If you're new junior faculty within 7 years of setting up your first lab in experimental biology, you can apply for one of JEB's Kickstart Travel Grants or ECR Visiting Fellowships to help build your career The next deadline is 5 June Find out more at www.biologists.com/grants/#jeb

Congratulations to Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social, Editor-in-Chief of our sister journal @jcellsci.bsky.social, who has just been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society

English may be the language of science, but it isn't the only language spoken by scientists, so now you can also publish your JEB abstract in an additional language, either your native language or that of the region where the work was conducted🔁 journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/jo...

Last few days left to submit your idea for a Workshop for our 2028 programme. Send us your proposal by 29 May 2026 at www.biologists.com/workshops/pr... #BiologistsWorkshops

In their recent Perspective in our Field Stations in Experimental Biology Research series, Somanathan & co call for a network of field stations throughout India to better understand the biology of the organisms that inhabit the country's diverse ecosystems doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Palaeontologists would love to know how dinosaurs moved, but it's difficult to predict from fossils. @mesozoicmark.bsky.social & Stephanie Pierce looked at the movement of tegu and opossum hips to understand the restrictions caused by skin and muscles around the joint doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Read this month's Editors' Choice paper, The hidden sweet tooth of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) by Marie Merle and colleagues doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Cuttlefish use polarised light to make their arms appear banded, but if their arms get too large the bands start to disappear. Recently Nakayama &co showed that the animal's arms stop growing at the ideal size, even though the rest of it gets bigger doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

To support new junior faculty, JEB launched Kickstart Travel Grants to establish a new collaboration & and ECR Visiting Fellowships to bring an ECR to their new lab for a defined project. The next application deadline is 5 June www.biologists.com/grants/#jeb

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 🔁

Issue 9 has closed and issue 10 is open journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22... The front cover by Nimish Anil Subramaniam shows a male Indian rock agama basking on a rock

Epigenetics has been a hot topic for decades, but researchers often rely on model organisms. In their Commentary, Steadman & co argue that the questions asked should determine organism selection and suggest a potential new model for epigenetic studies doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Water striders need calm water to coast along, but not riffle bugs, they can make their homes in turbulent streams and it turns out that the feathery oar on their 2nd pair of legs allows them to remain in place in fast water flowing up to 1.6m/s doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Bats that hunt on the wing were thought to use a 'terminal buzz' to catch prey, but now it turns out that gleaning bats that usually snatch prey from foliage can catch prey on the wing & they don't buzz! So terminal buzzes are not as essential as thought doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Don't forget to come talk to our JEB Editors attending the #cszscz2026 meeting in Ottawa, at the Meet the Editors session, today (13 May) from 16:30-18:30 during the poster session in the Richcraft Building Atrium csz2026.ca

Congratulations to @natashamhatre.bsky.social (centre) winner of this year's JEB sponsored Bob Boutilier New Investigator Award at the #cszscz2026 meeting in Ottawa. The award was presented by Emily Standen (right) with JEB Editor, Katie Gilmour (left)

It's the first day of the 65th CSZ Annual Meeting #cszscz2026 Don't forget to visit our JEB Editors, Katie Gilmour, Trish Schulte & Graham Scott, @ the Meet the Editors session, 13 May (16:30-18:30) during the posters in the Richcraft Building Atrium 🔁

The Strait of Gibraltar is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world and is also home to an endangered population of long-finned pilot whales. Recently, @milouh.bsky.social & co showed that these whales now need to shout to make themselves heard over the noisy ships doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

JEB Editors, Katie Gilmour, Trish Schulte and Graham Scott are looking forward to representing the journal at #cszscz2026 www.csz2026.ca in Ottawa, 11-15 May Make sure you stop by to say hello at the Meet the Editors session, May 13 16:30-18:30 during the posters

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...

Gut microbiomes are essential for health & wellbeing & now Yanira Jiménez-Padilla & Brent Sinclair have discovered that yeasts naturally residing in Drosophila's guts contribute to the fly's ability to recover from a nasty cold snap doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

JEB is proud to sponsor the @csz_sczCSZ 2026 meeting #cszscz2026 in Ottawa, 11-15 May, and has sponsored the CSZ Travel Grants, helping more than 60 ECRs attend the meeting csz2026.ca csz2026.ca/travel-and-c...

Why publish in JEB? We are a community-focused journal, published by a not-for-profit charitable organisation with over 100 years’ experience of publishing outstanding and influential research Read more about why you should your research in JEB here tinyurl.com/yc8ah7zh

Issue 8 has closed and issue 9 is open journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22... The front cover by Jean Guillet shows a black grouse, with bright red eye combs, perched in a frosty tree

English may be the language of science, but scientists often speak other languages, so you are now welcome to include a translation of your submitted abstract in an additional language to make your research accessible to as many readers as possible journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/jo...

Thank you to organisers @lydiafinley.bsky.social and @wilhelmpalm.bsky.social and everyone who joined us at this week's Workshop on 'Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals' biologists.com/workshops #BiologistsWorkshops @dmmjournal.bsky.social

In their Review, Thieme and Nishiguchi discuss the symbiosis between bobtail squid and their bioluminescent bacteria & how this model system can be used to develop questions about how climate change affects these types of relationships in other animals doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

In her Conversation Ximena Nelson discusses jumping spiders, how even the spiderlings are capable of extraordinary leaps to incapacitate prey & their unique visual system, comprised of up to 4 pairs of eyes, that provides astonishing high-definition vision doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Black grouse in the French Alps need protection from ski cables. To design better warning flags, Simon Potier, @lienardmarjorie.bsky.social & co discovered that the birds see black & white cheques well, don't see deep red & markers must be no more than 16m apart doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Check out our new special issue, The Integrative Biology of Exercise, which draws on research in both vertebrates and invertebrates to illustrate the plasticity or evolutionary changes necessary for exercise or sustained locomotion journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...

If you are new PI within 7 years of your first appointment, you could be eligible for one of our junior faculty staff grants to help establish a new collaboration of bring an ECR to your lab for a short fellowship The next application deadline is 5 June www.biologists.com/grants/kicks...

We believe research should be accessible to as many readers as possible, so we are proud to announce that authors can now include a translation of their abstract in an additional language in their JEB paper For more information go to journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/jo...

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

Black soldier fly larvae are great recyclers, but adult flies are necessary to produce larvae & a sugar diet helps females produce more eggs. Now researchers @UnivParisSaclay reveal that female flies have a sweet tooth with sugar sensors around the mouth doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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...

Organisers awarded with grants from our Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing use the funding to integrate sustainability in their events in a balanced and efficient manner. Learn more about our £2,500 grants at biologists.com/sustainabili...

Fish have served as models to understand how organ systems both allow and respond to exercise for almost a century. In their SI Commentary, Lauder & co suggest 6 outstanding questions that remain unanswered in fish locomotion doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Issue 7, a Special Issue dedicated to The Integrative Biology of Exercise has closed and issue 8 has opened journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22... The front cover depicts the Integrative Biology of Exercise Special Issue logo, including a flying goose, a turning trout and a dumbbell weight

Locusts can potentially migrate thousands of kilometres. In their recent SI article, Cease & co show that locusts need to stop along the way to replenish their fat stores before continuing on, decimating fields of crops in the process doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

In their recent SI article, Heuer, Wood & co show that a chase protocol causes an increase in excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, but maximum oxygen consumption is much higher when using a critical swimming speed protocol doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Species from fish to lizards have similar responses to exercise. In their SI Review, Husak & Lailvaux suggest that this response plays a role in life-history strategies and advocate for considering exercise from a life-history perspective in future studies doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Some scorpions dwell on the surface, while other species are burrowers & now Eran Gefen & colleagues reveal that surface dwelling scorpion species depend more on anaerobic respiration like sprinters while burrowers are more like aerobic Marathon runners doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

This paper was so fun to write! Special @jexpbiol.bsky.social issue on the integrative physiology of exercise. Check it out for the description of trying to train flounder! A life-history perspective on exercise url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...

Understanding how animals perform bouts of physical activity involves integration across scales & physiological systems. In their Commentary the Guest Editors of the Integrative Biology of Exercise SI highlight 5 themes, bridging fields & scales of study doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Check out the new articles posted in our special issue, The Integrative Biology of Exercise, drawing on work in vertebrates and invertebrates to illustrate the plasticity or evolutionary changes necessary for exercise or sustained locomotion journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...

Induced swimming has become a way for fisheries to improve the overall welfare of their fish. In their SI Review, Espírito-Santo & co discuss the effect swimming has on reactive oxygen species and the immune response of fishes doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Hummingbirds and nectar bats sustain hovering flight using sugar as a fuel source. In their SI Review, Welch & Rossi discuss the convergent and divergent mechanisms that these animals use to fuel this energetically costly mode of flight doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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

New research in The Journal of Experimental Biology (@jexpbiol.bsky.social) by Hannah Goldsmith, Jade Hall, and Monica A. Daley: Turning in guinea fowl on low-friction terrain reveals a trade-off between speed and stability. Article: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... Dataset: doi.org/10.5061/drya...

Animals that rely on the temperature of their surroundings to keep warm usually slow down when the temperature is too hot or cold, but Spencer & co show that this isn't true for great hammerheads, which are quite active even when the temperature isn't ideal doi.org/10.1242/jeb....