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 …

Simple Summary Sentience is a complex and contentious concept, especially when
attributing the label to non-human animals. Non-avian reptiles are often overlooked in many …

Reintroduction programs in which captive-bred or reared animals are released into natural
habitats are considered a key approach for conservation; however, success rates have …

Restoring degraded habitat to increase biodiversity is a global challenge. While habitat
restoration for animals should lead to self‐sustaining breeding populations of target species …

Environmental challenges early in development can result in complex phenotypic trade-offs
and long-term effects on individual physiology, performance and behavior, with implications …

Recent research has uncovered many complex cognitive traits and affective processes in
many reptile species, such as the ability to make choices that are rewarding or pleasurable …

Animal personalities represent repeatable behavioral differences exhibited by individuals in
a population. Variation in personality traits across individuals is an increasingly recognized …

Animal personality can be defined as conspecific individuals consistently differing in
behavioral tendencies. Personality is typically identified by behavioral repeatability, which …

The pace-of-life syndrome (POLS) is a framework that attempts to explain empirically
observed covariation between physiological, behavioral, and life history traits, whereby …

Mercury is a toxic and pervasive environmental contaminant that can be transferred from
mother to offspring during development. Consequences of maternally-transferred mercury …