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The paper identifies endogenous viral elements (EVE) in shrimp by analyzing circular viral copy DNA (cvcDNA) from a WSSV-tolerant breeding stock.

The paper uses multi-omics methods to identify grik4 and gabrd as potential factors causing death in RGNNV-infected groupers through cell communication analysis.

The paper describes a new Schmidtea species from Romania based on morphological and reproductive characteristics distinguishing it from known species.

This study uses morphology and metagenomics to characterize A. sparsum ticks and identify a novel Rickettsia africae strain, clarifying its position within the A. marmoreum complex.

This study shows that overexpression of CCEae3A in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes confers resistance to organophosphates, carbamates, and limited pyrethroids, validating its role in insecticide resistance.

This study develops a cryopreservation protocol for T. gratilla embryos using 1M Me2SO and a cooling rate of 9.7°C/min, achieving 85.5% survival and 50.8% maturation to the 4-arm echinopluteus stage.

This study investigates how bitter compounds like caffeine and quinine affect feeding behavior in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes through external and internal taste systems.

This study shows that mosquitoes detect and escape looming threats using airflow sensing and actively fly with the attacker's bow-wave to avoid collision.

This study shows that relocating waterfowl broods reduces snail infection by an avian schistosome, lowering swimmers itch cases in lakes.

The paper updates the Galapagos Rift hydrothermal vent species list from 74 to 92 species, including 15 new records, to better understand vent fauna biogeography and inform management strategies.

The paper investigates whether a genetic module controlling feeding-structure morphogenesis in diplogastrid nematodes is conserved in rhabditid nematodes, finding it is not.

The paper describes a new damselfly species, Phylloneura rupestris, from the Western Ghats, India, and provides notes on its reproductive behavior.

The study tests allocation and performance models for energetics-behaviour linkage in fire-disturbed root voles, finding performance model predominates but allocation constraints emerge in burned habitats.

The paper uses environmental and behavioral data to predict forest patch use by three monkey species, finding that presence is influenced by temperature, humidity, and social factors, while behavior is less predictable.

This study examines wing morphometric variation in Aedes aegypti across India, finding significant differences in wing size and shape related to geographic and environmental factors.

The paper reports tick and tick-borne pathogen surveillance in southern New Mexico using passive sampling, identifying new tick species and pathogens.

This study tracks coral reef fish recovery at Lizard Island after cyclones and coral bleaching, showing resilience and recovery to pre-disturbance levels by 2022.

This paper presents a non-destructive method to distinguish bone from elephant or hippo ivory in the Near East archaeological record.

The study examines the phylogeography of the earthworm Eiseniella tetraedra to assess compatibility between the nunatak and tabula rasa hypotheses, finding both were necessary to explain its distribution.

The paper presents a dataset of 192 new primate occurrence records from Brazil's arc of deforestation, extending species ranges and identifying hybridization zones to support conservation efforts.