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Carrera, S. C., Godoy, I., Gault, C. M., Mensing, A., Damm, J., Perry, S. E., & Beehner, J. C. (2025). Stress responsiveness in a wild primate predicts survival across an extreme El Niño drought. Science Advances, 11(4), eadq5020. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq5020 My early research was on neuroendocrine responses to fear, and I took great pleasure in writing…