The field of molecular biology is advancing fast with new powerful technologies, sequencing
methods and analysis software being developed constantly. Commonly used tools originally …

Understanding if and how individuals and populations cope with environmental change is
an enduring question in evolutionary ecology that has renewed importance given the pace …

Anxiety is one of the most common psychiatric symptoms worldwide. Studies show that there
is an increase of> 25% in the prevalence of anxiety with the onset of the COVID-19 …

Animal personality, consistent individual differences in behaviour, is an important concept
for understanding how individuals vary in how they cope with environmental challenges. In …

Organisms evolve adaptive strategies to adjust to rapidly changing environmental stressors.
Predation pressure is one of the strongest selective forces and organisms respond to …

Traumatic events that affect physiology and behavior in the current generation may also
impact future generations. We demonstrate that an ecologically realistic degree of predation …

Extensive research confirms that abiotic stressors like predation risk can profoundly affect
animal condition. However, there is a lack of experimental research assessing the suite of …

The phylum Mollusca is highly diverse and encompasses numerous species. Among
mollusks, several species are of economic interest and notably used in aquaculture …

Predation risk can affect offspring phenotype and fitness via maternal effects. However, most
studies have mainly focused on the effect of maternal exposure to predation risk on offspring …

Maternal stress influences offspring survival strategies under predation risk. This study
investigated foraging behavior and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) responses of …