Aquaculture is the fastest-growing farmed food sector and will soon become the primary
source of fish and shellfish for human diets. In contrast to crop and livestock production …

The presence of microplastics in the aquatic environment poses a serious threat not only to
aquatic organisms but also to human beings that consume them. The uptake and effects of …

We outline a framework for evaluating scientific evidence of sentience, focusing on pain
experience. It includes eight neural and cognitive-behavioural criteria, with confidence …

Birch and colleagues have developed an important and useful framework for evaluating the
evidence for sentience–namely, the capacity to experience pain, distress and suffering, in …

The clade Pancrustacea, comprising crustaceans and hexapods, is the most diverse group
of animals on earth, containing over 80% of animal species and half of animal biomass. It …

Crustacean aquaculture is expected to be a major source of fishery commodities in the near
future. Hemocytes are key players of the immune system in shrimps; however, their …

Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How
do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When …

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are rare (approximately 1%) in most genomes and are
generally considered to have no function. However, penaeid shrimp genomes have a high …

For much of terrestrial biodiversity, the evolutionary pathways of adaptation from marine
ancestors are poorly understood and have usually been viewed as a binary trait. True crabs …

The ecological radiation of amphipods is striking among crustaceans. Despite high diversity,
global distribution and key roles in all aquatic environments, little is known about their …