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Mating behavior in the Japanese badger Meles anakuma
We describe the details of the mating behavior of the Japanese badger, Meles anakuma, using camera trap**. Similar to other mustelid species, the...
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Estimating Differentiation Potency of Single Cells Using Single-Cell Entropy (SCENT)
The ability to measure molecular properties (e.g., mRNA expression) at the single-cell level is revolutionizing our understanding of cellular...
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Behavioural responses and characterization of preputial gland extract of black rat, Rattus rattus
The present study was carried out to determine the chemistry of the preputial gland (PG) of mature male black rats and its role in sexual and social...
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Analyzing tiger interaction and home range shifts using a time-geographic approach
BackgroundInteraction through movement can be used as a marker to understand and model interspecific and intraspecific species dynamics, and the...
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The PROUST hypothesis: the embodiment of olfactory cognition
The extension of cognition beyond the brain to the body and beyond the body to the environment is an area of debate in philosophy and the cognitive...
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Multi-scale habitat modelling of latrine site selection by sympatric carnivores in an Albany Thicket landscape, South Africa
ContextUnderstanding how species select resources often requires assessing the environment at different spatial scales. Although the function of...
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Alien balsams, strawberries and their pollinators in a warmer world
BackgroundStrawberries are a common crop whose yield success depends on the availability of pollinators. Invasive alien plants, such as Impatiens...
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The Owl Monkeys of the DuMond Conservancy in Miami, USA: A Scientific, Educational, and Community Asset
The colony of owl monkeys at the DuMond Conservancy has provided an exceptional opportunity to study their biology while offering extensive outreach...
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Cheetah marking sites are also used by other species for communication: evidence from photographic data in a comparative setup
Many mammalian species communicate via olfactory communication placed at particular locations. The majority of these studies focused on intraspecific...
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Non-vocal Communication in Otariids and Odobenids: The Involvement of Visual and Olfactory Cues in Their Social Lives
While vocal communication is prominent in pinnipeds, visual and olfactory cues are also important in social interactions, yet they have been poorly...
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Influence of landscape on foraging range and homing ability of afrotropical stingless bees
A bee’s ability to return home, its homing ability, can be used as a proxy for the maximum foraging distance of that species. Body size is...
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Symbols and How We Came to Be Human
A longstanding belief commonly mentioned in support of human exceptionalism is that our species is distinct from others in using symbols (a word I...
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Habitat thresholds for successful predation under landscape change
ContextHabitat loss and alteration affect wildlife populations worldwide. Bush encroachment alters landscapes and threatens arid and semi-arid...
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Opportunity and peril: how wolves use a dense network of forest roads
We investigated by snow tracking and GPS telemetry how wolves Canis lupus used a dense (4 km/km 2 ) network of forest roads for travel and scent...
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Africa’s Honey Tree
One of the most powerful means flowering plants evolved to enlist the unwitting support of animals as pollinators and seed dispersers is an...
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Female-Based Patterns and Social Function in Avian Chemical Communication
Much of the growing interest in avian chemical signals has focused on the role of kin recognition or mate attraction, often with an emphasis on...
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Male Ventroposterior Brush Display Increases the Sexual Receptivity of Females in the Gregarious Beet Webworm Loxostege sticticalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Males of many moths possess scent organs, ranging from simple scales and hair-tufts to complex glands. Males of the gregarious beet webworm Loxostege...
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Incrementing non-matching- but not matching-to-sample is rapidly learned in an automated version of the odor span task
The odor span task (OST) is frequently used to assess memory capacity in rodents. Odor stimuli are presented in a large arena and choices of...
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Seasonal and reproductive variation in chemical constituents of scent signals in wild giant pandas
Seasonally reproducing animals show many behavioral and physiological changes during the mating period, including increased signaling for intrasexual...
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Osmophores and petal surface traits in Bignonieae species
This study characterizes the osmophores and corolla traits in 18 species of Bignonieae Dumort., a Bignoniaceae tribe occurring in the Cerrado, a...
