Integrative and Comparative Biology

Article	Citations
The Metamorphosing Professor: Adapting Teaching to Fulfill the Promise of Biology Education	86
Awards, Scholarships, and Grants Awarded at the SICB Meeting in January 2024	46
An Animal Model of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Exposure to Light and Sound in the Preterm Infant	43
Mind the Gap: A Review of Disjunctions in Coastal Marine Species	39
Expanding Conservation Science through Emerging Interdisciplinary STEM Fields	36
Estimating Wingbeat Frequency of Hummingbirds Using a No-Labeling Learning Computer Vision Approach	36
Hydric Environment and Chemical Composition Shape Non-avian Reptile Eggshell Absorption	34
Collective Neuromechanics in Sea Stars	34
Trunk Tip Wear in Wild African Savanna Elephants	30
Beyond the Hexagon: Meso-structures in the Bee’s Honeycomb for Bio-Inspired Design	25
The Shape of Water: Physiological Adaptations to Habitat Aridity in the Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)	24
Exploring the Unknown: How Can We Improve Single-cell RNAseq Cell Type Annotations in Non-model Organisms?	23
Rare and Opportunistic Use of Torpor in Mammals—An Echo from the Past?	23
Exoskeletal Trade-off between Claws and Carapace in Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Decapod Crustaceans	22
Comparing Functional Immune Responses in Three Aquatic Turtle Species	22
Effect of Network Structure and Adaptive Foraging on Pollination Services of Species-Rich Plant-Pollinator Communities	22
Correction to: Proteomic Signatures of SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility in Mexican Free-tailed Bats and Their Application to Viral Surveillance	22
Sexes are polymorphisms: Describing and understanding sexual diversity as phenotypic variation	22
Climate-Change Impacts on Cephalopods: A Meta-Analysis	22
Innovative techniques to investigate comparative biomaterials across disciplines and length scales	22
Physiological Basis of Convergent Evolution in Animal Communication Systems	20
Asymmetric Segregation of Maternal mRNAs and Germline-related Determinants in Cephalochordate Embryos: Implications for the Evolution of Early Patterning Events in Chordates	20
Population consequences of physiological responses to stressors: A road map for endocrine data	19
Incorporating Sex-Diverse and Gender-Inclusive Perspectives in Higher Education Biology Courses	19
Temperature and Turgor “Limitation” and Environmental “Control” in Xylem Biology and Dendrochronology	19

Awards, Scholarships, and Grants Awarded at the SICB Meeting in January 2023	18
From Individual Calcifiers to Ecosystem Dynamics: Ocean Acidification Effects on Urchins and Abalone	18
The Variability and Malleability of Frog Call-Timing Mechanisms are Neglected in Traditional Call-Timing Models	18
A Perspective on the Role of Motivated Thinking in Research on Black Representation in Science	18
Trait Loss in Evolution: What Cavefish Have Taught Us about Mechanisms Underlying Eye Regression	18
A Mitochondrial Perspective on the Demands of Reproduction	18
Sleep Posture Influences Metabolic Rate and Vigilance in the Common Whitethroat (Curruca Communis)	18
Common Interests Without Common Expertise: Reflections on Early-career Experiences in Cross-Disciplinary Research	17
Sex Without Sexes: Can the Cost of Finding a Mate Explain Diversity in Fungal Mating Systems?	17
Induced Power Scaling Alone Cannot Explain Griffenfly Gigantism	17
Flapping frequency, amplitude, and organization: associations between accelerometer data and flight energy costs during solo and small group flight of European starlings	16
Practical Guidance and Workflows for Identifying Fast Evolving Non-Coding Genomic Elements Using PhyloAcc	16
Developmental Plasticity in Anurans: Meta-analysis Reveals Effects of Larval Environments on Size at Metamorphosis And Timing of Metamorphosis	15
How Hot is too Hot? Metabolic Responses to Temperature Across Life Stages of a Small Ectotherm	14
Beyond adaptive gene transfers: a primer on horizontal gene transfer across scales	14
Equipment Repositories for Accessibility: A Model for Improving Access in Field Science	14
Early Development of Locomotion in the Term Piglet Model: Does Size Matter?	14
Overcoming Waves of Challenges: Experiences of BIPOC Shark Scientists in the Global South	13
The role of epigenetics and non-genetic inheritance in plant–pollinator interactions: A perspective	13
Host–Microbiome Interactions as Moderators of Host Quality and Biodiversity–Disease Relationships	13
Chronic Stress Decreases Lactation Performance	13
On the Physiology of High-altitude Flight and Altitudinal Migration in Birds	13
The Buzz Around Biopesticides: The Effects Of Bt Formulation DOR Bt-1 On Honey Bee Cognition	13
Limited Cranial Shifts in City-Dwelling Rodents after a Century of Urbanization	12
SICB 2026 Annual Meeting Abstracts	12
Food hoarding, anxiety, and stress in a mammalian hibernator	12
Starting a Dialogue: Understanding the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Values Related to Fisheries Management of a Black Fishing Community in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	12
Non-Bilaterians as Model Systems for Tissue Mechanics	12
Knowing Your Field Community: Elevating the Human Dimension in Ecological Research and Teaching	12
Building, Maintaining, and (re-)Deploying Genetic Toolkits during Convergent Evolution	12
Does Urbanization Alter Purifying Selection? A Case Study in the Burrowing Owl	11
Every Hue Has Its Fan Club: Diverse Patterns of Color-Dependent Flower Visitation across Lepidoptera	11
Suction Feeding Turned on Its Head: A Functional Novelty Facilitates Lower Jaw Protrusion	11
Editor-in-Chief's Note—Thank you to Reviewers	11
Muscle-Driven Predictive Physics Simulations of Quadrupedal Locomotion in the Horse	11
Freshwater Salinization Leads to Sluggish, Bloated Frogs and Small, Cramped Embryos but Adaptive Countergradient Variation in Eggs	11
Predator communities with invasive pike are associated with changes in parental care and brain gene expression in wild Alaskan stickleback	11
The Joy Factor: Redefining Leadership Excellence at Black in Marine Science through Joy-Centered Leadership Practices	11
Foraging Under Fire: A Robotic Flower System Incorporating Multimodal Signaling and Aversive Stimuli	11
Steep Decline in the Rare Flat Abalone, Haliotis walallensis, Following Fishing Exploitation and a Marine Heat Wave: The Next Neoextinction?	11
Microbiomes in Animal Ecology: Advances, Assumptions, and Opportunities	10
An Exploratory Look at Functional Responses to a Second Antigen Injection in a Freshwater Turtle	10
Cross-sexual Transfer Revisited	10
Microbiome Comparison and Pathogen Identification for Three Migrating Passerines Captured During Spring Season in Jordan Using 16S rRNA Sequencing	10
Digestive Enzyme Activities in Mussel Mytilus californianus Endure Acute Heat Exposure in Air	10
Does Phenotypic Integration Promote Convergent Evolution?	10
The Development and Expansion of in vivo Germline Editing Technologies in Arthropods: Receptor-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo (ReMOT Control) and Beyond	10
Best Practices of Bioinspired Design: Key Themes and Challenges	10
Water Availability and Temperature as Modifiers of Evaporative Water Loss in Tropical Frogs	10
The Influence of Bee Movements on Patterns of Pollen Transfer between Plants: An Exploratory Model	10

Teaching accurate sex-related biology: Approaches for more socially just instruction	10
Communication via Biotremors in the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus): Part I- Biotremor Production and Response to Substrate-Borne Vibrations	10
The Young and the Resilient: Investigating Coral Thermal Resilience in Early Life Stages	9
Application of Microbiome Feedback Theory to Animals: Can Parasites Drive Coexistence in Ungulate Communities?	9
Sex, Science, and Society: Reckonings and Responsibilities for Biologists	9
Roles and Future Opportunities for Genomic Architecture in Understanding Repeated Evolution	9
Invasive Spotted Lanternflies (Lycorma delicatula) Are Larger in More Urban Areas	9
“The PO-Driven Model”: A Basic Science Pipeline for the Bioeconomy with Solutions Inspired by Convergent Evolution for Connecting Parallel Research Ideas	9
Analysis of Odor-Tracking Performance of Silk Moth Using a Sensory–Motor Intervention System	8
Complementary Roles for Differential Gene Expression and Differential Exon Use in the Heat Shock Response of an Intertidal Copepod	8
The Microbiome as a Maternal Effect: A Systematic Review on Vertical Transmission of Microbiota	8
Mechanosensory Control of Locomotion in Animals and Robots: Moving Forward	8
Hermaphrodite, Gonochorist, and More: Navigating the Complexities of Sex-Related Language in Biology	8
Re-imagining Reproduction: The Queer Possibilities of Plants	8
What Women Want: Lessons Learned from Grant Applications	8
The Yin and Yang of Self-Regulation in Developing Vertebrates. An Energetics Perspective	8
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) and Wild Bee Resource Competition: How Big Is This Problem?	8
Preferred body temperatures are increasing in 3 anguimorph lizards with passive thermoregulation	8
Sex and Biology: Broader Impacts Beyond the Binary	8
Time-Series Sequences for Evolutionary Inferences	7
The Aquatic Microbial Environment Shapes the Tadpole Microbiome and Antipredator Behavior	7
Correction to: Awards, Scholarships, and Grants Awarded at the SICB Meeting in January 2022	7
Cnidarian Eyes as a Meta-Model to Explore Evolutionary Repeatability Over Deep Time	7
Rhagovelia Uses Interfacial Run-and-Tumble Locomotion to Improve Food Capture in Flowing Environments	7
Remaining safe conducting Field work While Black (FWB), and Tips for PIs, Universities, and Employers of Black Individuals	7
Cnidarian Circadian Clocks Model How Animals Find Predictability in a Complex World	7
Loss of collagen gene expression in the notochord of the tailless tunicate Molgula occulta	7
Towards a Grading Model That Supports Learning in Biology Courses	7
Motherhood and Academia: Tradeoffs	7
Investigating Best Practices for Applying a Quantitative Tooth Complexity Metric to Fishes	7
Scaling Relationships among the Mass of Eggshell, Albumen, and Yolk in Six Precocial Birds	7
The Causes and Consequences of Public Misunderstanding of Shark Conservation	7
Methods for Artificial Incubation of Passerine Eggs	6
CRISPR/Cas9 Protocols for Disrupting Gene Function in the Non-vertebrate Chordate Ciona	6
The Silverjaw Minnow, Ericymba buccata: An Extraordinary Lateral Line System and its Contribution to Prey Detection	6
Leeches Predate on Fast-Escaping and Entangling Blackworms by Spiral Entombment	6
Cephalopod-omics: Emerging Fields and Technologies in Cephalopod Biology	6
How Damage, Recovery, and Repair Alter the Fitness Impacts of Thermal Stress	6
Testing the Adaptive Sterilization Hypothesis in Mice Inoculated with Chlamydia muridarum	6
Katydids Shift to Higher-Stability Gaits when Climbing Inclined Substrates	6
Applying 3D Models of Giant Salamanders to Explore Form–Function Relationships in Early Digit-Bearing Tetrapods	6
Viewing Fragmentation through the Disease Triangle: Implications for Pathogen Pressure on Seeds	6
In Hot Water: Current Thermal Threshold Methods Unlikely to Predict Invasive Species Shifts in NW Atlantic	6
Ontogenetic Plasticity in Shoaling Behavior in a Forage Fish under Warming	6
Under the Sea: Investigation of Telson Morphology and Cryptic Diversity within Eucopia sculpticauda, a Deep-Sea Lophogastrid from the Gulf of Mexico (Peracarida: Lophogastrida)	6
Diverse Tongue Base Retraction Strategies Drive Bolus Propulsion during Mammalian Swallowing	6
The Bioinspiration Feedback Loop: An Interdisciplinary Exchange of Processes and Progress Between Biologists and Engineers	6
Introduction to the 2024 Chordate Origins, Evolution, and Development SICB Symposium	6
Interrogating Metabolic Plasticity in Marine Organisms: A Framework for Best Practices Using Metabolomic and Lipidomic Approaches	6
The Effect of Venipuncture Site on Hematology of Bats: Implications for Comparative Analyses	6
Thermomechanical and Morphological Properties of Loligo vulgaris Squid Sucker Ring Teeth	6
Into the spongy-verse: structural differences between leaf and flower mesophyll	6
Repeated Hyposalinity Pulses Immediately and Persistently Impair the Sea Urchin Adhesive System	6
Evolution of distal swimming structures in Gerromorpha: functional use of claws and fan	6
Mechanosensory Feedback in Lamprey Swimming Models and Applications in the Field of Spinal Cord Regeneration	6
Time-dependent Changes in Shrimp Armor and Escape Kinematics under Ocean Acidification and Warming	6
Pheromone Perception in Fish: Mechanisms and Modulation by Internal Status	6
Insect Flight Energetics and the Evolution of Size, Form, and Function	5
Do We All Walk the Walk? A Comparison of Walking Behaviors across Tetrapods	5
Mechanistic Hypotheses for Proprioceptive Sensing Within the Avian Lumbosacral Spinal Cord	5
Biomechanics of Insect Flight Stability and Perturbation Response	5
Zooming in on Bonnetheads: Quantifying Impacts of Maturity on Denticle Morphology	5
Anterior–Posterior Wnt Signaling Network Conservation between Indirect Developing Sea Urchin and Hemichordate Embryos	5
Tracing the Evolutionary Origin of Chordate Somites in the Hemichordate Ptychodera flava	5
Correction to: Amphibians Exhibit Extremely High Hydric Costs of Respiration	5
Impacts of Quaternary Climatic Changes on the Diversification of Riverine Cichlids in the Lower Congo River	5
Best Practices to Promote Field Science Safety	5
What Can Frogs Teach Us about Resilience? Adaptive Renewal in Amphibian and Academic Ecosystems	5
Correction To: Large Diversity in Nitrogen- and Sulfur-Containing Compatible Solute Profiles in Polar And Temperate Diatoms	5
Genetic Insight into Tiger Sharks ( Galeocerdo cuvier ) and Whiprays ( Brevitrygon sp.) in Sri Lanka	5
Warming Accelerates the Onset of the Molecular Stress Response and Increases Mortality of Larval Atlantic Cod	5
Lizard and Snake Tongues as Muscular Hydrostats: Morphology, Function, and Diversity	5
Independent Transitions to Freshwater Environments Promote Phenotypic Divergence, Not Convergence, in Stingrays	5
Daily Torpor in Birds and Mammals: Past, Present, and Future of the Field	5
Biotic Interactions and the Future of Fishes on Coral Reefs: The Importance of Trait-Based Approaches	5
Characterizing Primary Immune Responses Against Three Antigens in a Reptile	5
Females with Increased Costs Maintain Reproductive Output: A Field Experiment in a Common Songbird	5
Navigating the semantic labyrinth of “sex” in the study of reproductive trait evolution	5
Integrating Spatial Analyses of Genomic and Physiological Data to Understand Avian Responses to Environmental Change	5
Diversification of Cnidarian Mechanosensory Neurons Across Life Cycle Phases: Evidence from Hydrozoa	4

Heterothermic Migration Strategies in Flying Vertebrates	4
The Effects of Vertebral Deformities on Swimming Kinematics in Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus	4
Advancing Integrative Pollinator Biology Education With Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences	4
The Wind Niche: The Thermal and Hydric Effects of Wind Speed on Terrestrial Organisms	4
The Impact of Light Availability on the Functional Traits of Quercus Robur L. and Acer Platanoides L. Firs	4
Defensins of the Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) have Developmental-Specific Regulation and Evolve at Different Rates	4
Show Me Your Teeth And I Will Tell You What You Eat: Differences in Tooth Enamel in Snakes with Different Diets	4
The Integrative Life History of Maternal Effects	4
Clinging for Shear Life: Active Input Improves Adhesion in the Northern Clingfish	4
Developmental Patterns Underlying Variation in Form and Function Exhibited by House Gecko Toe Pads	4
Morphology of pig nasal structure and modulation of airflow and basic thermal conditioning	4
That Stinging Sensation: Modularity and the Origin of the Stinging Cell	4
Resting Metabolic Rate Does Not Predict Peak Metabolic Rate in the Glanville Fritillary Butterfly	4
Meager Milk: Lasting Consequences for Adult Daughters of Primiparous Mothers Among Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)	4
Improving Cross-Disciplinary Knowledge Transfer for Bio-Inspired Engineering Design	4
Serca Uncoupling May Facilitate Cold Acclimation in Dark-Eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) without Regulation by Sarcolipin or Phospholamban	4
Exploring the Dual Functionality of Plant Pulvini Using a Physical Modeling Approach	4
No Single Association of Constitutive Immune Defenses with Fat Condition or Protein Content	4
Awards, Scholarships, and Grants Awarded at the SICB Meeting in January 2024	4
When to Go Against the Flow: Examining Patterns of Performance Over Multiday Migration Events in the Hawaiian Stream Fish, ‘O‘opu Nōpili (Sicyopterus stimpsoni)	4
Perspective: Social License as a Lens for Improving Ethical and Welfare Standards in Cephalopod Research	4
Characterizing Physical Interactions between Male and Female Mosquitoes ( Aedes aegypti ) in Relation to Female Receptivity and Insemination Outcomes Usi	4
Phenotypic Convergence Is Stronger and More Frequent in Herbivorous Fishes	4
Simulation-Based Evaluation of Methods, Data Types, and Temporal Sampling Schemes for Detecting Recent Population Declines	4
Assistant editors and Associate editors for 2024	4
The Function of the Mammal Extrinsic Tongue Musculature in the Transition from Suckling to Drinking	4
Conducting Impactful Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions	4
Mechanisms of Carotenoid Metabolism: Understanding the Links between Red Coloration, Cellular Respiration, and Individual Quality	4
Slender but strong: Substrate-driven adaptations in parasitic wasp ovipositors	4
A legacy of competitive exclusion: Host demography and amplified disease	4
Sleep: An Essential and Understudied Process in the Biology of Blood-Feeding Arthropods	4
Formation and Replacement of Bone and Tooth Mineralized Tissues in Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) Revealed by In-Vivo Fluorescence Marking	4
Combining Morphological Characteristics and DNA Barcoding Techniques Confirm Sea Urchins of the Genus Echinometra (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in Marine Habitat Located at Extreme Regions of the	4
Highlighting Potential Physical and Chemical Cues Involved in Conspecific Recognition System in a Predator Nematode, Seinura caverna	4
Minireview: Glucocorticoid−Leptin Crosstalk: Role of Glucocorticoid–Leptin Counterregulation in Metabolic Homeostasis and Normal Development	4
Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Biology: From Data Collection to Predictions	4
Sex-specific Morphological Shifts Across Space and Time in Replicate Urban Wall Lizard Introductions	4
Computational and Physical Modeling to Understand Form–Function Relationships	4
New Associate and Assistant Editors (2025)	3
Cardueline Finches Vary in Constitutive Innate Immunity Against a Harmful Strain of Avian Salmonella	3
Synthesizing sex/es across scales and lineages: Centering plants, algae, fungi, protists, and modular metazoans	3
Correction to: Chemical Communication in Lizards and a Potential Role for Vasotocin in Modulating Social Interactions	3
Probing the Phycosphere: Techniques to Study Bacteria-Phytoplankton Interactions	3
Are the Kids Alright? Dehydration and High Temperatures During Pregnancy Impact Offspring Physiology, Morphology, and Survival in a Cold-adapted Lizard	3
3D Muscle Architecture of the Tongue of the White-bellied Pangolin ( Phataginus tricuspis ) Reveals a Muscular Hydrostat	3
Evo-Inspired Engineering of Radical Phenotypes and Emergent Traits	3
Stress, Sex, Cysts and Spores: Selection for Syngamy, Meiosis and Dormancy Under Resource Limitation in Eukaryotic Microbes	3
Proteomic Signatures of SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility in Mexican Free-tailed Bats and Their Application to Viral Surveillance	3
The Hawkmoth Proboscis: An Insect Model for Sensorimotor Control of Reaching and Exploration	3
Exploring Metrics of Biological Diversity to Better Predict and Respond to Emerging Diseases	3
An Integrative Understanding of Evolutionary Convergence Across Organisms and Biological Scales	3
Correction to: Trends in Stroke Kinematics, Reynolds Number, and Swimming Mode in Shrimp-Like Organisms	3
White Paper: An Integrated Perspective on the Causes of Hypometric Metabolic Scaling in Animals	3
Critically Assessing Undergraduate Field Experiences: Understanding Conceptualizations and Opportunities for Building Inclusive Programs	3
Behavioral Strategizing Among Animals: A Systems Approach	3
Matryoshka Dolls of Virus Evolution: The Internal Forces That Shape Viral Fate	3
Learning to Move in a Changing Body in a Changing World	3
Using Pose Estimation and 3D Rendered Models to Study Leg-Mediated Self-righting by Lanternflies	3
Links between Innate and Adaptive Immunity Can Favor Evolutionary Persistence of Immunopathology	3
The Effect of Urbanization and Sampling Date on Blood Immunophysiology and Haemosporidian Parasitemia in Cardueline Finches	3
Acidic Apple Snails: Effects of Climate Change on the Mechanical Properties of an Invasive Gastropod	3
Evo-Devo Mechanobiology: The Missing Link	3
Skin Defenses and Host-Environment Microbiome Interactions in Spotted Salamanders	3
Symbiotic Relationship of Comasterschlegelii (Crinoidea: Comatulidae) and Gymnolophus obscura (Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae) Derived from Stable Isotope and Fatty Acid Analyses	3
Sharing Pollinators and Viruses: Virus Diversity of Pollen in a Co-Flowering Community	3
Tiny Amphibious Insects Use Tripod Gait for Traversal on Land, Water, and Duckweed	3
Bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) metabolic rate in relation to reduced energy acquisition	3
Trophic Ecology of the Tiger Shark ( Galeocerdo cuvier ) and Bengal Whipray ( Brevitrygon imbricata ) Harv	3
Evaluating the Impact of Nipple Design on Tongue Function in Infant Feeding Using a Dynamic Endocast	3
The “Seven Deadly Sins” of Neophobia Experimental Design	3
A Conceptual Framework for Integrative Work in Organismal Biology, Bioinspired Design, and Beyond	3
Regulation of Green Fluorescent Proteins by Sea Anemones (Anthopleura spp.) in Response to Light	3
Freezing and Mechanical Failure of a Habitat-Forming Kelp in the Rocky Intertidal Zone	3
The nutritional content of anthropogenic resources affects wildlife disease dynamics	3
Complexities of Phenological Shifts for Plant–Pollinator Interactions and Ways Forward	3
Birth and the Pathway to Adulthood: Integration across Development, Environment, and Evolution	3
The Life-History Traits of Soil-Dwelling Nematode (Acrobeloides sp.) Exhibit More Resilience to Water Restriction Than Caenorhabditis elegans	3
Getting Nosy: Olfactory Rosette Morphology and Lamellar Microstructure of Two Chondrichthyan Species	3
Who Nose What Flows: Shark Narial Denticle Morphology and Hydrodynamic Implications	3
A Fast And Versatile Method for Simultaneous HCR, Immunohistochemistry And Edu Labeling (SHInE)	3
A Systems Approach to Homeostasis: What Euryhaline Fish Teach Us About Organismal Stress Responses	3
Active Adaptive Strategies of Mallard Feet in Response to Changes in Wetness and Compactness of the Sand Terrain	3
Effect of Temperature on Mosquito Olfaction	3
The Presence of Chemical Cues Likely Alters Motivation, Rather than Perception of Weak Visual Cues	3
Deuterostome Ancestors and Chordate Origins	3
Communication via Biotremors in the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus): Part II—Social Contexts	3
Floral Diversity and Pollination Syndromes in Agave subgenus Manfreda	3
Similar Biomolecular Constraints Drive Convergent Adaptation to Extreme Cold and High Pressure	3
Pollen–Microbe Interactions in Nectar Weakly Influence Bee Foraging Behavior	3
Amphibians Exhibit Extremely High Hydric Costs of Respiration	3