Wen-San Huang

TL;DR: This study demonstrates that high-throughput–based ancient DNA analyses combined with ecological niche modeling can provide evidence allowing us to assess factors that led to the surprisingly rapid demise of the passenger pigeon, and provides a new perspective on the greatest human-caused extinction in recorded history.

TL;DR: Investigation of the influence of maternal attendance on survival of eggs in the long-tailed skink, Mabuya longicaudata, on Orchid Island, Taiwan, by placing sympatric reptiles, both predators and nonpredators, into nests emphasizes the ecological importance of an increased understanding of the function of parental care in reptiles.

TL;DR: This study highlights the interactive effects of disparate human environmental impacts on fauna; by creating the concrete wall, human habitat modification initially conferred fitness benefits by increasing incubation temperatures, but human-induced climate change has raised nest temperatures above the point at which fitness is reduced.

TL;DR: Combined data from spermatogenic activity, plasma androgen levels, and changes in the weights of testes, fat bodies, and livers revealed that B. melanostictus is a continuous breeder.

TL;DR: The imperfect ability of visual predators to recognize potential prey as unpalatable, both in the presence and absence of the aposematic signal, may help explain how diverse forms of mimicry exploit the predator’s visual system to deter predation.