Climate and land‐use changes are expected to increase the future occurrence of wildfires,
with potentially devastating consequences for freshwater species and ecosystems. Wildfires …

Larger groups often have a greater ability to solve cognitive tasks compared to smaller ones
or lone individuals. This is well established in social insects, navigating flocks of birds, and …

Many animals live in groups because of the potential benefits associated with defense and
foraging. Group living may also induce a 'calming effect'on individuals, reducing overall …

In an increasingly anthropic world, humans have profound impacts on the distribution and
behaviour of marine fishes. The increased human presence has modified fishes' …

Predation has the potential to impart strong selective pressures on organisms within their
environments, resulting in adaptive changes in prey that minimize risk of predation …

In natural ecosystems of animals, introduction of larvae of parasitic nematodes into the litter
layer from excrement facilitates their migration and search of new host vertebrate animals. In …

Vigilance allows animals to monitor their surroundings for signs of danger associated with
predators or rivals. As vigilance is costly, models predict that it should increase when the risk …

An animal's environment contains many risks causing animals to scan their environment for
potential predators and threats from conspecifics. How much time they invest in such …

Identifying the relationship between fish aggregations and artificial reefs (ARs) is important
for optimizing reef structures and protecting marine resources subjected to external …

Fish models are essential for research in many biological and medical disciplines. With a
typical lifespan of only 6 months, the Turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) was recently …