The scientific study of death across animal taxa—comparative thanatology—investigates
how animals respond behaviourally, physiologically and psychologically to dead …

In fast-develo** regions, rapid coastal urbanization has led to considerable transformation
of both landscapes and seascapes, with various adverse implications for species dependent …

Background & Aims: The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) has been listed
as the Grade 1 National Key Protected Animal in China. As the top predator of the inshore …

This article confronts the widespread assumption that disability, in any broad and undefined
sense, constituted valid grounds for infanticide in ancient Greece. When situated within their …

Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) inhabiting Hong Kong waters are
thought to be among the world's most anthropogenically impacted coastal delphinids. We …

Infanticide can be an extreme result of sexual conflict that drives selection in species in
which it occurs. It is a rarely observed behaviour but some evidence for its occurrence in …

Odontocetes are characterized by slow life histories and extensive maternal care, where
offspring nurse for years in some species. Among some of the largest toothed whales, the …

Abstract Endangered Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) are fish‐eaters that
preferentially prey on adult Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Despite being …

Infanticide by adult males is a striking example of sexual confiict; males can increase their
reproductive success by killing an unrelated infant and accelerating the mother's return to …

Aggressive encounters involving cetacean species are widely described in the literature.
However, detailed pathological studies regarding lesions produced by these encounters are …