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Is Blood Thicker Than Water? The Influence of Kin Within a Bull Shark Social Network

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
This study investigates how kinship (“kinfluence”) shapes social structure in an aggregation of adult bull sharks in Fiji by integrating genomic relatedness, pedigree reconstruction, and detailed behavioral data. It reveals that while genetic relatedness has a small but significant influence on social behavior, especially among males, kin‐category ...
Natasha D. Marosi, Darren P. Croft, David M. P. Jacoby, Samuel Ellis, Andrew M. Griffiths   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Yulendji Bunwurrung Walagunh With Western Science: Ecological Insights, Emerging Research Questions and Future Directions From Bunurong Stories of Marine Mammals

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Indigenous Knowledge systems contain deep, place‐based ecological insights developed over generations but remain underrepresented in biodiversity assessments and conservation planning. This study explores yulendji Bunwurrung (Bunurong knowledge) through five Stories shared by a Bunurong Elder, using thematic analysis and comparison with contemporary ...
Jemima Beddoe, Gail Kunwarra Dawson, Jeff Shimeta, Kate Robb   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Backbone of Regionalisation: Refining Axial Regionalisation Through 3D Morphometric Sampling Strategies on Elapid Snakes

Journal of Morphology, Volume 287, Issue 8, August 2026.
Using 3D geometric morphometrics on every precaudal vertebra from 12 elapid snakes, this study used segmented linear regression to test regionalisation. The results show a five‐region model is best supported, including short cervical and lumbar regions and a strong heart‐aligned boundary at approximately 20% of the pre‐caudal column.
Ammresh, Marco Camaiti, Jane Melville, Alistair Evans, Emma Sherratt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat-associated detection of Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis spp. in Cetaceans from the Brazilian coast. [PDF]

Vet Res Commun
Faita T, Keid LB, Silvestre-Perez N, de Sousa GP, Thomé GCR, Ceron BM, Costa-Silva S, Kolesnikovas CKM, de Castilho PV, Attademo FLN, Luna FO, Sánchez-Sarmiento AM, Ferioli RB, Carvalho VL, Souza AR, Cremer MJ, Vieira JV, Colosio AC, Marcondes MCC, Ribeiro VL, Bertozzi CP, Hurtado R, Pessi CF, Borges JCG, Duarte-Benvenuto A, Morossino J, Canabarro PL, Catão-Dias JL, Soares RM.   +28 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Disrupting the herd: Recreational boating alters group dispersion within beluga whale herds

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 6, August 2026.
Recreational boating in beluga habitat remains poorly documented. Using land‐based observations in the Saguenay Fjord (Quebec, Canada), we show that increasing recreational boat numbers are associated with a higher probability of changes in beluga herd dispersion, suggesting behavioral disturbance and the need to integrate recreational boating into ...
Camille Kowalski, Angélique Dupuch, Jean‐François Sénécal, Jérôme Dupras, Clément Chion   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Cetaceans [PDF]

Nature, 1962
openaire   +1 more source

RAPID: Real‐time animal pattern re‐identification on edge devices, an open‐source tool for field deployment

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 8, Page 2379-2394, August 2026.
Abstract Automatic re‐identification of animals has significant potential to address pressing ecological and conservation challenges through improved population monitoring, individual health assessment and detailed behavioural analyses. Although numerous computer‐vision‐based solutions have been proposed and many achieve high accuracy, most remain ...
András Zábó, Robinson Chaquinga, Jaime Palacios Pérez, Daniel Rubenstein, Máté Nagy, Aamir Ahmad   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the evidence of direct threats to cetaceans from maritime vessels: A systematic map. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ferrari V, Hague E, Sciberras M, Alexander KA, O'Hara PD, McWhinnie L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An experimental approach to assess the combined effects of multiple stressors on a large vertebrate species

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract The design of experiments to investigate the combined effects of multiple stressors requires exposing target organisms to multiple combinations of stressor doses. Concurrent manipulation of stressors is often infeasible with wildlife, but long‐lasting health effects allow individual health to be used as an integrator of prior stressor exposure.
Enrico Pirotta, Catriona M. Harris, Lori H. Schwacke, Len Thomas, Jason B. Allen, Aaron A. Barleycorn, Marco Casoli, Jonathan Crossman, Laura Aichinger Dias, Laura Engleby, Erin LaBrecque, Jenny A. Litz, Katherine A. McHugh, Patrick J. O. Miller, Michael J. Moore, Theoni Photopoulou, Brian M. Quigley, Cynthia R. Smith, Brandon L. Southall, Todd R. Speakman, Ryan Takeshita, Christina N. Toms, Randall S. Wells, Eric S. Zolman, Peter L. Tyack   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional and Cellular Distribution of Nuclear Phosphorylated Tau (AT100) in the Frontal Cortex and Cerebellum of Cetaceans. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Alonso-Estanillo B, Ochoa M, Gómez L, Pin X, López A, Vásquez F.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source