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Journal of Experimental Biology is the leading journal in comparative physiology
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In her ECR Spotlight, Reshma Menon discusses her interest in understanding how organisms deal with stress, her passion for science communication & why Dr Eric Wieschaus has inspired her the most

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January 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Moon jellyfish recover well from high pressure, their nerves and connective tissue are fine after experiencing 300atm pressure, although their muscles may be damaged. Mitchell Ford &co suggest the jellies could propel hybrid robots for deep sea exploration
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Eight moon jellyfish swimming in the observation tank of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA, pressure chamber, during the pressure test. Photo credit: Sean Colin.
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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In his recent Conversation, DouglasFudge @fudgelab.bsky.social talks about the remarkable biology of hagfishes, how they release colossal quantities of slime almost instantaneously for protection from shark attack &their ability to wriggle out of tight corners
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A purple hagfish, Eptatretus okinoseanus. Photo credit: Tim Winegard.
January 26, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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ECRs, don't miss your chance to apply for a funded-place at our upcoming workshop 'Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation' organised by Vincent Careau @CareauVincent & Lewis Halsey @lewis_halsey

Extended deadline: 30 January 2026
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Advertising for the 'Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation' Workshop, 12-15 July 2026, Fanhams Hall, Hertfordshire, UK. The Advert includes the names of the organisers (Vincent Careau and Lewis Halsey) and states that early-career researchers can apply for funded places.
January 23, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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After more than 20 years, JEB has decided to retire #OutsideJEB. We want to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who contributed over the years, especially last year's cohort

We loved working with everyone one of you and wish you all the best for the future

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January 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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In their Review, Filice & co discuss how the flexibility of heart mitochondria helps fish adapt to changes in temperature and suggests that future research in this area is important to understand how fish will respond to climate change

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Screenshot of first page of the PDF of the Review Article, Mitochondria: at the heart of fish thermal plasticity, by Mariacristina Filice, Alfonsina Gattuso, Sandra Imbrogno, Daniela Amelio, Alessia Caferro, Rosa Mazza, Gina Galli, Holly Shiels, Filippo Garofalo and Maria Cerra. The publishing information (top line) states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb251321. doi:10.1242/jeb.251321. The first sentence of the Abstract reads: Cardiac mitochondria in fish are remarkably plastic, with the capacity to change in volume and density, membrane composition and fluidity, aerobic capacity and reactive oxygen species production'.
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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How do bats tell insects from the leaves they sit on? Dieter Vanderelst & co built a robot based on the idea that leaves reflect echoes away from an incoming bat, but the echoes from the insect remain strong during a bat approach. That's how bats do it

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January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Read this month's Editors' choice paper, Seasonal increase in blood serum osmolality reflects environmental harshness in the striped mouse: a decade-long field study by Carsten Schradin & co

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Screenshot of first page of the PDF of the Research Article, Seasonal increase in blood serum osmolality reflects environmental harshness in the striped mouse: a decade-long field study, by Carsten Schradin, Aurelie Vinot, Neville Pillay, Antoine Stier and Lindelani Makuya. The publishing information (top line) states: © 2025. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2025) 228, jeb251392. doi:10.1242/jeb.251392. The first sentence of the Abstract reads: 'Animals in arid environments must maintain water balance despite persistent drought, heat and low food availability'.
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Our memory gets worse as we age, but this isn't true for common wasps. Annaline Mattens &co show that as they age, the parts of a wasp's brain involved in memory make up more of their brain size. This is handy in their new role finding food for the nest
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A queen wasp on a comb with larval wasps and pupae. Photo credit: Anneline Mattens.
January 19, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Issue 1 has closed and issue 2 is open

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The front cover shows a southern right whale calf surfacing to breathe alongside its mother on the Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina
Cover of JEB volume 229, issue 1, published January 2026. The cover image, taken from above, shows a southern right whale mother (right) surfacing with her calf (left) to breathe in the Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina. Jets of spray are squirting from the calf's blow holes as it exhales. The calf is about 1/3 the length of the mother. The Company of Biologists logo is in the cover's bottom left corner
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Members of the JEB Editorial Advisory Board play a vital role in JEB's operations, acting as ambassadors for the journal and providing invaluable expertise and advice

We want to thank all of the Ed Board members that stepped down at the end of 2025

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January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Every parent wants to help their children as much as possible. Recently, Kaur & co showed the house sparrows can give their babies a leg up by depositing hormones into the yolk of their eggs which let help prepare their chicks for the world outside

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A male house sparrow on a branch. Photo credit: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
January 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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We are delighted to welcome 17 new members to the JEB Editorial Advisory Board

To find out more about our fantastic new recruits, see Box 1 in the Craig Franklin and Michaela Handel's Editorial welcoming in the New Year at the journal

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PDF of the Journal of Experimental Biology Editorial, Evolution, accessibility and community: JEB's journey into 2026, by Craig Franklin and Michaela Handel. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252039. doi:10.1242/jeb.252039. The first sentence of the Editorial says, '2025 was another big year for Journal of Experimental Biology – we launched new initiatives, concluded others, and continued our ongoing commitment to supporting the experimental biology community'.
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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ECRs, you have until 16 January to apply for a funded place to join the Workshop 'Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation' organised by Vincent Careau & Lewis Halsey

Don't miss the chance! biologists.com/workshops/ju... #BiologistsWorkshops
Advertising for the 'Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation' Workshop, 12-15 July 2026, Fanhams Hall, Hertfordshire, UK. Deadline for ECR applications: 16 January 2026. The Advert includes the names of the organisers (Vincent Careau and Lewis Halsey) and the list of 16 speakers.
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Read Katsufumi Sato & co's Perspective about the University of Tokyo's Otsuchi Coastal Research Center, it's importance for research in turtle & seabird biology & the devastating impact of the East Japan earthquake & tsunami on the institute in March 2011

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The 'fish' icon for the Perspective series on field research stations in Journal of Experimental Biology. The image shows a cartoon of a salmon leaping above a wave.
January 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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In their Editorial marking the start of 2026, JEB Editor-in-Chief, @craigefranklin.bsky.social, and the JEB Managing Editor, Michaela Handel, reflect on changes at the journal and thank our incredible authors and reviewers, who are the lifeblood of the journal
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PDF of the Journal of Experimental Biology Editorial, Evolution, accessibility and community: JEB's journey into 2026, by Craig Franklin and Michaela Handel. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252039. doi:10.1242/jeb.252039. The first sentence of the Editorial says, '2025 was another big year for Journal of Experimental Biology – we launched new initiatives, concluded others, and continued our ongoing commitment to supporting the experimental biology community'.
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Check out this new paper published in JEB by @aymordi.bsky.social & colleagues on the impact of pollution on mosquito larvae altering their perception of their environment with potential ecological risks
aymordi.bsky.social Fernando Mordi Guerrieri 🏳️‍🌈 @aymordi.bsky.social · 20d
Our New article on the toxic cocktail effect of glyphosate +atrazine +paracetamol at very low field concentration is out
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Nouvel article dans "Journal of Experimental Biology"
L'I.R.B.I. dans les médias le 2 janvier 2026
Martin Dessart, Claudio R. Lazzari, Fernando J. Guerrieri; Acute and chronic sublethal chemical pollution affects activity, learning and memory in mosquito larvae
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January 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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JEB Editor, Monica Daley, presents the JEB-sponsored 2026 Carl Gans Award to Armita Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social #SICB2026 for her lecture, Joints: form, function, and the future of comparative biomechanics
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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JEB is proud to be sponsoring the 2026 @sicbjournals.bsky.social Carl Gans Lecture by Armita Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social at 13:30 in Oregon 201, the Oregon Convention Center

Dr Manafzadeh's lecture is entitled 'Joints: form, function, and the future of comparative biomechanics'
The SICB 2026 logo. The text on the left reads: 'SICB 2026. 3-7 January Portland, OR. Oregon Convention Center. The image on the right is a cartoon of downtown Portland, with pine trees and skyscrapers
January 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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Nice profile of my former student @zoologist-flora.bsky.social work on bats and white-nose disease in J Exp Biol with Thomas Lilley and others. Nice to see @jexpbiol.bsky.social promoting ECRs
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Flora's now doing great stuff with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social
ECR Spotlight – Flora Whiting-Fawcett
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career res...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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ECRS! You have 10 days left to apply for a funded place to join the Workshop 'Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation' organised by Vincent Careau and Lewis Halsey. Don't miss the chance!

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Early-career researchers - one month left to apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation' organised by Vincent Careau and Lewis Halsey. More at biologists.com/workshops/ju... #BiologistsWorkshops
Workshop announcement for “Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation,” taking place 12–15 July 2026 at Fanhams Hall, UK. Includes deadline of 16 January 2026, organisers Vincent Careau and Lewis Halsey, and a list of speakers. Features The Company of Biologists logo and link to workshops.biologists.com.
January 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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JEB is excited to welcome a new Editor, Graham Scott from McMaster University, but we are also sad to be saying goodbye to Pat Wright, who has been a longstanding member of the team & was Deputy Editor-in-Chief from 2020 with responsibility for ECRs

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Graham Scott (left) is joining the team of JEB Monitoring Editors and Pat Wright (right) is stepping down as a JEB Editor.
January 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Our latest article is out @jexpbiol.bsky.social !
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We show that tungara frogs adjust interaction modes to current collective chorusing dynamics based on how patterns of conspecific stimulation experienced between calls interact with their internal call rhythms
Cadences of the collective: conspecific stimulation patterns interact with endogenous rhythms to cue socially mediated response shifts
Summary: Automated playback experiments reveal that túngara frogs alter each calling response based on conspecific stimulation patterns experienced prior to each call.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Happy New Year to all of our authors and readers

Issue 24 of issue 228 has closed and issue 1 of volume 229 has opened

The front cover, marking the end of @biologists.bsky.social #biologists100, features members of the JEB community

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Front cover of Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 228, issue 24. The cover shows 63 photos (arranged in 7 rows) of members of the JEB community, including our Academic Editors, members of our Editorial Advisory Board and the in-house team of administrators and editors at our Editorial Office in Cambridge, UK. The Company of Biologists 100 logo is in the bottom left corner.
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Ready for #SICB2026. Really looking forward to connecting with all of you over the next few days. Find us at stand 107/109 to talk journals, grants and more.
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Exhibition stand with two tables filled with giveaways and three banners - Journal of Experimental Biology, Open Access and Biology Open - The Company of Biologists logo on the tablecloths
January 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM