Feed related costs are the main drivers of profitability of commercial poultry farms, and good
nutrition is mainly responsible for the exceptional growth rate responses of current poultry …

In vertebrates, bite force is a measure of whole organism performance that is associated with
both cranial morphology and dietary ecology. Mechanistic studies of bite force production …

The Cretaceous-Paleogene event was the last mass extinction event, yet its impact and long-
term effects on species-level marine vertebrate diversity remain largely uncharacterized. We …

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the elasmobranch feeding mechanism is its
functional diversity despite its morphological simplicity. Compared to the teleost skull, which …

Understanding heterogeneity in species richness between closely related clades is a key
research question in ecology and evolutionary biology. Multiple hypotheses have been …

Prey-capture behavior is unique because in many vertebrates, it requires the coordination
between cranial and postcranial functional systems, which are traditionally defined by their …

We compare the characteristics of the armored scales of three large fish, namely the
Arapaima gigas (arapaima), Latimeria chalumnae (coelacanth), and Atractosteus spatula …

The performance of an organism's feeding apparatus has obvious implications for its fitness
and survival. However, the majority of studies that focus on chondrichthyan feeding have …

The notorious jaws of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias are widely feared, yet poorly
understood. Neither its bite force, nor how such force might be delivered using relatively …

Atta leaf-cutter ants are the prime herbivore in the Neotropics: differently sized foragers
harvest plant material to grow a fungus as a crop. Efficient foraging involves complex …