The transient receptor potential superfamily of ion channels (TRP channels) is widely
recognized for the roles its members play in sensory nervous systems. However, the …

We outline a framework for evaluating scientific evidence of sentience, focusing on pain
experience. It includes eight neural and cognitive-behavioural criteria, with confidence …

Birch and colleagues have developed an important and useful framework for evaluating the
evidence for sentience–namely, the capacity to experience pain, distress and suffering, in …

Using odors to find food and mates is one of the most ancient and highly conserved
behaviors. Arthropods from flies to moths to crabs use broadly similar strategies to navigate …

Crustacean olfaction is fundamental to most aspects of living and communicating in aquatic
environments and more broadly, for individual‐and population‐level success. Accelerated …

Aquatic organisms detect chemical cues to sense the local environment, for example, to find
a mate, locate food, and identify danger. Knowledge of chemical cues can be used in …

In this study, juvenile Chinese mitten crabs, Eriocheir sinensis, were exposed to different
salinity (0, 8‰, 16‰ and 32‰) for 48 h to detect osmotic regulation and immune-related …

Since antiquity, the sense of smell (olfaction) is considered as a distance sense, just like
sight and hearing. Conversely, the sense of taste (gustation) is thought to operate by direct …

Transcriptomes from nontraditional model organisms often harbor a wealth of unexplored
data. Examining these data sets can lead to clarity and novel insights in traditional systems …

The tropical rock lobster, Panulirus ornatus, is a commercially important aquaculture species
exhibiting complex social interactions in laboratory culture, including cannibalism of …