From the Otsuchi Coastal Research Center in Japan to Harvard University's Concord Field Station, field stations are essential homes for groundbreaking research, & JEB's new Perspective series tells the stories behind some of these amazing research centres journals.biologists.com/jeb/collecti...

Honeybee venom is a potent toxin and now Dalibor Kodrick & co reveal how worker bees protect themselves from the effects, while drones are particularly vulnerable doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... Read the full research here doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Each year, we pull together a selection of Inside JEB articles in the Highlights booklet. You can pick up the PDF of the 2025 booklet to find out about the smallest kings of the castle and how snakes sink their fangs in journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/hi...

As the world gets hotter, animals are struggling to cope. In their recent study, Williams & co show that the microbes in the gut of anole lizards might be able help them the tolerate warmer temperatures doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... Read the full research here doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Pixie robber flies are merciless predators, successfully intercepting perched victims, & in their recent JEB paper, @rossonisergio.bsky.social &co reveal that the insects use their motion relative to the prey to determine the victim's size and how far off they are doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Don't miss your chance to register for the upcoming #ICBF2026 conference in Vancouver, Canada. The early-bird deadline is 7 April 2026 icbf2026.com/registration/

We are calling for Reviews, Commentaries or research papers for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction, covering the reproductive process, from mate selection, mating pregnancy/egg-laying through parental care deadline 30 June bit.ly/3ZT42hY

Some bats are dedicated nectar feeders, while others mix in insect nibbles. In their new research, Laura Quinche &co reveal that nectar diners with long thin tongues lick more efficiently than bats with a cosmopolitan diet that have wider shorter tongues journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Often, lizards & snakes serve as models for thermal biology studies. However, these studies rarely employ a standard methodology, making comparisons difficult. In their Commentary, Alvarez & Watson suggest a conceptual framework to address this problem journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Issue 5 has closed and issue 6 is open journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22... The front cover, by the BOBECO cruise (Ifremer) shows a deep-sea coral reef at ~800m in a submarine canyon in the Bay of Biscay. Live colonies of pink/orange Madrepora oculata are growing on dead coral structures

Paid 12-month internship: Communications Officer. We have an exciting opportunity for someone looking to take their first step into a science communication or publishing role. Based Cambridge, UK (& wfh). See the full role description for further details at biologists.com/wp-content/u...

Read this month's Editor's Choice, The photoacclimation state of stolen chloroplasts affects the light preferences in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata by Xochitl Vital, Sónia Cruz, Nuno Simões, Paulo Cartaxana & Maite Mascaró journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Drosophila larvae are keen burrowers through food, opening new routes offers more rewards than reversing. Zhefeng Gong & co have measured forces exerted by the burrowing larvae & are optimistic that molecular techniques will reveal the burrowing circuits journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

In their Field stations in experimental biology research Perspective, Adam Summers @fishguy.bsky.social & Megan Dethier tell us about the history and impact of the University of Washington Friday Harbor laboratories, home to the legendary Fish Swimming course journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Thank you to organisers Anand Krishnan, Sanjay Sane and Anusha Shankar and everyone who joined us in India for our Workshop on 'Integrative Ecology in the Global South' biologists.com/workshops/ #BiologistsWorkshops

For fish fans attending #ICBF2026, don't miss out on the opportunity to submit your abstract. The deadline to submit is tomorrow, 12 March 2026 icbf2026.com/abstracts/

Warm temperatures can offset the damage to the developing skeletons of zebrafish larvae growing in acidic water, but when cadmium pollution is added to the mix, they absorb less calcium causing even more damage to their skeletons journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

We are deeply saddened by the death of Alan Wilson. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, collaborators & colleagues 🧵1/3 www.biologists.com/stories/a-tr...

Field stations have long contributed to ground-breaking research published in JEB, yet the role of these vital research infrastructure sites is often underappreciated. Find out more about these valuable institutes in our new Perspective series journals.biologists.com/jeb/collecti...

Calling all #fish fans: #ICBF2026 has extended the deadline for abstract submission to 12 March, so you have one more week to get your abstracts in!

Each year, we pull together a selection of Inside JEB articles in the Highlights booklet. You can pick up the PDF of the 2025 booklet @ journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/hi... to find out about the smallest kings of the castle and how snakes sink their fangs in

JEB was very proud to sponsor the ''Mitochondrial bioenergetics in an ecological context - Original model' award, won by Amalie Hutchinson @westernu.ca for her talk, Balancing act - ATP supply and demand in torpid ruby-throated hummingbirds

In their Review, Gilbert & Warner discuss how warming due to climate change can have effects across multiple generations of ectotherms and highlight knowledge gaps which would benefit from future research journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Highlighting preprint stories from within the preLights community 📽️ Here, Teodora narrates her preprint showing that functional decline in the ageing retinal epithelium results from a change in the mechanical balance of the tissue due to natural cell loss! #Short ⬇️ www.youtube.com/shorts/CWYRX...

Atlantic bluefin tuna are some of the top predators in the ocean and now an international team of researchers has successfully measured the fish's oxygen consumption, allowing them to estimate that bluefin tuna consume ∼650 mg O2/h when cruising journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

If your heading to #ICBF2026 in Vancouver later this year, the deadline to submit your poster or oral presentation abstract is TOMORROW (3 March), so don't miss this exciting chance to share your newest discoveries with the excited fish biologists at UBC icbf2026.com/abstracts/

Issue 4 has closed and issue 5 is open The front cover by Dolphin Quest shows bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) just beneath the surface & accompanies research by Fahlman&co using electrical impedance tomography to visualise lung ventilation while diving journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...

The abstract submission deadline for the 16th International Congress on the Biology of Fish #ICBF2026 in Vancouver, Canada, (12-16 July 2026), is 3 March! Don't miss this chance to tell the congress about your work through a poster or oral presentation

Additionally, we are again looking for proposals for the Global South. These proposals will differ from the standard Workshop programme as we will bring the event to your region. Find out more at biologists.com/workshops/pr... #BiologistsWorkshops

Do you have a vision for a Workshop but don’t have the time to arrange the logistics or raise the funding? Submit your idea to us in our annual call for topics. We'll provide all necessary support for successful applications. Find out more at biologists.com/workshops/pr...

We receive great feedback from biologists that have put their sustainable vision into practice with financial help from our Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing. The next application deadline is 6 March 2026. Find out more at biologists.com/sustainabili...

As we walk, our brains process information from our eyes & other sources which tell us that we're moving and help us balance. Li & co recently showed that tracking a moving target with your eyes or by moving your head can put you off balance journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

We are calling for Reviews, Commentaries or research papers for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction, covering the entire reproductive process, from mate selection, mating and egg-laying or pregnancy through to parental care bit.ly/3ZT42hY

Calling all fish biologists! The deadline for abstract submission to the 16th International Congress on the Biology of Fish #ICBF2026 in Vancouver, Canada, 12-16 July 2026, is 3 March Submit your abstract NOW! icbf2026.com/abstracts/

Congratulations to Amalie Hutchinson @westernu.ca winner of the JEB-sponsored 'Mitochondrial bioenergetics in an ecological context - Original model' award @sebiology.bsky.social EcoMito for the talk Balancing act - ATP supply and demand in torpid ruby-throated hummingbirds

Water & CO2 are prominent greenhouse gases. In his SI Review, Ajinkya Dahake discusses how insects sense H2O & CO2, and use the senses to locate plants, hosts & for navigation, although increasing CO2 could desensitise insects affecting host location journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Many aquatic creatures have a well-developed sense of hearing & in their SI Review, Ana Širović &co discuss the impact of human noise pollution, from shipping & submarine prospecting to construction & military sonar, on fish, marine mammals & invertebrates journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Fish are at particular risk of climate change as their physiology is finely tuned by the temperature of their surroundings. Suzanne Currie & Julia York discuss how fish sense temperature & how the fish's own physical condition might impact their sensitivity journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Distant lizard relatives Liolaemus cuyanus & L. rojanus live side by side in Argentina's Monte Desert but use different physiological strategies to remain hydrated. Surprisingly smaller L. rojanus are at less risk of dehydration than larger L. cuyanus journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Artificial light at night, urban noise, psychoactive pollutants, agriculture, introduced species & a warming world are making it difficult to sleep. John Lesku & Anne Aulesebrook review how species are affected & suggest ways to minimise the impact #SensoryPerceptionInAChangingWorld bit.ly/469cNrT

Light pollution & changes in water turbidity are affecting how fish negotiate their environment. In their SI review, Cait Newport & @burt15theresa.bsky.social discuss how sensory limitations & visual noise may impact the navigation of fish @biology.ox.ac.uk journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Issue 3 has closed and issue 4 is open The front cover by Ellie Laetz shows an upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea xamachana. These jellyfish are found in shallow tropical and subtropical bays, resting bell-down with their tentacles extended upward journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...

When it comes to where to lay your eggs, it's all about location. Destierdt & co show that the temperature of a fruit is more important than its nutritional value when fruit flies are deciding where to lay journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

In the 1st article of the #SensoryPerceptionInAChangingWorld SI, Almut Kelber&co propose that scientists study all developmental stages of species & include entire ecosystems to understand how changes to sensory information caused by humans affect animals journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

The Inside JEB article accompanying our new Special Issue, #SensoryPerceptionInAChangingWorld, provides a brief overview of the issue, highlighting the key points and take-home message from each article journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Congratulations to Nicholas Antonson @nickantonson.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 JEB Outstanding Paper Prize, for his research into the neuromuscular coordination of movement and breathing in woodpecker drilling Find out more about Nicholas & his research journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Congratulations to all of the remarkable ECRs whose research has been recognised in the 2025 JEB Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist Find out about each of the shortlisted papers and their outstanding ECR authors journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

The ragworm Platynereis dumerilii does its mating dance in near total darkness, yet the adults have huge eyes with long light-sensing cells. Kirwan &co show that these cells help them see a tiny bit better helping them find mates to dance with in the dark journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

📣 Calling fish biologists & conservation scientists! We’re convening a session at #ICBF2026 (UBC, Vancouver): Bridging experimental biology & conservation If your research connects mechanism to real-world application- from lab to field- we want your abstract! Apply by March 3rd! 🐟🌎 icbf2026.com

On #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, we celebrate all of the great women that contribute to JEB, from our fantastic female Editors to the female ECRs submitting their first ever paper to the journal! #WomeninScience