Host-associated microbiomes play an increasingly appreciated role in animal metabolism,
immunity and health. The microbes in turn depend on their host for resources and can be …

Research on non‐human primates in the endangered tropical dry forest of Sector Santa
Rosa (SSR), Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), was launched in 1983 and is now …

Ecological flexibility, extended lifespans, and large brains have long intrigued evolutionary
biologists, and comparative genomics offers an efficient and effective tool for generating new …

The 'social microbiome'can fundamentally shape the costs and benefits of group-living, but
understanding social transmission of microbes in free-living animals is challenging due to …

The gut microbiome has a well-documented relationship with host fitness. Greater microbial
diversity and abundance of specific microbes have been associated with improved fitness …

Highlights•Colobus group ID and home range separation predicted gut microbiome
differences.•Between-group differences in the gut microbiome decreased with social …

Food supply is one of the major drivers of animal behavior, and the gut microbiome is an
important mediator between food supply and its effects on physiology. However, predicting …

The emergent concept of the social microbiome (Sarkar et al. 2020) implies a view of a
highly connected biological world, in which microbial interchange across organisms may be …

While skin microbes are known to mediate human health and disease, there has been
minimal research on the interactions between skin microbiota, social behavior, and year-to …

Gut microbiota are influenced by factors such as diet, habitat, and social contact, which
directly affect the host's health. Studies related to gut microbiota in non-human primates are …