Plants have developed sophisticated pathways to respond and adapt to the light in their environment. Photoreceptors allow plants to sense specific wavelengths of light, one family being the red/far-redabsorbing phytochromes ...

Molybdenum plays an important role in the human body as a cofactor for metabolic processes. An excess of molybdenum may lead to toxicity that causes gout-like symptoms, while too little molybdenum can be fatal. How increased ...

Deicing salts, widely utilized for snow and ice management, are recognized for their potential adverse environmental consequences, primarily associated with elevated chloride levels. These excessive chlorides in freshwater ...

Human activity represents a novel environmental challenge for wildlife, even for human-tolerant species that reside in human-dominated landscapes. Our long-term study of California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi) ...

Anti-predator signals are common for animals living in social groups, for they act as a warning to conspecifics. Vocalizations, such as alarm calls, are common signals produced when social animals are faced with potential ...

Public swimming pools as well as surfaces surrounding pools are disinfected thoroughly due to their potential to harbor and spread dangerous pathogens. However, swim equipment, such as snorkels, paddles, kickboards, and ...

A new conceptual framework recently emerged to explain zoonoses transmitted from animal hosts to humans that integrates pathogen type, life cycle, transmission direction, and ecosystem processes. We applied this framework ...

Cortisol is a stress hormone essential for human fetal development of the brain, lungs, and kidneys. Increased prenatal cortisol exposure due to maternal stress can alter fetal neurodevelopment. We investigated how exposure ...

Methylmercury (MeHg) is a prevalent environmental contaminant in the Great Lakes region, and exposure to methylmercury in adults can result in neurotoxicity. Methylmercury is removed from cells through glutathione (GSH) ...

Cortisol is the body’s primary stress hormone, and it plays a role in regulating the body through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Prenatal maternal stress may be related to behavior and mental health problems ...