Protected areas are key to meeting biodiversity conservation goals, but direct measures of
effectiveness have proven difficult to obtain. We address this challenge by using …

Leeches play important roles in food webs due to their abundance, diversity and feeding
habits. Studies using invertebrate‐derived DNA (iDNA) extracted from leech gut contents to …

Leeches have long been considered potential vectors for the aquatic lineage of
trypanosomes, while bloodsucking insects are generally considered as the vectors for the …

Abstract Hyperboreomyzon polaris Bolotov, Eliseeva, Klass & Kondakov, 2022 (Hirudinea:
Glossiphoniidae) is an enigmatic freshwater leech that was recently described based on …

Deforestation, exploitation, and other drivers of biodiversity loss in Madagascar leave its
highly endangered and predominantly endemic wildlife at risk of extinction. Decreasing …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has great potential to complement visual surveys, camera
trapping, and bioacoustics in measuring biodiversity. We report here a large-scale attempt to …

We provide the first conclusive evidence that at least one leech species (Chtonobdella sp.
from Madagascar) can jump. For each jump, the leech coils back before taking off. Visually …

Global biodiversity is currently declining at unprecedented rates due to anthropogenic
activities and interventions are needed to preserve remaining diversity. Baseline measures …

Face aux changements globaux actuels, l'enjeu des suivis de la dynamique de la
biodiversité est croissant et entraîne une forte demande d'évaluations rapides et détaillées …