Second-generation (2G) bioethanol from lignocellulosic feedstocks is a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. However, its production is constrained by the poor performance of industrial microbes in hydrolysates that are generated during biomass pretreatment. Scheffersomyces stipitis is a native xylose fermenting yeast and a promising platform for 2G bioethanol production, and adaptive evolution under hydrolysate stress has...

Periodical cicada ( Magicicada spp.) ranges have continued to decline even as their habitat has rebounded from historic lows. This counterintuitive trajectory may be a consequence of Magicicada 's limited dispersal capabilities combined with their requirement that individual host trees survive across decades. Indeed, we find that the presence of Magicicada breeding populations is best predicted by tree cover in 1930, not by pr...

The current generation of sequencing technologies can produce terabases of data with exceptional accuracy and speed, at a fraction of the cost of older methods. Despite this unprecedented power, adoption into aquaculture health management presents several challenges, including identifying where such capability may be optimally deployed. Here we synthesise discussions from a structured expert workshop held at the 2025 Aotearoa...

We investigated the metabolic rate of Western Atlantic hagfish ( Myxine limosa Girard, 1859) in response to cold temperatures, time of day and conspecific defensive slime exposure. Closed‐chamber respirometry was performed during acute stepwise cooling from 11 to 1°C (11, 9, 7, 5, 3 and 1°C), over a 24‐h period, and before and after exposure to conspecific slime. Overall, the metabolic rate decreased with temperature. However,...