“…Recent research examples include the importance and need for conservation of rock cliff niches for nesting seabirds in Brittany, France(Eveillard-Buchoux et al, 2019), the role of caves and crevices for mammals and bats(Rivero-Castro et al, 2023;Hughes et al, 2023) and the development of biological rock crusts on the Xitle lava flow around Mexico City(Téllez et al, 2023).…”