The paper examines microparasite prevalence in Southern giant pouched rats in Tanzania, finding high Bartonella prevalence and habitat-related infection patterns.

Mammalia · Nov 29, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology

Assessing Ebola Virus Circulation in the Tshuapa Province (Democratic Republic of the Congo): A One Health Investigation of Wildlife and Human Interactions

Rianne van Vredendaal, Léa Joffrin, Antea Paviotti, Claude Mande, Solange Milolo, Nicolas Laurent, Léa Fourchault, Douglas Adroabadrio, Pascal Baelo, Steve Ngoy, Papy Ansobi, Casimir Nebesse, Martine Peeters, Ahidjo Ayouba, Maëliss Champagne, , Joachim Mariën

This study investigates Ebola virus circulation in wildlife and human interactions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, finding antibodies in wildlife and humans but no active virus, suggesting seasonal spillover risks.

PLoS Pathogens · Nov 26, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

Introgression dynamics of sex-linked chromosomal inversions shape the Malawi cichlid adaptive radiation

Moritz Blumer, Valentina Burskaia, Ilya V. Artyushin, Jaysmita Saha, Julia Camacho-Garcia, Francisco Campuzano Jiménez, Alexander Hooft van Huysduynen, Joel Elkin, Bettina Fischer, Natalie Van Houtte, Chenxi Zhou, Sophie Gresham, Milan Malinsky, Tyler P. Linderoth, Wilson Sawasawa, , Hannes Svardal

The paper analyzes 1,375 Malawi cichlid genomes to show that sex-linked chromosomal inversions drive adaptive speciation through introgression and selection on neuro-sensory, physiological, and reproductive genes.

Science · Jun 12, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology