Dogs running through areas where birds are feeding or nesting can stress, exhaust and even kill threatened species ...

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

These parasites have complex life cycles and infect various arthropods (insects and other jointed invertebrates) and vertebrates, including humans 1. The group was long regarded as a distinct ...

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 ...

Yellow Mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) at the London Zoo. By Steven G. Johnson - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11326536 ...

While the functions of IgSF in vertebrates are relatively well understood, their roles in invertebrates remain underexplored. This review aims to comprehensively summarize the functions and mechanisms ...

compared to the diversity of invertebrates, there is likely a shortfall in conserving relative biodiversity compared to vertebrate taxa. Further, we find that identified threats to listed species vary ...

Worldwide, about 18 000 new species are being described each year and for the year 2007, 75% of these were invertebrates, 11% vascular plants and nearly 7% vertebrates. For Australia a figure of 147 ...

Elephants mourn their dead, octopuses play catch, grey parrots recognise themselves in the mirror. But how about crabs that ...

Otopetrin (OTOP) channels are proton-selective ion channels conserved among vertebrates and invertebrates, with no structural similarity to other ion channels. There are three vertebrate OTOP channels ...