Can spines tell a story?
The short-beaked echidna, native to Australia, is an excellent model of a monotreme, which are egg-laying mammals. Egg-laying is closely...
Personality matters: exploring the relationship between personality and stress physiology in captive African lions
Lions are animals beloved across the world. Unfortunately, at the current rate of habitat loss and poaching, African lions could...
Direct Effects of Air Pollution on Cortisol Levels
Traffic-Related Air Pollution and a Rise in Cortisol Levels Why? Prior research has shown that traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) plays...
What’s in a Whisker?
WHAT’S IN A SEAL’S WHISKER? WHY? Scientists are always looking for unique ways to obtain non-invasive tissues for physiological analysis...
Keeping Your Elephants Happy
KEEPING YOUR ELEPHANTS HAPPY A new longitudinal study from ISWE members. A basic understanding of wildlife endocrinology is critical to...
The Power of Non-Invasive Fecal Biomarker Testing
Non-invasive fecal hormone analysis for stress and reproduction assessment in wildlife studies Hormone levels are widely used to measure stress...
Salivary Cortisol: Detecting Stress in Critical Incident Training
The negative impact stress has on health and performance is well documented. Consequently, stress assessment and mitigation strategies are the...
What Makes Cortisol Different Among Species?
STUMPED? The molecules, of course, are 100% identical. The structure of the cortisol molecule is exactly the same regardless of...
Anxiety and Sex Hormones
Statistics from the National Institute of Mental Health show almost 20% of all adults in the United States suffer from...
Validation of 8 Assays in 8 Species of Whales
Even with significant protections in place, whale populations continue to be low relative to apparent historic norms. Unfortunately, the reasons...
Dopamine D1 Receptor Signaling for Steroidogenic Differentiation
Induced pluripotent stem cells are a powerful tool for investigating the molecular mechanisms that underlie cell development in vitro. A...
Validation of 8 Assays in 8 Species
Even with significant protections in place, whale populations continue to be low relative to apparent historic norms. Unfortunately, the reasons...