A telemetry study shows that an endangered nocturnal avian species roosts in extremely dry habitats to avoid predation by Yohay Wasserlauf, Ady Gancz, Amir Ben Dov, Ron Efrat, Nir Sapir, Roi Dor, Orr Spiegel

“…Consequently, our research demonstrates the importance of describing the space-use of nocturnal animals in arid habitats for conservation efforts.…”
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Anguimorpha as a model group for studying the comparative heart morphology among Lepidosauria: Evolutionary window on the ventricular septation by Martina Gregorovicova, Martin Bartos, Bjarke Jensen, Jiri Janacek, Bryan Minne, Jiri Moravec, David Sedmera

“…The compact layer and trabeculae were developed in accordance with particular ecological niche of the species, the trabeculae in nocturnal animals with low metabolism, such as Sphenodon, Heloderma or Lanthanotus were more massive. …”
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Global positioning with animal‐borne pressure sensors by Raphaël Nussbaumer, Mathieu Gravey, Martins Briedis, Felix Liechti

“…In particular, such devices can now be applied to short‐distant migrants (>100 km), forest‐dwelling species, nocturnal animals and altitudinal migrants.…”
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Loss of Melanopsin Photoreception and Antagonism of the Histamine H3 Receptor by Ciproxifan Inhibit Light-Induced Sleep in Mice by Muindi, Fanuel, Colas, Damien, Ikeme, Jesse, Ruby, Norman F., Heller, H. Craig

“…Light has direct effects on sleep and wakefulness causing arousal in diurnal animals and sleep in nocturnal animals. In the present study, we assessed the modulation of light-induced sleep by melanopsin and the histaminergic system by exposing mice to millisecond light flashes and continuous light respectively. …”
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Influence of Agricultural Expansion and Human Disturbance on the Encounter Rates of Nocturnal Mammals in Tropical Hill Forests in Bangladesh by Hassan Al-Razi, Marco Campera, Sabit Hasan, Marjan Maria, Vincent Nijman, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris

“…Agroforestry systems, however, with their more complex tree and plant communities, have been shown to be important habitats for a range of globally threatened species, including nocturnal animals. Here, we present novel data on the encounter rates of seven species of nocturnal mammals in relation to agroforestry systems within four national parks and associated plantations in Bangladesh to examine if encounter rates were influenced by the human population density, presence of plantations, and human access as represented by a Human Influence Index of anthropogenic disturbance. …”
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MoonShine: A software‐hardware system for simulating moonlight ground illuminance and re‐creating artificial moonlight cycles in a laboratory environment by Lok Poon, Ian T. Jenks, W. G. R. Crampton

“…This limitation extends to experimental studies of the effects of light pollution on nocturnal animals, which often fail to adequately represent natural nocturnal light. …”
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Himalayan musk deer (Moshcus leucogaster) behavior at latrine sites and their implications in conservation by Paras Bikram Singh, Pradip Saud, Zhigang Jiang, Zhixin Zhou, Yiming Hu, Huijian Hu

“…We found that musk deer are crepuscular and nocturnal animals. Both male and female musk deer repeatedly and independently visited shared latrine sites as well as exclusively used latrine sites. …”
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Artificial light at night (ALAN) pollution alters bat lunar chronobiology: insights from broad-scale long-term acoustic monitoring by Han Li, Pauline Allen, Saige Boris, Samantha Lagrama, Jade Lyons, Christina Mills, Pauline Moussi, Casey Nichols, Carter Tacosik, McKenzie Tsaousis, Nyzaya Livingston Wilson, John F. Grider, Kevin A. Parker, Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell

“…Abstract Background The timing of behavior and habitat use of nocturnal animals can be influenced by the lunar cycle in nature. …”
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The Effects of Artificial Night Lighting on Tail Regeneration and Prey Consumption in a Nocturnal Salamander (<i>Plethodon cinereus</i>) and on the Behavior of Fruit Fly Prey (<i>D... by Sharon E. Wise, Alex Rohacek, Ashley E. Scanlon, Tiffany Cabrera, Bryant W. Buchanan

“…As human development continues to encroach into natural habitats, artificial light at night (ALAN) has increasingly become a concern for wildlife. Nocturnal animals are especially vulnerable to ALAN, as the physiology and behavior of nocturnal species have evolved under conditions associated with predictably dark environments. …”
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Fauna of Sistan Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones), Southeast Iran by Hossein Barahoei

“…Scorpions are nocturnal animals that feed on invertebrates and other arachnids. …”
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Los espacios de frontera: el locus de la violencia y la disgregación de identidades en Los límites de la noche de Eduardo Antonio Parra by Mónica Torres Torija G.

“…Three fundamental aspects will be developed in this analysis of Los límites de la noche (Era, 1996): the night as locus of violence in La noche más oscura, the nocturnal animal in the urban barbarism in Como una diosa and the nocturnal voices that transit in the world narrated in El pozo.…”
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A light-exploiting insectivorous bat shows no melatonin disruption under lights with different spectra by Alicia M. Dimovski, Stephen R. Griffiths, Kerry V. Fanson, Danielle L. Eastick, Kylie A. Robert

“…The introduction of artificial light into the night-time environment masks natural light cues and has the potential to disrupt this well-established biological rhythm. Nocturnal animal species, such as bats, are adapted to low light conditions and are therefore among the most vulnerable to the impacts of artificial light at night (ALAN). …”
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DNA Footprints: Using Parasites to Detect Elusive Animals, Proof of Principle in Hedgehogs by Simon Allen, Carolyn Greig, Ben Rowson, Robin B. Gasser, Abdul Jabbar, Simone Morelli, Eric R. Morgan, Martyn Wood, Dan Forman

“…The Western European Hedgehog (<i>Erinaceous europaeus</i>) is a nocturnal animal that is in decline in much of Europe, but the monitoring of this species is subjective, prone to error, and an inadequate basis for estimating population trends. …”
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Circadian clock genes Bmal1 and Period may regulate nocturnal spawning by controlling sex hormone secretion in razor clam Sinonovacula constricta by Yanzi Liu, Yanzi Liu, Qinyuan He, Hanhan Yao, Zhihua Lin, Zhihua Lin, Yinghui Dong, Yinghui Dong

“…Therefore, these obvious changes in the circadian rhythm indicate that S. constricta is a nocturnal animal. The open reading frame (ORF) of Bmal1 comprises 1944 bp encoding 647 aa, while the ORF of Period comprises 3111 bp encoding 1036 aa. …”
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