#CysticFibrosis is one of the genetic disorders that can result in premature death. This new #RSOS research has developed a new ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) method that is more innovative, reliable, and eco-friendlier than existing methodologies: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Excited to share my first first-author paper from my master’s work at @carleton.ca , with @andrew-m-simons.bsky.social and Myron Smith! We explored how constraints on adaptation can aid the persistence of bet-hedging traits in the short term. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Investigating the Yanomami malaria outbreak: gold mining and malaria royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... | #BiologyLetters #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience #HealthAndDisease #Epidemiology

Mutations within the predicted fragment-binding region of FAM83G/SACK1G abolish its interaction with the Ser/Thr kinase CK1α Open Access royalsocietypublishing.org/rsob/article... | #OpenBiology #Biochemistry #Bioinformatics #CellularBiology

Cohort splitting is a condition-dependent plastic life-history adaptation to variable environments in the wolf spider, Pardosa agrestis #Ecology #ProcB #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Proc B with @sampassmore.bsky.social! We used simulations to explore the innovation strategies of speed climbers 🧗‍♀️ Innovation is higher among slower athletes and lower when the population size is larger, and the overall balance of innovation and copying appears to be suboptimal 🔗 bit.ly/499QjZM

New #RSOS paper: #Microplastic content and using food waste-fed insects in fish feed influence appeal of farmed fish. Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

New research from #ProcA: Adaptive sensor steering strategy using deep reinforcement learning for dynamic data acquisition in digital twins royalsocietypublishing.org/rspa/article... | #Engineering #MechanicalEngineering #DigitalTwins

Left-handers excel in some sports — but not all. They shine in interactive (head-to-head) sports but are rare in track-and-field. Context matters. New research shows only ~2–5% left-handers among elite athletes in javelin, discus, & shot put. 👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... #Handedness

Desert lizards consumed and retained more carbon before hibernation and more nitrogen during breeding season, surprisingly by including insects to their otherwise plant-based diet. Read 'Desert lizards modulate nutritional responses to match seasonal biological needs': doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS

Simulation-based inference with deep learning suggests speed climbers combine innovation and copying to improve performance #ProcB #OpenAccess #Cognition royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Grasshoppers provide valuable insight for insect-scale robots, not only for flight but also for achieving multi-modal locomotion on the ground and in the air. Read 'From grasshoppers to gliders: evaluating the role of hindwing morphology in gliding flight': doi.org/10.1098/rsif... #JRSocInterface

Sylvia Tait FRS was born #OnThisDay in 1917. Tait, a biochemist and endocrinologist, discovered aldosterone, a hormone that is associated with blood pressure regulation. Discover her life and legacy in our biographical memoir. #WomeninSTEM https://bit.ly/4qMkHPV

Happy New Year! 🎉 From gulls eavesdropping on human conversations, to the first ever recordings of shark noises, take a look at the most popular articles published in our journals over 2025: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/12...

🚨Paper alert🚨 We studied the permanent chewing louse genus Myrsidea to revisit the long-debated evolutionary and biogeographic history of Sapayoa aenigma, finding signals consistent with an extra-Neotropical origin of the parasite lineage. 📄 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

New Paper! Asymmetric racial homophily but no gender or age effects on cooperation and reputation formation in public goods dilemmas url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... @royalsocietypublishing.org

Odour information enables African elephants to detect differences in food quantity from afar: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #BiologyLetters #AnimalBehaviour #ecology

Insects transport respiratory gases through a system of air-filled tracheae. Research reveals that oxygen transport is constrained mainly by diffusion through tissues, whereas carbon dioxide transport depends more strongly on tracheal geometry and ventilation: doi.org/10.1098/rsif... #JRSocInterface

In #ParAnthropE with @illgottencranes.bsky.social we tagged and monitored female salmon lice at contrasting host densities to test how intensive aquaculture affects their life histories. The paper is finally out 🎉 Check it out 👇 #parasites #lakselus royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Join Sir Michael Ferguson FRS for the Leeuwenhoek Prize Lecture on 26 January. He will explore how science can provide opportunities to make better, safer medicines and diagnostics for neglected infectious diseases: royalsociety.org/science-even... @dundee.ac.uk

Building variation in visual displays through discrete modifications of motion #ProcB #Behaviour #Evolution royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

How do you know whether or not your conservation monitoring program is helping you to deliver outcomes? We have made a checklist of 15 distinct reasons - some more directly connected to outcomes than others.

Nominations are open for Royal Society medals and awards, celebrating excellence in the biological, physical and applied sciences. Nominations close on 20 February 2026: royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

Avian cranial evolution is influenced by shape interactions between hard and soft tissue traits #ProcB #OpenAccess #Evolution @knapprew.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

📣 New paper! #Intertidal mussels with cyanobacterial symbionts can act as net #CO₂ sinks. Species interactions shape coastal #carboncycle! doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #Holobiont #ClimateChange @univlille.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @gerardozardi.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org

Nature Climate Change @natclimate.nature.com nicely covered our recent #ProcB paper (royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...). Read if interested in how global warming affects the #sleep of desert birds #Arabian_babbler 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Historical behavioural data disentangle evolutionary and #environmental drivers of recent declines in insect attraction to light #ProcB #OpenAccess #Ecology #Evolution royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Are you a scientific researcher, science policy maker or scientist in industry? Join our upcoming Science+ meeting in London on the topic of science as a global public good: royalsociety.org/science-even... @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @unesco.org

A study I'm proud to have contributed to, led by @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @matthholden.bsky.social @hugepossum.bsky.social! The study pushes for people to explicitly consider for what purpose they are pursuing environmental monitoring, and gives 15 example reasons.

Happy New Year! 🎉 From gulls eavesdropping on human conversations, to the first ever recordings of shark noises, take a look at the most popular articles published in our journals over 2025: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/12...

Underwater soundscape indicates low anthropogenic influence around two sub-Antarctic islands: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #ecology

Finally, our most popular paper of 2025 is from #BiologyLetters! It shows that men's height & weight have increased almost twice as fast as women’s over the last century, with the research suggesting male body size is a sexually selected signal of health and vitality: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

Trace fossils within mammal remains reveal novel bee nesting behaviour: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #ecology

Our 2nd most popular paper of the year is from #RSOS, it has revealed that #arthropods owe their success to #tagmosis. Fossil evidence shows this clever design appeared in the Cambrian era, giving arthropods the flexibility to evolve claws, wings, antennae, and more: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Skull and inner ear morphometrics in sheep and goats: species and breed differentiation with bioarchaeological applications: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #evolution

So the ‘#ChicagoRatHole’… wasn’t made by a rat after all? Our 3rd most popular paper this year, this #BiologyLetters study compared the imprint to eight local rodent species and revealed a 98.67% likelihood that hole was in fact left by a squirrel: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

Plasticity in expression clarifies the ecological drivers and evolutionary history of cannibalism in invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina): doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #ecology #evolution

Our 4th most popular paper of 2025 is this #ProcB study, which found that both young children and #chimpanzees are fascinated by social interactions. When shown videos, they preferred watching social scenes over solo individuals: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Physio-behavioral manifestations of 'surprise' in two parrot species: kea (Nestor notabilis) and Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana): doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #cognition

At the midway point, out 5th most popular paper this year is from #RSOS, investigating bottlenose #dolphins who use marine sponges as tools to protect their snouts while hunting on the seafloor - a skill spread through family lines: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

New collagen peptide markers from New Guinea fauna: identifying archaeological bone in the tropics: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #palaeontology

Counting down our most popular papers of the year.. in at no. 6 is a #BiologyLetters study showing sulphur-crested #cockatoos in Sydney learned to operate public drinking fountains, using their beaks and feet to turn taps and access water: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

Movement ecology and foraging behaviours of oceanic manta rays Mobula birostris in the coastal waters of Aotearoa, New Zealand: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #ecology #oceanography

In at no. 7 of our most popular papers of the year, we have a #BiologyLetters study that discovered up to 6% of individuals in five wild #bird species naturally switch sex, with genetically male birds developing female traits and vice versa: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

In this blog post, Guest Editor @rachkendal.bsky.social discusses their #PhilTransB issue, 'Transforming cultural evolution research and its application to global futures': royalsociety.org/blog/2025/12...

#ProcB in @nytimes.com | A marine subsidy reshapes the ecology of a large terrestrial carnivore: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Evarcha culicivora is an East African jumping spider that specializes on blood-carrying mosquitos as prey. Males, but not females, have bright red faces. Read 'Mate choice as a third context in which a mosquito-specialist jumping spider attends to red-coloured cues': doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS

Our 8th most popular paper of 2025 is this #RSOS study which reveals rig #sharks can produce deliberate clicking sounds, likely by snapping their teeth together, when handled. It’s the first evidence of active sound production in sharks: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Identification and expression of circadian clock genes in the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS

#RSOS in @nytimes.com | Trace fossils within mammal remains reveal novel bee nesting behaviour: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...