Chemosynthetic ecosystems experience pronounced short-term environmental fluctuations and steep abiotic gradients compared to background deep-sea environments, leading to the suggestion that chemosynthetic organisms may be more resilient to disturbance. However, the extent of this resilience and the identity of potential pioneer species remains uncertain. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake event on the Pacific Costa Rican Margin in No...

Cognitive sex differences are shaped by hormone effects on brain development, organisation, structure, function, and ageing. In human speech and language, sex differences and hormone effects are typically studied in the form of performance-based differences (via measures of central tendency) with little attention given to underlying cognitive strategy. This study presents data from 126 healthy adults, aged 20–79 years, from th...

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection causes ocular and neurological pathologies with ZIKV-induction of developmental abnormalities following in utero infection a major concern. The study here has compared ZIKV and the related dengue virus (DENV) infection in the eye and brain. In vitro, both ZIKV and DENV could infect cell lines representing the retinal pigmented epithelium, endothelial cells, and Mueller cells, with distinct innate re...

Deep-sea chemosynthesis-based ecosystems support unique biological communities, but human impacts are an increasing threat. Understanding the life-history traits of species from deep-sea chemosynthesis-based ecosystems can help to develop adequate management strategies, as these can have impacts on ecological responses to changes in the environment. Here we examined the occurrence of sexual dimorphism in the yeti crab Kiwa pur...