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  • The origins of Ornithodira (the last common ancestor of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and their descendants) are yet to be resolved, and have the potential to inform on the diversification of some of the most intriguing ecologies and body forms to evolve in reptiles. A recent discovery of an extremely small ornithodiran archosaur by Christian Kammerer and colleagues is indicative of a miniaturisation event early in the evolution of Ornithodira. This raises questions about the evolution of characters associated with small body forms in these groups, such as flight and body surface integument.

    • Luke R. Grinham
    Research HighlightsOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 3, P: 1

  • Aposematism is a prey strategy to communicate toxicity or danger to predators, often through bright colours, and over time is learned by predators. McLellan et al. report in Current Biology that association between an aposematic insect and its host plant is learned by wild birds, to the point that any insect on the plant faces a lower predation risk.

    • Luke R. Grinham
    Research HighlightsOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 4, P: 1

  • Sabre-toothed carnivores are among the most famed vertebrate fossils in the world. The sabre-tooth ecomorph has been converged upon repeatedly by distantly related species throughout mammalian evolution. Lautenschlager et al. employ a range of biomechanical analyses to investigate the functional diversity of sabre-toothed skulls. Across 66 species, broad functional diversity is recovered with implications for prey specialization and niche partitioning, despite being morphologically convergent.

    • Luke R. Grinham
    Research HighlightsOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 3, P: 1

  • Weldenegodguad et al. performed transcriptome profiling of adipose tissues from the bone marrow, perirenal, and prescapular fat in Finnish and Even reindeer (in Sakha) during spring and winter. They identified candidate genes potentially involved in immune responses, fat deposition, and energy metabolism that provide insight into the mechanisms by which reindeer adapt to harsh arctic conditions.

    • Melak Weldenegodguad
    • Kisun Pokharel
    • Juha Kantanen
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 4, P: 1-13

  • Over one-third of the sampled shorebirds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway are facing Hg risk. Tringa genus in South China was at the highest risk. Feather Hg was best explained by feathers’ moulting region, while habitat preference, diet, and foraging stratum were less important.

    • Yanju Ma
    • Chi-Yeung Choi
    • Luke Gibson
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 7, P: 1-11

  • Mikaeloff et al. use untargeted and targeted LC-MS/MS-based plasma metabolic profiling to discover dysregulated metabolism including that of glutaminolysis in individuals living with HIV. Furthermore, decreased levels of neurosteroids were detected suggesting a potential connection between HIV and neurological impairment.

    • Flora Mikaeloff
    • Sara Svensson Akusjärvi
    • Ujjwal Neogi
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 5, P: 1-12

  • Ottilie et al. employ an experimental evolution approach to investigate the role of transcription factors in yeast chemical resistance. Most emergent mutations in resistant strains were enriched in transcription factor coding genes, highlighting their importance in drug resistance.

    • Sabine Ottilie
    • Madeline R. Luth
    • Elizabeth A. Winzeler
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 5, P: 1-14

  • The costs of human-wildlife conflict are measurably more impactful in areas of the developing world where the loss of cattle can mean the entire livelihood of a family being erased.

    • Alexander R. Braczkowski
    • Christopher J. O’Bryan
    • Duan Biggs
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 6, P: 1-9