Translating conservation and biodiversity research from the field into the real world is a complex problem. This collection discusses issues around economics, policy, and how to do research that answers the questions that decision makers have. The image shows marine iguanas in the Galapagos Islands.
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Editorial
Aligning data with decisions to address the biodiversity crisis
PLOS Biology: published June 11, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002683
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Essays
How will better data (and better use of data) enable us to save the planet?
PLOS Biology: published June 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002689
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Costs in conservation: Common costly mistakes and how to avoid them
PLOS Biology: published June 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002676
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Perspectives
Enabling usable science takes a community: Using our roles as funders to catalyze change
PLOS Biology: published June 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002675
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Now is the time for conservationists to stand up for social justice
PLOS Biology: published June 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002657
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Primers
Swimming in a school shelters fish from turbulence
PLOS Biology: published June 7, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002677
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Imaging lifespan brain structural growth: From region, to connectome, to gradient
PLOS Biology: published June 21, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002669
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For pet’s sake: Discovering a naturally occurring zebrafish virus
PLOS Biology: published June 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002643
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Research Articles
Collective movement of schooling fish reduces the costs of locomotion in turbulent conditions
PLOS Biology: published June 6, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002501
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Cumulative route improvements spontaneously emerge in artificial navigators even in the absence of sophisticated communication or thought
PLOS Biology: published June 6, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002644
Chromosome-level genome assemblies of 2 hemichordates provide new insights into deuterostome origin and chromosome evolution
PLOS Biology: published June 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002661
Comparative genomics of the closely related fungal genera Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals karyotype dynamics and suggests evolutionary mechanisms of pathogenesis
PLOS Biology: published June 6, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002682
The clock-like accumulation of germline and somatic mutations can arise from the interplay of DNA damage and repair
PLOS Biology: published June 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002678
Humans can infer social preferences from decision speed alone
PLOS Biology: published June 20, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002686
Disruption of dopamine D2/D3 system function impairs the human ability to understand the mental states of other people
PLOS Biology: published June 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002652
A closed-loop auditory stimulation approach selectively modulates alpha oscillations and sleep onset dynamics in humans
PLOS Biology: published June 18, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002651
Morphometric brain organization across the human lifespan reveals increased dispersion linked to cognitive performance
PLOS Biology: published June 20, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002647
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Shared behavioural impairments in visual perception and place avoidance across different autism models are driven by periaqueductal grey hypoexcitability in Setd5 haploinsufficient mice
PLOS Biology: published June 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002668
The human hypothalamus coordinates switching between different survival actions
PLOS Biology: published June 28, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002624
Low and high beta rhythms have different motor cortical sources and distinct roles in movement control and spatiotemporal attention
PLOS Biology: published June 25, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002670
Subpopulations of neurons in the perirhinal cortex enable both modality-specific and modality-invariant recognition of objects
PLOS Biology: published June 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002713
From hidden hearing loss to supranormal auditory processing by neurotrophin 3-mediated modulation of inner hair cell synapse density
PLOS Biology: published June 27, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002665
A mechanical transition from tension to buckling underlies the jigsaw puzzle shape morphogenesis of histoblasts in the Drosophila epidermis
PLOS Biology: published June 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002662
Maternal obesity increases hypothalamic miR-505-5p expression in mouse offspring leading to altered fatty acid sensing and increased intake of high-fat food
PLOS Biology: published June 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002641
KCNK1 promotes proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer cells by activating lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) and up-regulating H3K18 lactylation
PLOS Biology: published June 21, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002666
Widespread fungal–bacterial competition for magnesium lowers bacterial susceptibility to polymyxin antibiotics
PLOS Biology: published June 20, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002694
Metabolic reprogramming during Candida albicans planktonic-biofilm transition is modulated by the transcription factors Zcf15 and Zcf26
PLOS Biology: published June 21, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002693
The Toxoplasma oxygen-sensing protein, TgPhyA, is required for resistance to interferon gamma-mediated nutritional immunity in mice
PLOS Biology: published June 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002690
Engineering of a high-fidelity Cas12a nuclease variant capable of allele-specific editing
PLOS Biology: published June 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002680
Methods and Resources
The COMBO window: A chronic cranial implant for multiscale circuit interrogation in mice
PLOS Biology: published June 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002664
A high-throughput behavioral screening platform for measuring chemotaxis by C. elegans
PLOS Biology: published June 27, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002672
Update Article
Maternal TGF-β ligand Panda breaks the radial symmetry of the sea urchin embryo by antagonizing the Nodal type II receptor ACVRII
PLOS Biology: published June 24, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002701