Journal of Experimental Biology

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Journal of Experimental Biology is the leading journal in comparative physiology

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:23 AM

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Screenshot of PDF of Research Article, Older adults do not have a higher metabolic cost than younger adults in outdoor overground walking, by Eline van der Kruk, Koen J. P. Jongbloed, Monica Orlandi, Michael F. Miller and Anne K. Silverman. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252654. doi:10.1242/jeb.252654. The first sentence of the Abstract reads: The metabolic cost of walking is widely used to evaluate human performance and the effectiveness of clinical interventions.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:23 AM

It's long been thought that older people use more energy when walking but when Monica Orlandi and Koen Jongbloed measured the metabolic rate (MR) of older walkers on a pavement it was the same as youngsters' MR and at slow speeds they used even less energy
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A volunteer walking on a pavement wearing a gas mask to analyse oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production. Photo credit: Monica Orlandi.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 1:15 PM

Read this month's Editors' Choice paper, Aggressive conflict used as landmark information in homing desert ants, by Antonio Bollig & colleagues

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A Cataglyphis fortis desert ant clutching a biscuit crumb in its mandibles. Photo credit: Markus Knaden.

@biologists.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:02 AMReposted by @jexpbiol.bsky.social

Thank you Cleverson Lima for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with University of Kentucky @ukresearch.bsky.social

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We were excited to submit our paper to Journal of Experimental Biology because The Company of Biologists uses surplus processing charges to develop and implement programs that benefit our community, which is a great way to reward scientists (directly or indirectly) for their valuable volunteered time for peer-reviewing and editing. The grant that funded our work had already expired when our paper was submission-ready unfortunately, but the University of Kentucky Libraries and The Company of Biologists had a Read & Publish agreement that allowed us to publish in the journal we wanted AND make it accessible for everyone! So, I’m glad that this type of agreement exists and I hope it continues to bring in new institutions to participate.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 7:09 AM

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Screenshot of PDF of Research Article, Repeated competition influences neural response, but not neurogenesis or physiology, in the fighting fish Betta splendens, by Jeremy A. Spool, Alexander J. A. Heywood, Ruth E. W. Berganross, Elaine A. Aquino, Temidayo D. Bambe and Kelly J. Wallace. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252766. doi:10.1242/jeb.252766. The first sentence of the Abstract reads: Territorial competition has costs such as wounds received, energy spent and elevated stress.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 7:09 AM

Confrontation is stressful, but domesticated Siamese fighting fish were bred to fight, so is sparing stressful for them? Staging standoffs between males and their reflections, Alexander Heywood & co reveal that confrontation doesn't bother these fighters

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Male Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) photographed from above in an aquarium. Photo credit: Denise Chan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 8:04 AM

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Screenshot of PDF of Research Article, Pursuit dynamics among Australian marsupials and dogs: comparative locomotor performance and escape probability, by Joshua L. Gaschk, Kaylah Del Simone, Ami Fadhillah Amir Abdul Nasir, Mikaela J. Bratovic, Robbie S. Wilson and Christofer J. Clemente. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252204. doi:10.1242/jeb.252204. The first sentence of the Abstract reads: Predation can strongly influence population outcomes, and locomotor performance may be especially important during pursuit–evasion interactions.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 8:04 AM

Introduced dogs can decimate native species, but could agility save Australian bandicoots? Apparently not, bandicoots are way less manoeuvrable. Their high birth rate could protect, but quolls are more nimble, which could offer protection in rocky settings
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A northern brown bandicoot. Photo credit: Joseph C Boone, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Inset: northern quoll photographed between Mareeba and Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Wildlife Explorer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 8:03 AM

In his Conversation, Stefan Schuster tells us about archer fish, which hunt prey above the surface by squirting jets of water to knock them down and predict precisely where the morsel will land to intercept it before other fish arrive

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An archerfish (Toxotes chatareus) squirting a jet of water. Photo credit: Schuster Lab, Bayreuth University.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:49 AM

Issue 18 has closed & issue 19 is open. The front cover, by Alexandra Reinhardt, shows a nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornisas) as it crawls across a chiton & conspecific eggs towards an orange cup coral it hopes to prey upon

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Cover of issue 17 of volume 229 of Journal of Experimental Biology, published in October 2026. The cover shows a nudibranch crawling around some eggs and over a chiton to get to an orange cup coral.

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 3:38 PM

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@jexpbiol.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 8:38 AM

In her ECRSpotlight, Hannah Clayton discusses how her love of the sea and time spent as an Army medic shaped her research on grey whales, what she would do with unlimited funding & gives her top tip for other early-career researchers

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A photo of Hannah Clayton holding a biologging tag

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 3:05 PM

. @biologists.bsky.social is offering 20 funded places for ECRs from the Global South to attend the Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments Workshop in Argentina, 1-5 August 2027

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@jexpbiol.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 1:44 PM

JEB is proud of its strong tradition disseminating science & now we offer researchers the opportunity to publish their abstract in their own language, or that of the region where the research was performed, to make their discovery even more accessible 🔁

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@jexpbiol.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 10:00 AM

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🚨 New paper out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social by Jeschke et al. "Bees exhibit behavioural flexibility to learned visual cues to prevent negative consequences during navigation in clutter" 🐝🧪 #InsectResearch #AnimalNavigation #AssociativeLearning #Cognition
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@jexpbiol.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 9:15 AM

When Conversation launched, we interviewed Caroline Williams, who outlined her successful strategy for a job application. Her advice is still relevant for postdocs today and you can find it here at doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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@asab.org Sep 24, 2026, 7:37 AMReposted by @jexpbiol.bsky.social

One week left until a lot of important deadlines ⌛️

OCT 1 2026 Deadlines

-Winter Meeting Attendance, Accessibility and Childcare Grants
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@jexpbiol.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 6:30 PM

JEB is proud to promote postdocs through our Spotlight interviews, where ECRs talk about their research, the challenges they faced, what a typical day may look like & what they enjoy most about science
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