DEET is a key insect repellent that stops mosquitoes from biting but now research by @crlazzari.bsky.social & co reveals that the insects can learn to associate DEET with dinner if they smell it when dining on blood, leading them to bite people using DEET doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Greenland sharks 🦈 are a vulnerable species at risk of accidental capture during angling. This study shows that Greenland sharks are resilient to capture stress when properly handled, highlighting the importance of proper handling practices. Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...

How can we sample life below the ground? New paper describing a subterranean trap for invertebrates, with Walter Jubber and @paniw.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Join us for this free webinar next week - some great tips on how to write and respond to peer reviews: www.sebiology.org/events/ems-e...

We are calling for submissions for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction The submission deadline is 30 June Find out more about presubmission enquires, the guest editors, article types and the topics covered at bit.ly/3ZT42hY 🔁

Eight days to go until our #PeerReview webinar! Sign up here ➡️ tinyurl.com/4r9hnjju

Kori Bustard Conservation: On a Collision Course with Powerlines | EcoTraining share.google/Zz1WPS8zpnAy... Kori bustards have one of the highest collision rates with power lines, threatening their survival. Written for Eco-Training, with photos by @andreafuller.bsky.social and Melissa Whitecross.

Wonderful event at Wits Rural Facility to celebrate 60 years in science and the 85th birthday of @duncanmitchellwits.bsky.social - thanks to all who joined us.

We hope these two pieces provide useful guidance for authors & reviewers at various career stages. Sean and I will also be providing this guidance in the next "Community Conversations" webinar! You can register for free HERE: www.sebiology.org/events/ems-e...

Back in December, our Editorial in @conphysjournal.bsky.social provided tips for writing constructive peer reviews. But #PeerReview is a two-way street! In our follow-up, we provide tips & tricks to authors for writing constructive responses. academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

Our follow-up article to our recent editorial on writing peer reviews - how should you respond? doi.org/10.1093/conp...

Flooding all over South Africa. Even an aardvark washed away! (📷 Zandrea Swanepoel)

In the next installment of the Community Conversations webinar series, hosted by @conphysjournal.bsky.social, Sean Tomlinson & I will work through ways that both authors & reviewers can uphold a constructive & collegial peer review process. Register for FREE here: www.sebiology.org/events/ems-e...

Join the next Community Conversations webinar by @conphysjournal.bsky.social & @sebiology.bsky.social ! 🗓️ 26 May 2026 ⏰ 13:00–14:00 UK time Learn how to write constructive peer reviews and respond effectively to reviewers. Book now: 🔗 www.sebiology.org/events/ems-e...

Early-bird registration for the #SEBconference in Florence 🇮🇹 closes in just a few days (15 May 2026)! Check out our scientific sessions ⬇️ www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Visit our information page: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Book your place now ⬇️ www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...

How can we measure energy use in large animals where direct measurements may be impractical? This study provides the first estimates of daily field metabolic rates in sperm whales by combining in-situ data with proxies for energy expenditure. 🐋 #BioEnergetics Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...

New paper alert! In this Current Biology paper led by Hassan Al Razi, we show that chimpanzees in Rwanda adjust nest construction with weather conditions. @ox.ac.uk @oxford-anthro.bsky.social @oxfordhumsci.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

There is growing evidence that extreme events linked to anthropogenic climate change can have important effects on biodiversity. Here the authors assess the exposure of terrestrial vertebrates to multiple types of extreme climate events globally 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us for the next installment of Community Conversations! @conphysjournal.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce the next installment of our #CommunityConversations webinar series 🌎💬 In this FREE event, journal editors Sean Tomlinson & Jeff Clements @biolumijeffence.bsky.social discuss how to get the most out of the #PeerReview process. Info here ➡️ tinyurl.com/4r9hnjju #ECR

"New research reveals that almost two-thirds of a million #seabirds were killed by a marine heat wave off the coast of Australia in 2023 and 2024, putting their populations under unprecedented pressure." 96% of the casualties were Short-tailed Shearwaters. phys.org/news/2026-04...

Join the new Conservation Community Conversations talk from @conphysjournal.bsky.social ! 🗓️ 26 May 2026 (13:00–14:00 UK time) Learn how to write and respond to peer review and build confidence in academic publishing. Book now: www.sebiology.org/resource/boo...

Doing journal editorial work in the Kruger National Park, with a pseudoscorpion for company.

Do you work in the Global South? @biologists.bsky.social is seeking Workshop proposals for their 2028 programme from researchers based in Global South countries. The Company is looking for an exciting proposal to bring a Workshop to your region. Find out more at www.biologists.com/workshops/pr...

Welcome to our new editorial intern @lealorrainsoligon.bsky.social ! Léa’s work focuses on how environmental stressors affect organismal physiology and biodiversity. Her current research investigates the effects of salinity and temperature on amphibians.

Welcome to our new editorial intern Jeremy De Bonville @jaydebon.bsky.social ! Jeremy is a postdoctoral researcher at Trent University, Canda, working on the thermal vulnerability of fish across life stages and seasons.

🚨New publication alert! 🚨 We have published a new method for studying steroid hormones in tiny whale samples 🐳🐋🫍 Great news for conservation - now precious samples can be used for multiple analyses 🧬 OPEN ACCESS in @conphysjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/conp...

Good to be back in Kruger, with lion + buffalo research teams from 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇿🇦

Abstracts for the 2026 Animal Physiology Conference, Jaboticabal, Brazil are now open. #APCIS Abstract submission 🔗: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Abstracts due: 30th April 2026 More info 🔗: drive.google.com/file/d/1HJUc...

Students get all the treats! Going flying to search for lions. 🦁

Steroid hormones are useful indicators of health and fitness in marine mammals, but measurements are often limited by sample size. This new #Toolbox article presents a new method for analysing steroid hormones in small blubber samples in four whale species. 🐋 Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...

The global wildlife trade—especially in illegal and live-animal markets—is fueling the spread of diseases from animals to humans, according to a new study in Science. The findings show that traded mammals are more than 40% more likely to harbor human-infecting pathogens. https://scim.ag/41SZkSq

Welcome to our new editorial intern Rodolfo Anderson! Rodolfo researches organismal responses to climate and habitat change with the aim of informing conservation and management decisions.

This study sampled whale baleen from museum specimens to study long term hormone patterns in bowhead whales 🐋 . The results provide clues into whale reproduction and stress over decades, while providing a useful baseline for future research. Read it here ➡️ academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

Studying #AnimalBehaviour and #Physiology can help predict species’ responses to environmental change. This #Perspective argues for a broader approach integrating environmental factors and wider context in order to advance conservation science. Read it here ➡️ academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

You can now model human heat exchange in R (and via a Shiny app). I started work on this with Shane Maloney (Uni of WA) way back in 2014, with Duncan Mitchell (Uni of the Witwatersrand) joining us along the way onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @globalchangebio.bsky.social @unimelb.edu.au

In this study of body condition in sea lion pups at different latitudes, pups in southern colonies were larger and healthier, showing that local environments strongly shape early survival prospects 🦭🌍 Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...

New Call for Papers 📢 We’re excited to announce a special issue in @conphysjournal.bsky.social on Applications of Mechanistic Modelling in Biodiversity Conservation. Submit your research and help shape the future of conservation science 🌍 👉 Learn more: academic.oup.com/conphys/page...

Plants show remarkable resilience to environmental changes, but how do they cope when exposed to extremes during early life? This #Perspective explores the sensitivity of early life stages to #HeatStress, with the aim of enhancing #Conservation and #Restoration 🌲 🌺 ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp...

🚨REPOST PLEASE! 🙏🏻 Calling all South African 🇿🇦 zoology students! You have ONE more week to apply to our Collective Behaviour Field Course 📍Two weeks at the Kalahari Research Centre 🗓️ June 2026 💸 Fully funded Application details are at www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/cbfc DM for any questions

Our new @conphysjournal.bsky.social paper is out now! We discuss the physiology and ecology of vulnerable early and reproductive life stages for enhancing conservation & restoration in the context of extreme heat. doi.org/10.1093/conp...

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE

🐟 Two PhD positions in fish physiology at the University of Bergen 🐟 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... I'm hiring two fully-funded PhD fellows to find out how climate change affects a fish’s vision and how it responds to predators, using VR for fish, respirometry, opsin gene expression, and more!

I really enjoyed writing something a bit different for this #ConPhysinAction piece and highlighting this cool research!

New study showing that the long-held belief that limitation on oxygen diffusion in insect respiratory system does not constrain the max body size of living or gigantic prehistoric insects 🪰 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NEW PAPER: Using almost 400,000 km of road transects, conducted over 16 years, we reveal declines in 13 species of raptor and other large terrestrial bird species across central South Africa #ornithology #AfricanOrnithology #RaptorResearch www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The trauma of applying for a visa every time I wish to travel to a conference. Documents for everything. Even have to provide a copy of every past visa received. Still need to get printed photos, then spend half of Friday at the application centre. And do biometrics. And pay a small fortune.

✳️ One week to go until our #CommunityConversations webinar with Brian Helmuth ✳️ Brian will discuss his work to remove the "human lens" when conserving marine species 🔬🐠 Sign up here ➡️ shorturl.at/bOGfn @sebiology.bsky.social #Conservation #MarineBio #ECR

The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Earth is now warming at a rate of around 0.35 ºC per decade, fresh analysis finds. go.nature.com/4boG2tH