Integrative zoology

01 16 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70227

Successful 22‐Hour Rescue and Release of a 19.5 M Beached Sperm Whale

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Zitong Zhou, Yu Pan, Zhi Yang et al.

Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are important flagship species and play a vital role in maintaining healthy aquatic ecosystems. However, stranded cetaceans are often doomed if left unattended. Furthermore, successful rescues of large cet...

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02 16 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70223

Seismic Signaling Associated With Breeding‐Season Spatial Behavior in the Subterranean Plateau Zokor

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Kechi Dong, Longming Dong, Xincheng Cai et al.

The plateau zokor ( Eospalax baileyi ) is a solitary subterranean rodent endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, but breeding‐season spatial behavior and the possible role of seismic signaling remain poorly understood. Here, we integrated radio‐...

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03 15 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70216

Predicting Mammal Species Suitable for Chagas Disease Spread Using a Machine‐Learning Framework

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Maya Rocha‐Ortega, Carezza Botto‐Mahan, Gemma Rojo et al.

Understanding which mammalian species participate in the sylvatic cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi is vital for clarifying the ecological processes that maintain Chagas disease transmission. Although more than 100 mammal species have been repo...

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04 14 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70226

Climate Change and Dispersal Limitation Reshape Future Habitat Accessibility for Lady Amherst's Pheasant ( Chrysolophus amherstiae ) in China

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Lingsen Cao, Yiming Wu, Yiqiang Fu et al.

Montane forest birds are highly vulnerable to climate warming because their habitats are often fragmented, topographically constrained, and difficult to track through dispersal. For Lady Amherst's Pheasant ( Chrysolophus amherstiae ), fu...

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05 13 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70192

Uncoupled Histories in the Largest Continental Arc of North America: Goodeid Fishes and Their Gyrodactylid Parasites Influenced Differently by the Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt

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Guadalupe García‐Arguello, Carlos Daniel Pinacho‐Pinacho, Miguel Rubio‐Godoy

We characterized monopisthocotylans infecting endemic goodeid fishes south of the Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB), a major North American barrier separating the Nearctic and Neotropical biogeographic provinces. Considering that TMVB e...

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06 13 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70220

Unity Brings Mutual Benefits: The Huddling Strategies of Temperate‐Living Primates in Cold Environments

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Yongbo Li, Yang Yang, Zeyu Li et al.

Behavioral thermoregulation is a key adaptive tactic shaped by natural selection and species evolution, enabling animals to cope with variable thermal environments, particularly facing cold challenges. Quantifying the thermal and energet...

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07 12 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70224

Feeding Practices, Body Condition, and Estimated Energy Provision in Rescued Loggerhead Sea Turtles ( Caretta caretta ) at a Mediterranean Rehabilitation Center: A Three‐Year Retrospective Study

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Federica Perazzo, Giovannantonio Pilo, Maria Grazia Cappai

The loggerhead sea turtle [ Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)] is the most frequently stranded marine turtle in the Mediterranean and faces substantial anthropogenic threats. No species‐specific nutritional guidelines currently exist for ...

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08 10 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70209

Life Under the Snow: Camera Trap Videos Capture Year‐Round Lemming Activity and Behavior

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Mathilde Poirier, Davood Kalhor, Anastasiia Pusenkova et al.

Studying Arctic animals in winter is challenging, particularly for cryptic species like lemmings, which live within the snowpack for protection from the cold. Winter reproduction is thought to be a crucial component of their cyclic fluct...

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09 8 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70210

A Lightweight Deep Neural Network for Individual Leopard Identification: Supporting Movement Ecology in the Taihang Mountains of Henan

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Jing He, Guoqing Shangguan, Yu Li et al.

Individual identification and tracking of leopards ( Panthera pardus ) are critical for conserving wild populations and understanding their behavioral ecology. Current methods primarily rely on manual coat pattern matching, which is inef...

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10 7 October 2026

DOI 10.1111/1749-4877.70214

Chromosome‐Level Genome Assembly of Strauchbufo raddei and Multi‐Omic Insights Into Drought Adaptation

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Fanrui Chen, Rui Su, Chengqi Wang et al.

Understanding how amphibians adapt to terrestrial and arid environments is important for elucidating vertebrate terrestrialization. In this study, we present the first chromosome‐level, high‐quality genome assembly of Strauchbufo raddei ...

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