The work was supported by National Natural Foundation of China(grant number 31972296,31830075,and 32172482).
Maternal care is critically important for the survival of offspring in various animals.Spiders in the family Lycosidae are known for their hunting ability and maternal care behaviors.Predation on newly hatched spiderl...
funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)to Asiloglu Rasit(JP22K14804).
Protists are one of the most diverse and dominant microbial groups and they play critical roles in the soil ecosystem.Although nitrogen fertilizers have a profound impact on protist communities,still less is known abo...
Support for this study was provided by grants from the Key Project of Basic Research of Yunnan Province,China(202101AS070035;202201AS070337);the Yunnan Ten Thousand Talents Plan Young&Elite Talents Project(YNWR-QNBJ-2018-017);the CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team of“Light of West China”Program,and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970443).
Examples of predator–prey interactions in which flies rob ants are uncommon.To date,this behavior has only been recorded in the genus Bengalia Robineau-Desvoidy(Bengaliinae,Diptera,Calliphoridae).These predatory flie...
Genetically engineered(GE)cotton,MON 88702,is protected against cer-tain sucking pests,such as plant bugs and thrips,by producing mCry51Aa2,a mod-ified protein from Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt).Predatory pirate bugs(Ori...
Predatory hunting is an important type of innate behavior evolutionarily conserved across the animal king-dom.It is typically composed of a set of sequential actions,including prey search,pursuit,attack,and consumptio...
supported by the Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition Program[Grant No.2021xjkk0605 to S.Q.G.];the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[Grant No.63213120 to H.J.X.]。
Larvae of some leaf beetles carry masses of feces covering parts or all of the body,which is called a"fecal shield'In general,the shield is thought to be a defense structure against natural enemies.However,some studie...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82073791)。
Wound infection is becoming a considerable healthcare crisis due to the abuse of antibiotics and the substantial production of multidrug-resistant bacteria.Seawater immersion wounds usually become a mortal trouble bec...
This work was supported by fundings as follows:National Key R&D Program of China(2021ZD0202803);National NaturalScienceFoundationof China(U21A20418,82022071,and 81821091);Fundamental Research Funds forthe Central Universities(2021QNA7022).
Predatory hunting is an innate appetite-driven and evolutionarily conserved behavior essential for animal survival, integrating sequential behaviors including searching, pursuit, attack, retrieval, and ultimately cons...
Purpose:This article explores the implications of publication requirements for the research output of Ukrainian academics in Scopus in 1999-2019.As such it contributes to the existing body of knowledge on quantitative...
supported by grants fromthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(41972009,41572017,41102012,41672009,41772010,41621003,41890844,and 41911530236 to Q.O.,D.S.,J.H.,and Z.Z.);the Chinese“111”project(B20011 to Q.O.);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2010ZY07,2011YXL013,and 2012097 to Q.O.);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of the Ministry of Education(NCET-13-1008 to Q.O.);the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation(CHN1164230 HFST-P to Q.O.);the German Research Foundation(DFG,Ma 4147/3-1 toG.M.);the Strategic Priority Research Programof Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB26000000 to J.H.).
Cnidarians diverged very early in animal evolution;therefore,investigations of the morphology and trophic levels of early fossil cnidarians may provide critical insights into the evolution of metazoans and the origin ...