Heatwaves have intensified across many regions due to ongoing warming, leading to significant environmental and societal impacts. The present study characterizes heatwave regimes across two contrasting subtropical regions of Mexico: the arid‐to‐semiarid northwest and the humid tropical Yucatán Peninsula. Using a station‐based percentile framework that enables consistent inter‐regional comparison, we identify marked differences...

Eriopis connexa , a neotropical aphidophagous lady beetle important for various soft-bodied pest species control, requires feeding on aphids for enhanced reproductive output. To understand the physiological basis of this dependency, we investigated how the absence of the preferred prey, aphids, affects E. connexa reproductive fitness. We compared females fed only Ephestia kuehniella eggs (a factitious food) with those provided...

The common bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) is a resident species along the Portuguese mainland coast, yet knowledge of its stranding patterns and feeding ecology is scarce. This study presents a comprehensive assessment of strandings ( n = 264, from 1980 to 2019) and feeding ecology based on stomach content analysis ( n = 43 from 1997 to 2019) along the Portuguese mainland coast. Strandings were more frequent in the...

Kelp forests are among the most extensive and productive coastal ecosystems, yet they remain underrepresented in global conservation policy despite widespread declines driven by interacting global- (i.e., ocean warming, marine heatwaves) to local-scale stressors. At the same time, kelp conservation and restoration efforts are expanding rapidly across regions, but measures of success and syntheses tend to primarily focus on eco...

Main conclusion Nicotiana benthamiana plants transiently transformed with the C4 vector are capable to produce curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin in reasonable yields. Abstract Curcuminoids are valuable bioactive compounds whose heterologous production remains limited by precursor availability, cytotoxic intermediates and imbalanced metabolite ratios in microbial systems. In this study, we employed Nicotiana...

The invasive brown seaweed Rugulopteryx okamurae represents an ecological challenge in European and Mediterranean coasts. We propose valorizing the biomass collected by incorporating it as a feed ingredient into sustainable aquafeeds. This study evaluated the effects of administering a pulse of biotechnologically treated R. okamurae biomass on muscle composition, gene expression, and intestinal microbiota in the mullet, Chelon...

Human‐induced high densities of large wild herbivores may pose a threat to natural ecosystems, modifying biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Although the negative impacts on individual taxa and processes are well documented, a comprehensive understanding of how ecosystem integrity responds to high herbivore densities remains limited. This study addresses this gap through an extensive herbivore‐density manipulation experime...