Two hundred million people worldwide experience some form of thyroid disorder, with
women being especially at risk. However, why human thyroid function varies between …

Simple Summary Milk feeding is the most important part of maternal care in the first weeks of
the offspring's life as it contributes to growth and development of the young, but at …

Arctic ecosystems are experiencing rapid environmental changes (eg, reduction in sea-ice
extent, rising temperatures) coupled with the effects of increasing human activity associated …

Simple Summary Animals in human care, such as northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris
kenyoni), allow for long-term studies of the stress response to environmental stimuli …

Wildlife is exposed to a diverse set of extrinsic and intrinsic stressors, such as climatic
variation or life history constraints, which may impact individual health and fitness. El Niño …

Intrinsic stressors associated with life-history stages may alter the responsiveness of the
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and responses to extrinsic stressors. We administered …

Mammals adapted to unpredictable and low‐energy environments often evolve a “bet‐
hedging” life history strategy characterized by less costly reproductive outputs over a longer …

Balancing energy budgets can be challenging, especially in periods of food shortage,
adverse weather conditions and increased energy demand due to reproduction. Bats have …

The ectodysplasin pathway has been a target of evolution repeatedly. Genetic variation in
the key genes of this pathway (EDA, EDAR, and EDARADD) results in a rich source of …

Many factors, including the inner status of the individuals and external environment, can
influence the parasite infections and stress physiology in mammals. Here, we explored the …