive reconstruction of the evolutionary history of freshwater animals, on example of family Nemacheilidae, across Eurasia with the identification of the main tectonic, geological, and climatic factors influencing it has been described.

As Caenorhabditis elegans shifts from reactive to increasingly proactive defensive strategies, nuanced changes in interaction between SEB-3 receptor and NLP-49 peptides regulate the transitions between defensive behaviors.

Genetic diversity is strongly associated with ecosystem functions across natural trophic chains, showing that it can be as important as species diversity.

Transmissible tumors in Hydra can manipulate host phenotype by inducing the growth of supernumerary tentacles, enhancing host foraging efficiency and promoting tumor vertical transmission, akin to manipulative parasites.

Tree diversity and canopy cover shape host-parasitoid communities and network structure through phylogenetic links in a species-rich forest ecosystems.