The notion that men are more variable than women has become embedded into scientific
thinking. For mental traits like personality, greater male variability has been partly attributed …

The rapid rate of anthropogenic-related climate change is expected to severely impact
ecosystems and their constituent organisms, leading to mass extinction. A rapid adaptive …

The avian embryo is a time-honored animal model for understanding vertebrate
development. A key area of extensive study using bird embryos centers on developmental …

Many species show inter-individual variation in exploratory behaviours that are consistent
over time, reflecting a personality. Differences in exploration can affect how individuals …

Tropical rainforests are species-rich, complex ecosystems. They are increasingly being
negatively affected by anthropogenic activity, which is rapidly and unpredictably altering …

Stereotypic behaviours, which are abnormal, repetitive and invariant behaviours caused by
frustration and/or central nervous system dysfunction, develop as a result of sub-optimal …

Dietary protein deficiency influences the behavioural phenotypes of mammals. We studied
whether protein deficiency during gestation and/or post-weaning heightened anxiety …

Different environments place different cognitive demands on constituent taxa. Learning and
memory involve cognitive processes with associated costs, and it is expected that different …

Species or populations are locally adapted to the environments they occupy because of
different selection pressures. Our study considers behavioral differences in rodents …

Local environmental conditions associated with different geographic areas may elicit
variations in behavioural responses in animals, leading to concomitant differences in …