Aim To evaluate (1) whether three migratory nightjar species (Family Caprimulgidae) adhere to Bergmann's rule, (2) whether environmental factors on the breeding or wintering grounds determine body size, and (3) which mechanistic hypotheses best explain Bergmannian patterns in body size. Location North and South America; Europe and Africa. Taxon Eastern whip‐poor‐will ( Antrostomus vociferus ), Common nighthawk ( Chordeiles min...

Reference genomes from representative species across families provide the critical infrastructure for research and conservation. The Cetacean Genomes Project (CGP) began in early 2020 to facilitate the generation of near error-free, chromosome-resolved reference genomes for all cetacean species. Towards that goal, and using the methods, goals and genome assembly quality standards of the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP), we gen...

Facetotecta, or “y-larvae”, are mysterious planktonic crustaceans that are known only from their larval instars, but which are often assumed to be endoparasitic as adults. Dozens of mostly undescribed forms occur in the shallow-water plankton over a fringing reef at Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan. Recently, it has become possible to discriminate the different forms of their nauplius-stage larvae (“y-nauplii”) in a replicable wa...