Earth's biodiversity is central to ecosystem health and resilience, providing essential functions and services. The Red Sea is a recognised marine biodiversity hotspot with high endemism and unique environmental conditions that support extensive but poorly resolved biodiversity. Here, we applied metagenomic analyses to sediment samples collected from coastal to deep‐sea environments during the Red Sea Decade Expedition 2022 to...

Aim We evaluated how native vegetation cover influences the diversity of arachnid assemblages across multiple spatial scales in major Brazilian ecosystems. Location Brazil (Amazon and Atlantic rainforests, Cerrado savanna and Caatinga dry forest). Taxon Arachnida (Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones and Scorpiones). Methods We sampled arachnids at 120 sites using active search and litter sifting. Native vegetation cover was quantified...

Microalgae are increasingly recognized as a sustainable resource to address challenges associated with climate change and population growth, owing to their capacity to produce high-quality biomass for applications in feed, food, and cosmeceuticals. However, the expansion of microalgae-based industries remains constrained by harmful biological contaminants (HBCs), which can rapidly reduce productivity, often signalled by visibl...

Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas are critical zones where human settlements and wildland fuels intersect, resulting in heightened wildfire risk and increased potential for losses. This study presents a two‑phase review of literature where artificial intelligence (AI) is applied in wildfire and WUI studies, combining bibliometric mapping for wildfires and a thematic content analysis for WUI. In Phase One, over 3500 publicat...

Localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL) is the most prevalent form of leishmaniasis, with infection control primarily dependent on cell-mediated immunity. Lesion healing results from a complex interplay among immune cells and soluble mediators. Using Luminex technology, we evaluated circulating and lesion microenvironment immune mediators, including chemokines, cytokines, and growth factors, in patients with LCL and nonspecifi...

Automation and environmental control offer solutions to enhance animal welfare and production efficiency in regions with adverse climates. This study aimed to develop a prototype for thermal environment control in finishing swine pens located in a semi-arid region and to evaluate its performance based on microclimatic traits, physiological responses, animal performance, and thermographic aspects of both the facility and the an...