Rates of human-induced environmental change continue increasing with human population
size, potentially altering animal physiology and negatively affecting wildlife. Researchers …

The plight of wild birds is becoming critical due to exposure to environmental contaminants.
Although laboratory studies have provided insights into the developmental effects of …

Early-life experience can fundamentally shape individual life-history trajectories. Previous
research has suggested that exposure to stress during development causes differences in …

Although the long-lasting effects of variation in early-life environment have been well
documented across organisms, the underlying causal mechanisms are only recently starting …

Early life adversity predicts shorter adult lifespan in several animal taxa. Yet, work on long‐
lived primate populations suggests the evolution of mechanisms that contribute to resiliency …

In cooperatively breeding cichlid fish, the early social environment has lifelong effects on the
offspring's behaviour, life-history trajectories and brain gene expression. Here, we asked …

Adverse experiences in early life are associated with aging-related disease risk and
mortality across many species. In humans, confounding factors, as well as the difficulty of …

The developmental environment can have powerful, canalizing effects that last throughout
an animal's life and even across generations. Intergenerational effects of early-life …

The hypothalamic–pituitaryadrenal (HPA) axis is one of the most important physiological
mechanisms for mediating life-history trade-offs by reallocating resources to immediate …

Novel pressures derived from urbanisation can alter native habitats and ultimately impact
wildlife. Coping with such human-driven changes might induce shifts in species phenotypic …