Anurag A Agrawal, Amy P Hastings, Paola Rubiano-Buitrago
Confirming coevolutionary theory, monarch butterfly caterpillars show impaired growth and toxin sequestration when feeding on realistic cardenolide mixtures from their milkweed host plants.
Acoustic jamming during bat emergence is weaker than expected because signal redundancy, echo integration, and simple movement rules enable robust navigation, as demonstrated by an agent‑based sensory-motor model.
Endemic Rift Valley fever virus circulation in The Gambia is driven by seasonal cattle movements and eco-region differences, highlighting livestock mobility as a key target for effective control strategies.
Severine LD Toussaint, Dionisios Youlatos, John A Nyakatura
Vertical locomotion in arboreal mammals is shaped by a complex interplay of body mass, limb proportions, grasping abilities, and head mass, and primates use distinct upright postures during descents.
Acoustic ecology introduces an additional dimension in plant-insect communication, revealing that female moths use ultrasonic emissions from dehydrated plants to guide oviposition decisions.
Catherine Sirois-Delisle, Susan CC Gordon, Jeremy Kerr
Across continents, half of odonate species shifted both ranges and phenologies in response to climate warming, with southern species and those experiencing less temperature variability shifting ranges more strongly.
