The open‐data scientific philosophy is being widely adopted and proving to promote
considerable progress in ecology and evolution. Open‐data global data bases now exist on …

Tremendous variation in maximum life span among species overshadows modest increases
in longevity resulting from experimental manipulation. Few aging studies focus on long-lived …

The longest-lived rodent, the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), has a reported
maximum lifespan of> 30 years and exhibits delayed and/or attenuated age-associated …

Apex predators have experienced catastrophic declines throughout the world as a result of
human persecution and habitat loss. These collapses in top predator populations are …

The evolution of social monogamy has intrigued biologists for over a century. Here, we show
that the ancestral condition for all mammalian groups is of solitary individuals and that social …

Abstract The Human Ageing Genomic Resources (HAGR, http://genomics. senescence. info)
is a freely available online collection of research databases and tools for the biology and …

Longevity is a major characteristic of animals that has long fascinated scientists. In this work,
we present a comprehensive database of animal longevity records and related life‐history …

To explain variation in relative brain size among homoiothermic vertebrates, we propose the
Expensive Brain hypothesis as a unifying explanatory framework. It claims that the costs of a …

Survival probability is predicted to underlie the evolution of life histories along a slow–fast
continuum. Hibernation allows a diverse range of small mammals to exhibit seasonal …

Why some organisms become invasive when introduced into novel regions while others fail
to even establish is a fundamental question in ecology. Barriers to success are expected to …