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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 5, Page 2214-2239, October 2026.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Strategies for reducing feral cat threats to endangered Hawaiian birds [PDF]
, 2004 Introduced predators are one of the most important limiting factors for endemic Hawaiian forest birds. In the subalpine zone of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii, the primary predators of the endangered Hawaiian finch, palila (Loxioides bailleui), are ...
Goltz, Daniel M. +4 more
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Utterance evolution: the road to generative, combinatorial communicators
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 5, Page 2427-2447, October 2026.ABSTRACT Language has long been considered uniquely complex in the animal kingdom; however, animal research over the last decade has begun to challenge some long‐standing premises about exactly which language capacities are uniquely human. The task of resolving why and how complex communication systems evolve, particularly human language, has ...
Catherine Crockford +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, October 2026.This study establishes essential baseline data on the current status, colony dynamics, and key threats facing the Laysan Albatrosses on Clarion Island and offers critical insights to guide future conservation and management efforts. ABSTRACT In the 1980s, the Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) expanded its breeding range into the eastern ...
José Alfredo Castillo‐Guerrero +4 more
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Microscopy Research and Technique, Volume 89, Issue 10, Page 1244-1255, October 2026.Integrated macroscopic, histological, and ultrastructural analyses revealed five distinct lingual papillae types (filiform, fungiform, conical, foliate, and vallate) in the Anatolian wild boar (Sus scrofa libycus). Mechanical papillae showed marked structural specialization, while gustatory papillae exhibited region‐specific distribution of taste buds.
Fatma Işbilir +4 more
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Substrate‐Dependent Variation in Environmental DNA Persistence and Degradation From a Small Mammal
Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 26, Issue 7, October 2026.ABSTRACT Environmental DNA (eDNA) analyses have been applied to terrestrial environments for over a decade, yet knowledge of the dynamics of eDNA deposition, movement and degradation remains limited. To address this, we conducted a controlled experiment over 1 year to assess the persistence of eDNA from an arboreal mammal across four substrates (water,
Austin M. Guthrie +5 more
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Lizards in Dunes and Swales: Habitat Structure and Assemblage Patterns
Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 10, October 2026.ABSTRACT Habitat structure mediates thermoregulation, foraging opportunities, and access to refugia, shaping how animals use space and encounter risk. Dune–swale mosaics provide sharp structural contrasts over short distances, offering a natural test of structure–assemblage links and spacing relative to shelter.
Christina Paizis +5 more
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Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 10, October 2026.ABSTRACT Soil fungi regulate terrestrial ecosystem function and productivity. Native digging mammals influence soil physiochemistry, thus likely affect soil fungal communities; yet despite their re‐establishment in many parts of arid Australia, the influence of digging mammals on soil fungi in reintroduction areas remains largely unknown.
Charlotte Hogan +4 more
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Acute epiglottitis due to Pasteurella multocida after contact with a feral cat. [PDF]
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent), 2019 Sisco L, Cahuayme-Zuniga L.
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