@royalsocietypublishing.orgNew research from #BiologyLetters finds that climbing is energetically demanding for bonobos, while moving through trees can be surprisingly efficient, offering clues to the evolution of bipedal walking in humans doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... | #Behaviour #Biomechanics #Evolution
@royalsocietypublishing.orgHow do stress hormones shape wildlife’s response to humans? New research from #BiologyLetters finds that early-life cortisol levels influence how fallow deer fawns respond to repeated encounters with people doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... | #Behaviour #Ecology #DevelopmentalBiology
@royalsocietypublishing.orgDo animals remember after months of hibernation? In new research from #BiologyLetters, Columbian ground squirrels retained spatial memories after nine months of hibernation, outperforming inexperienced squirrels by 41–98% in their first maze trial after waking doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #Cognition
@fdruelle.bsky.social#Energy expenditure of #locomotion of #bonobos: quad, bip, brachiate, climb… Early #hominins (our ancestors) + bipedalism = no extra costs. Now available #OA Glad it is published in #biologyletters @mnhn.fr
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@royalsocietypublishing.orgWatch #BiologyLetters author Haruka Kondo talk about research that reveals a previously unrecognised source of mortality in leaf miners and demonstrates that precise dorsoventral orientation during oviposition is essential for offspring survival: cassyni.com/events/23zf4... #ecology
@royalsocietypublishing.orgNew #BiologyLetters research shows that warming waters and declining diatom abundance could threaten energy storage in Calanus finmarchicus, with potential consequences for marine food webs and ocean carbon sequestration. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... | #Ecology #Ecosystem #EnvironmentalScience
@royalsocietypublishing.orgNew research from #BiologyLetters: Detection of emergent multiple predator effects in a warming world doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... | #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience
@royalsocietypublishing.orgAmphipods at a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in Iceland appear to host filamentous bacteria on their antennae. New #BiologyLetters research explores their potential role in the beginnings of animal-bacteria symbioses. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... | #Ecosystem #Evolution #MolecularBiology
@scottpegan.bsky.socialPrior to our 2019 publication in #BiologyLetters, the literature was unclear about whether one of the most venomous caterpillars in North America was predated by birds at all.
@royalsocietypublishing.orgNew research from #BiologyLetters: Multisite analysis of infant corpse carrying in Pan reveals maternal attachment and death context as explanations of carrying duration doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... | #Behaviour #Chimpanzees #Bonobos
@royalsocietypublishing.orgDid you know that throughout 2026 you can publish #OpenAccess in the Royal Society's 8 subscription journals for free with no APCs to pay? Find out more about Subscribe to Open: royalsociety.org/journals/aut... #ProcA #ProcB #JRSocInterface #BiologyLetters #PhilTransA #PhilTransB #NotesandRecords 🧪
@royalsocietypublishing.orgNew research in #BiologyLetters evaluated the population-level effect of artificial light at night reduction through its impact on juvenile Chinook salmon vulnerability to predation during oceanward migration through California's Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #ecology
@royalsocietypublishing.orgA new study of parrotfish in the northern Red Sea demonstrates little behavioural shift during marine heatwaves and high vulnerability to rapid increases in seawater temperature: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #BiologyLetters #ecology
@royalsocietypublishing.orgIn a new #BiologyLetters study, researchers developed a DNA methylation-based epigenetic clock that can predict chronological age for the Pacific crown-of-thorns seastar, a coral-eating species responsible for major reef damage across the Indo-Pacific: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #bioinformatics
@royalsocietypublishing.orgCaffeine is an emerging environmental contaminant in freshwater ecosystems that is primarily introduced through wastewater. New research in #BiologyLetters found that caffeine pollution changes anti-predator behaviour in Gammarus pulex similarly to manipulative parasites: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
