Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs

Crump, A; Aiken, C; Cunningham, EM; Arnott, G

doi:10.3390/ani13061055

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Article Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees (2024)
Journal Article
Gibbons, M., Pasquini, E., Kowalewska, A., Read, E., Gibson, S., Crump, A., Solvi, C., Versace, E., & Chittka, L. (2024). Article Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees. iScience, 27(8), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110440

It has been widely stated that insects do not show self-protective behavior toward noxiously-stimulated body parts, but this claim has never been empirically tested. Here, we tested whether an insect species displays a type of self-protective behavio... Read More about Article Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees.

Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects' welfare? (2023)
Journal Article
Crump, A., Gibbons, M., Barrett, M., Birch, J., & Chittka, L. (2023). Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects' welfare?. PLoS Biology, 21(6), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002138

Recent evidence suggests that at least some insect species might plausibly feel pain. These findings should prompt researchers to think about the welfare implications of insect experiments.

Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs (2023)
Journal Article
Crump, A., Aiken, C., Cunningham, E., & Arnott, G. (2023). Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs. Animals, 13(6), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13061055

We tested whether acute microplastic exposure impacts information gathering and processing (cognition) in hermit crabs (Pagurus bernhardus). For five days, we kept 51 hermit crabs in tanks containing either polyethylene microspheres (n = 27) or no pl... Read More about Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs.