bioRxiv Zoology

Mass-planted large bromeliads in an urban landscape increase the risk for mosquitoes of pest and public health concern https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680812v1

Lipid nanoparticle supplementation enhances host metabolism in a model symbiotic cnidarian https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680586v1

Climate Shaped the Global Population Structure of Leopards and their Extinction in Europe https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.680393v1

A gap-free telomere-to-telomere pig reference genome provides insight in centromere evolution and breed-specific selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.02.679976v1

Systematic revision of the family Tetillidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the temperate Northeast Pacific https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679634v1

Histological divergence underlying globular body shapes in ornamental goldfish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.01.679695v1

Interaction of Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase 1 with Agmatinase in the Liver of Torpid Bats https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.26.678923v1

Study on Early pregnancy diagnosis in sows based on joint analysis of vaginal secretion metabolomics and machine learning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.25.678563v1

Filling knowledge gaps on vulnerable electric ray Narcine timlei (Elasmobranchii: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae) through ecological and biological studies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.24.678286v1

Clodronate liposomes untangle the role of hemocytes in Apis mellifera response to temperature variation and microbial infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.23.678096v1

Caste- and Sex-Specific Differential Investment in Brain Regions of Australian Ants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.23.678185v1

The Growth of Xiphophorus hellerii is Negatively Correlated with Colony Density https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.22.677796v1

Lipid droplets in felid kidneys: prevalence and composition by lipidomics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676785v1

The genitals of rhinoceros beetles: a general overview of the endophallus in the tribe Agaocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.18.677223v1

Acute bee paralysis virus regulation of microRNA expression dynamics in the insect host (Apis mellifera) cell line, AmE-711 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.19.677441v1

Feasibility of Baseline Cardiac Investigation in Awake Elephants (Elephas maximus) Using Transthoracic Echocardiography: the BIG HEART study https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676569v1

Large-scale integrative taxonomy of the smallest insects reveals astonishing temperate diversity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676869v1

Nasonia vitripennis males exhibit greater effort and competency in detecting hosts with conspecific females than other Nasonia males. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676707v1

3-Mercapto-3-methyl-1-butanol, a component of leopard urine, repels leopards and spotted hyaenas and protects livestock from leopard attacks; a series of case studies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.14.676068v1

Embryonic and larval development of Atelopus cruciger (Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856) (Anura: Bufonidae) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.15.675891v1

Pupation substrate and prepupal handling affect eclosion rate, timing, and adult morphology in black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens; Diptera: Stratiomyidae) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.15.676317v1

Unexpected diversity of Isidoides (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Isidoidae) revealed by morphology and phylogenomics analysis with descriptions of four new species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.11.675584v1

Anti-malarial contact dependent blocking of transmission of Plasmodium vivax by Anopheles darlingi mosquito vector https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.11.675498v1

Effects of different proportions of ground corn and steam-flaked corn diets on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters, rumen fermentation and rumen microbial metagenome of yaks https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.675018v1

Caste-specific processing of construction pheromones in mound-building termites https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.674840v1

The tufted ghost crab (Ocypode cursor) feeding on stranded loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the southeastern Mediterranean https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.06.674680v1

Effect of pharmacokinetically-relevant ivermectin concentrations on survivorship and fecundity of Anopheles coluzzii and Aedes aegypti in Burkina Faso: a laboratory experimental study https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.04.674356v1

Immunogenetic diversity and haemosporidian parasitization in European bluethroats (Luscinia svecica): do diverse genes warrant fewer parasites? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673962v1

JNK signaling regulates reproductive trade-offs after Plasmodium infection in the malaria mosquito https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673998v1

Variation in seed abundance predicts yolk fatty acid composition in a wild population of birds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673935v1