J_Exp_Biol

J_Exp_Biol, 24 days ago to random

In their ECR Spotlight, Nina Bean tells us about her research showing that coral metabolism changes with size, which has implications for their ability to respond to climate change, and how she loves marine underwater photography and rock climbing

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/9/jeb247892/347149

J_Exp_Biol, 25 days ago to science

Ever wonder how soft bodied creatures exert forces as they move? Now a new theory by @mchtweet & co reveals how starfish feet propel the echinoderms, how worms burrow & how squid propel their tentacles.

#science #biology #zoology #biomechanics

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/9/jeb247936/347309

Read the full research: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/9/jeb246901/347310

J_Exp_Biol, 1 month ago to SNAKES

In his ECR Spotlight, Jarrod Petersen tells us about his research, which showed that ingesting a large meal does not affect how #boaconstrictors move, and that you can always learn something, even from failed experiments

#zoology #biomechanics #snakes

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/8/jeb247789/346889

J_Exp_Biol, 1 month ago to random

In her ECR Spotlight, Chiara Ciccone talks about how she spent time outside as a child looking for insects, how reading diving physiology papers in Rome led her to studying in Norway & the good and bad aspects of sailing all the way to Greenland to study seals

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/7/jeb247766/346496

J_Exp_Biol, 1 month ago to science

Do honey #bees adjust their metabolic rate depending on the air temperature? Some thought not but others thought they did. Now Jordan Glass & Jon Harrison show that the bees do adjust their metabolic rates to ensure that their #muscles always run smoothly

#science #biology #zoology #entomology #comparativephysiology

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/7/jeb247741/346493

J_Exp_Biol, 2 months ago to random

Issue 6 has closed and issue 7 is now open.

The front cover of issue 6 by Thomas Eltz shows a male orchid bee demonstrating its display behaviour.

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/227/6

J_Exp_Biol, 2 months ago to random

In her ECR Spotlight, Kristina Muise discusses her research journey that started in Canada and is now continuing in the UK, her goal of getting a PhD in wildlife diseases & conservation medicine, and gives a top tip for ECRs.

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/5/jeb247491/344120

J_Exp_Biol, 3 months ago to science

In all walks of life there's only so much to go around, and now Cristina Ottocento & co show that wood tiger moths that developed from larvae fed an inferior diet don't taste so bad because they cut back production of their unpleasant taste in favour of their distinctive dark deterrent markings

#science #biology #zoology #comparativephysiology #tradeoff

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/3/jeb245946/343001

J_Exp_Biol, 4 months ago to science

Who doesn't love Nemo, but now, in addition to his courage and tenacity, it turns out that the little fish can count too!
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/2/jeb247236/342629

Read the full research here
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/2/jeb246357/342628

#Science #Zoology #Biology #clownfish

J_Exp_Biol, 4 months ago to random

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J_Exp_Biol, 4 months ago to random

Henry Cerbone reports on Gau & co’s recent @Nature paper showing that the fast asynchronous muscles that help mosquitos beat their wings so fast without being sent messages from the brain might have a similar architecture to their regular flight muscles

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/1/JEB246569/338971

J_Exp_Biol, 4 months ago to science

In her ECR Spotlight, Lauren Rowsey talks about her research journey that has taken her from Texas to Canada, winter dormancy in #fish & how her mother fostered her love of science by sending her to marine biology camps.

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/1/jeb247113/341222

#Science #Biology #Zoology

J_Exp_Biol, 4 months ago to science

Dung beetles are remarkably adept at rolling dung balls in perfectly straight lines, but now Nienke Bijma & co have discovered that the tenacious beetles are thrown off course and forced to follow channels in uneven terrain and often lose control of their precious balls of dung

#navigation #neuroethology #biology #zoology #dungbeetles #comparativephysiology

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/1/jeb247121/341253

Read the full research at https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/1/jeb245920/341256

J_Exp_Biol, 4 months ago to climate

Jason Dallas & co show that the community of microbes inhabiting the guts of tadpoles contributes to their ability to withstand rising temperature & suggests that microbiome transplants could offer hope to species at risk as global temperatures rise

#gutmicrobiome #climatechange #amphibians #tadpoles
#zoology #biology #comparativephysiology

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/1/jeb247159/341170

Read the full research at https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/1/jeb246735/341168

J_Exp_Biol, 4 months ago to random

Numbats love eating termites, but the world is getting too hot for them to be in the sun for long. Christine Cooper & Philip Withers used thermal imaging cameras to show that the endangered marsupials may have as little as 10 minutes to forage before overheating.

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/1/jeb247005/339936

Read the full research at
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/1/jeb246301/339940

J_Exp_Biol, 6 months ago to science

In their Review, Eric Riddell & co discuss mechanistic niche models & their use in predicting climate vulnerability and species range dynamics. They also review the observations & experiments used to set parameters for these models.

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/22/jeb245543/334656

#Biology #Science #zoology

J_Exp_Biol, 6 months ago to random

As part of our #JEB100 celebrations, we have funded two new travel grants to help young faculty:

Research Partnership Kickstart Travel Grants https://www.biologists.com/grants/kickstart-travel-grants/

and ECR Visiting Fellowships https://www.biologists.com/grants/ecr-visiting-fellowships/

Deadline for applications: 1 Dec 2023

J_Exp_Biol, 6 months ago to science

As part of our #JEB100 celebrations, we have produced a poster and article telling the story of the journal's first century, from its foundation by Lancelot Hogben, Julian Huxley and Frances Crew and its association with H. G. Wells, through nine Editors-in-Chief, to becoming the champion of the comparative community that it is today.

#JEB100 #comparativephysiology #biomechanics #neuroethology #biology #zoology

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/22/jeb246868/335473

J_Exp_Biol, 7 months ago to random

In their Review, William Joyce and colleagues highlight why using pharmacological agents, defined in mammals, to study adrenergic regulation in fish is complicated by the distinct evolutionary history of fish adrenergic receptors.

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/19/jeb245859/333456

J_Exp_Biol, 7 months ago to science

Many #bats are struggling and now it turns out that stress dramatically impacts the fertility of male big brown bats, halving their testosterone and reducing their ability to produce sperm within an hour of becoming stressed

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/19/jeb246697/330774

Read the full research by Mattina Alonge & co here:

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/19/jeb245592/330776

#Comparativephysiology #Biology #Science

J_Exp_Biol, 8 months ago to random

As part of our ongoing efforts to show our appreciation to our peer reviewers, JEB publishes a list of peer reviewers at the end of every year in recognition of their contribution to the journal. Reviewers who review for us multiple times in a single year are rewarded with a free online journal subscription.

#PeerReviewWeek

J_Exp_Biol, 9 months ago to science

Mangrove #killifish are usually solitary but Chloe Melanson Simon Lamarre & Suzanne Currie found that having social experiences helps them stay in warm waters longer before leaping out in search of a new home

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/16/jeb246438/325927

Read the full research here:
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/16/jeb245656/325928

#biology #Zoology #science

J_Exp_Biol, 9 months ago to science

In their #JEB100 Review, Ijspeert & Daley discuss how comparative animal studies and neuromechanical modeling have revealed diversity in the integration of feedback and feedforward control, related to body size, mechanical stability, time to locomotor maturity and movement speed

#biomechanics #biology #zoology #locomotion

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/15/jeb245784/325856

J_Exp_Biol, 10 months ago to random

To celebrate of the work of the scientists who publish in the Company of Biologists journals, we are currently planting a tree in the Forest of Biologists for each paper that we publish. We recently celebrated Dowd & Somero's JEB paper https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/15/jeb246033/324982
by planting a small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata) https://forest.biologists.com/landscape/?doi=10.1242%2Fjeb.246033&tgl=1 to at our forest at the Woodland Trust's Young People's forest https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/young-peoples-forest-at-mead/

See the virtual version of the forest https://forest.biologists.com/landscape/
#zoology