Dear MARMAMers, My co-authors and I are happy to make you all aware of our new publication in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Significance statement and link to the paper are found below: Intraspecific variation in boldness and exploration shapes behavioral responses to stress in Galápagos sea lion pups. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 73, 166 (2019) doi:10.1007/s00265-019-2775-8 Galápagos sea lions are an endangered pinniped species which live within a habitat characterized by a large degree of environmental uncertainty. We hypothesized that, depending on their personality, Galápagos sea lion pups may show varying degrees of behavioral plasticity in response to a dynamic early life environment. We show that bold pups and those that were less explorative during novel object tests and within their natural habitat were more likely to habituate quickly to stressful experiences (i.e., a capture and handling regime). We postulate that a familiarity with the physical and social environment in addition to personality traits may play an important role in how individual sea lion pups assess and cope with early life risks. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337833176_Intraspecific_variation_i... Best, Geno DeRango Galapagos sea lion Project Bielefeld University Department of Animal Behaviour