Parenting is considered a key evolutionary innovation that contributed to the diversification
and expansion of vertebrates. However, we know little about how such diversity evolved …

The detrimental effects of anthropogenic underwater noise on marine organisms have
garnered significant attention among scientists. This review delves into the research …

Despite rising interest among scientists for over two centuries, parental care behavior has
not been as thoroughly studied in amphibians as it has in other taxa. The first reports of …

Affiliative behaviours have evolved many times across animals. Research on the
mechanisms underlying affiliative behaviour demonstrates remarkable convergence across …

Parental provisioning of offspring with physiological products (nursing) occurs in many
animals, yet little is known about the neuroendocrine basis of nursing in non-mammalian …

Arginine vasotocin (AVT) is the non-mammalian homolog of arginine vasopressin (AVP)
and, like vasopressin, serves as an important modulator of social behavior in addition to its …

Simple Summary Over the years, conservation physiologists have attempted to evaluate the
threat factors affecting populations and manage ecosystems effectively by understanding …

Animals relying on uncertain, ephemeral and patchy resources have to regularly update
their information about profitable sites. For many tropical amphibians, widespread, scattered …

Parental care represents a suite of distinct behaviors performed by parents to maximize
fitness. Dynamic shifts in parental care behaviors, such as between nest defense and direct …

Territoriality has been widely described across many animal taxa, where the acquisition and
defence of a territory are critical for the fitness of an individual. Extensive evidence suggests …