Journal of Experimental Biology is celebrating 100 years of discovery in 2023 and, as part of our reflections, we are inviting Journal Editors to tell us their thoughts about the journal and to look to the future. In this Conversation, Monitoring Edito…
ABSTRACTMigration is an energetically taxing phenomenon as animals move across vast, heterogeneous landscapes where the cost of transport is impacted by permissible ambient conditions. In this study, we assessed the energetic demands of long-distance m…
ABSTRACTMotion plays an essential role in sensory acquisition. From changing the position in which information can be acquired to fine-scale probing and active sensing, animals actively control the way they interact with the environment. In olfaction, …
ABSTRACTButterfly scales are among the richest natural sources of optical nanostructures, which produce structural color and iridescence. Several recurring nanostructure types have been described, such as ridge multilayers, gyroids and lower lamina thi…
ABSTRACTThe immune system plays an important role in defending against pathogens and regulating physiological homeostasis, but the strength of the immune responses depends on the type of pathogen. The immune system of bats shows a high variability in r…
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 researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology duri…
ABSTRACTHow intertidal species survive their harsh environment and how best to evaluate and forecast range shifts in species distribution are two important and closely related questions for intertidal ecologists and global change biologists. Adaptive v…
ABSTRACTIn response to a mechanical stimulus, tendons have a slower tissue renewal rate compared with muscles. This could, over time, lead to a higher mechanical demand (experienced strain) for the tendon, especially when a high strain magnitude exerci…
ABSTRACTThe gills of most teleost fishes lack plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase (paCA) that could participate in CO2 excretion. We tested the prevailing hypothesis that paCA would interfere with red blood cell (RBC) intracellular pH regulation by β-…