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This study shows that adding 300 mg/kg quercetin to the diet of Jilin White geese reduces LPS-induced oxidative stress and improves growth performance.

The paper identifies cryptic species within two widespread groundwater amphipod morphospecies, challenging the Rapoport effect by showing morphological stasis rather than range size differences.

The paper tests if female fox squirrels have longer tails than males to compensate for reproductive mass shifts, finding no significant sex effect after controlling for body length.

The paper reports left-right mirrored hearts in non-teleost fish, similar to human dextrocardia, found in both wild and farmed species.

The paper assesses factors influencing population counts of Critically Endangered Colobus vellerosus monkeys and estimates their population size.

This study maps the distribution of brain parasites in fish, finding a species-specific pattern with high density in the optic lobe and medulla oblongata.

The paper defines a developmental ontology for salp colony architectures, identifying three developmental pathways that explain the diversity of adult colony forms.

The paper compares faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in intensive captive, free-range captive, and wild Tasmanian devils to assess stress physiology differences.

The paper assesses the distribution and genetic diversity of Hipposideros pratti in its northernmost range, finding limited distribution, low genetic diversity, and human threats.

The study assesses population dynamics of T. putitora in Western Himalaya, finding overfishing and growth overexploitation threatening stock sustainability.

This study shows imidacloprid causes developmental delay in honey bee larvae by disrupting molting regulation and nutrient energy metabolism.

This study validates Dynamic Body Acceleration (DBA) as a proxy for energy expenditure in black lion tamarins using doubly labelled water.

This study develops and validates MtInsects-16S primers for eDNA analysis of aquatic insects, showing improved detection of target species and reduced amplification of nontarget taxa.

This study resolves phylogenetic uncertainties in marmosets and Goeldi's monkey using genome-wide data, showing Goeldi's monkey is a sister lineage to marmosets and reclassifying marmoset genera.

This study uses observational records and a new spatio-temporal mapping method to estimate the Thylacine's extinction date and location, finding it likely occurred between the 1940s and 1970s, though with uncertainty suggesting possible survival until the early 2000s.

This paper describes a protocol for preparing Daphnia samples for micro-CT imaging to enable 3D visualization of cellular and tissue structures.

This study identifies structurally and functionally distinct domains in the follicle epithelium of Hyleoglomeris japonica, challenging previous assumptions about myriapod ovarian somatic tissue roles.

This study characterizes the first complete mitochondrial genome of Sphaeniscus atilius and presents phylogenetic insights for Tephritidae family relationships.

This study assesses livestock heat stress risk during the July 2022 UK heatwave using meteorological data and heat stress thresholds, finding severe risk across 25% of sites and extreme risk across 5%.

The paper improves models for age-related trypanosome infection probability in female tsetse flies by comparing SEI and SI models to a catalytic model, finding better fits with mortality data.