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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

A photo of Hannah Clayton holding a biologging tag

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

. @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 Application deadline: 6 Nov 2026 Don't miss out! 🔁 www.biologists.com/workshops/au...

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Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments
Organisers: Martin Berón de Astrada, Sebastián Eduardo Sabatini, Martín Tresguerres, Maria Soledad Yusseppone
Early-career reserachers apply for funded places
1-5 August 2027

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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 🔁 journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/jo...

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Make sure you don't miss the latest articles from our journals. Sign up to content alerts from @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social, @jexpbiol.bsky.social, @dmmjournal.bsky.social & @biologyopen.bsky.social at journals.biologists.com/bio/pages/al...

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you're an ECR or postdoc in need of funding to travel for an experiment or to learn a new technique, make sure you apply for a JEB Travelling Fellowship www.biologists.com/grants/trave... #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW #PostdocAppreciation Find out more at doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 24/09/2026

🚨 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 ↘️ doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... ↙️

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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.... #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW #PostdocAppreciation

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ASAB @asab.org · 24/09/2026

One week left until a lot of important deadlines ⌛️

OCT 1 2026 Deadlines

-Winter Meeting Attendance, Accessibility and Childcare Grants
-Research Grants
-Interdisciplinary Workshop Grants
-Undergraduate Research Grants*
-Education Grants*
-Public Engagement Grants*
-EDIA Award Nominations

*Multiple rounds per year

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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 #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW #PostdocAppreciation journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/EC...

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For mosquitoes, finding a place to lay eggs is tricky. It needs to be both over water and keep their eggs in place. Anoshina &co show that, as long as the water quality is good enough, the rougher the surface the better for mosquito mums to lay their eggs doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

A female yellow fever mosquito feeding. Photo credit: Benjamin Matthews.

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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New paper! 🌊🌿🐌 Warming ⬆️ herb metabolic demand without a corresponding ⬆️ in algal productivity & responses shifted with season. Imbalance btwn consumer demand & primary production could reshape food webs as oceans warm & acidify. Led by T Dhayalan @jexpbiol.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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Asymmetric metabolic responses of rockweed and herbivores reveal seasonal vulnerabilities to warming and acidification

Summary: Seasonal oceanographic processes and environmental history are important in determining climate change effects on intertidal macroalgae–herbivore interactions.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Calling all postdocs! JEB encourages the involvement of postdocs in peer review, so let your PI know that you are keen to get involved the next time JEB invites them to review a manuscript Find out more @ journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/re... #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW #PostdocAppreciation

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

. @biologists.bsky.social is proud to have sponsored the 2nd & 3rd Scholander Award winners at the @apsphysiology.bsky.social Comparative Physiology meeting. JEB Editor-in-Chief Craig Franklin presents the award to 2nd place winner Natalia Schneider. Talia Head won 3rd place.

Craig Franklin (right) presents the second place Scholander award to Natalia Schneider (left) at the APS Comparative Physiology meeting

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preLights @prelights.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Paying peer reviewers: it's not Science Fiction As a postdoc involved in Fast & Fair peer review @biologyopen.bsky.social, @jontytownson.bsky.social reflects on what paid peer review could mean for the future of research publishing #NPAW2026 #preLight ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/highlights/e...

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Expanded implementation of Fast & Fair paid peer review reduces time to first decision without reducing review quality in a biology journal; Fast & Fair peer review: a pilot study demonstrating feasib...

Paying peer reviewers: It's not Science Fiction

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

21-25 September is National Postdoc Appreciation Week #PostdocAppreciationWeek & JEB wants to thank all of the awesome postdocs that publish in the journal for their dedication and determination #NPAW #PostdocAppreciation www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/2026NPAW

Three early-career researchers holding drinks chatting at a conference

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

. @biologists.bsky.social is proud to be sponsoring the Scholander Award at the @apsphysiology.bsky.social Comparative Physiology meeting for the most outstanding poster. JEB Editor-in-Chief, Craig Franklin, presents the award to winner Thomas Fyda 🧵1/2

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As part of @biologists.bsky.social commitment to sustainability and in recognition of the extraordinary contribution made by peer reviwers to the Company's journals, @biologists.bsky.social has supported the preservation of 14640 trees in Great Knott Wood #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2026

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Pablo Macias Torres @pablomaciastorres.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New paper out on barn swallow flight energetics!🐦 We did wind tunnel experiments and found that, compared to other species, their flight efficiency is low but constant across speeds. Flight efficiency may reflect species-specific flight ecology. ⬇️ doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... @jexpbiol.bsky.social

A barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) flying inside Lund wind tunnel while taking measurements for the study.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hoverflies pay attention to looming objects, flowers that they might land on or potential attackers, & now it turns out that looming neurons in the brain respond to images looming in the lower retina & could participate in landing or bracing for impact doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

A female hoverfly (upper centre) hovering above flowers with an intruding bee approaching from below. Photo credit: Yuri Ogawa.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Issue 17 has closed and issue 18 is open The front cover, by Markus Knaden, shows a desert ant being attacked by ants from another colony. Knaden &co show that the ants remember aggressive contacts with foreign ants and use the memory as a landmark journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...

Cover of issue 17 of volume 229 of Journal of Experimental Biology, published in September 2026. The front cover shows a desert ant Cataglyphis fortis (marked with colour dot) in a Tunisian saltpan being attacked by three ants from another colony

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Over the past 12 months, more than 80 ECRs have co-reviewed for the journal and we look forward to seeing more co-reviews over the coming year Find out more at journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/re... #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2026

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Peer review is a key skill that all ECRs need to develop, so JEB encourages the participation of postdocs & early-career scientists by offering the opportunity to co-review with a senior colleague journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/re... #PRW2026 #PeerReviewWeek

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

JEB Editor-in-Chief, Craig Franklin, Editor Graham Scott and Features & Reviews Editor Jarren Kay will be in Orlando, Florida for the APS Comparative Physiology Conference 17-20 September. They look forward to meeting you there 🔁

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Since the last #PeerReviewWeek in 2025, 1128 extraordinary researchers have peer reviewed almost 750 manuscripts for JEB! Thank you for your time, dedication and expertise! JEB wouldn't be the journal that it is without you 🔁 #PRW2026

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We are pleased to welcome Dan Shanahan as our new CEO. Dan brings extensive publishing expertise and market knowledge to the role, with a strong background in Open Access publishing and non-profit organisations.Read more at www.biologists.com/stories/welc...

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Welcome Dan Shanahan

The Company of Biologists is pleased to welcome Dan Shanahan as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 14 September 2026.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's #PRW2026 @peerreviewweek.bsky.social #PeerReviewWeek celebrating the great service provided by the scientific community This year's theme is Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality Find out more at peerreviewweek.net/theme.php

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When gills evolved the ability to absorb oxygen has been hotly debated, but now, thanks to acorn worms, Michael Sackville @uottawascience.bsky.social reveals that it happened after the ancestors that founded the vertebrate branch of the tree of life appeared on Earth doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

The proboscis and collar, including the mouth, and several gill pores of the acorn worm, Protoglossus graveolens. Photo credit: Christopher Cameron.

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DMM Journal @dmmjournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Have a paper that's been reviewed elsewhere? DMM is pleased to consider such manuscripts for 'fast-track' decisions. Send us the manuscript together with the full set of reviews and decision letters, and we’ll use these to make a decision. Find out more at journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/jo...

Fast track your paper with DMM. Do you have a paper with reviews from another journal? We can use them to fast track a decision on your paper.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Read this month's Editors' Choice paper, Wind history shapes olfactory search response in free-flying Drosophila melanogaster, by Jaleesa Houle & colleagues doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

A montage of flying fruit flies. Photo credit: Floris van Breugel.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Desert ants navigate using landmarks around them to find home and now it turns out that they also use the location of fights with intruder ants as mental GPS markers to help them navigate when off course to find home @mpi-ce.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you are a postdoc hoping to present at the SICB 2027 annual meeting in Pittsburgh, USA, & you are in need of financial support to travel, make sure you apply for a @biologists.bsky.social /@sicb.bsky.social Postdoc Travel Award 🔁 Deadline: 10 September '27 tinyurl.com/bdfmbph7

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Early-career researchers can apply for a FUNDED PLACE at the @biologists.bsky.social Workshop, Integrating Physiology and Behaviour in Assessment of Ectotherm Heat Tolerance, 7-10 March 2027 Organisers: Michael Ørsted and Johannes Overgaard Application deadline: FRIDAY 11 Sept tinyurl.com/23rm6z69

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Looking for a trusted home for your research? At JEB we believe that it is important to make your research available to as wide an audience as possible through press releases to the media and our active presence on social media spreading the news 🔁 tinyurl.com/yc8ah7zh

Looking for a trusted community journal with research-active Editors and a wide audience?
Publish with JEB - the journal that works for you

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DMM Journal @dmmjournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Are you a PhD student interested in #SciComm, disease biology and publishing? Are you in the BBSRC DTP/PIPS or equivalent schemes where an internship forms part of the training? Join us as an intern and work with the DMM editorial team. Find out how to apply: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...

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Explore career opportunities at The Company of Biologists. Join a team passionate about science, publishing and community support.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If you are a postdoc hoping to present at the SICB 2027 annual meeting in Pittsburgh, USA, & you are in need of financial support to travel, make sure you apply for a @biologists.bsky.social/@sicb.bsky.social Postdoc Travel Award 🔁 Deadline: 10 September '27 tinyurl.com/bdfmbph7

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Walking on uneven terrain takes more energy and walking with feet set wide apart is also more costly, but combining the two, widening your feet on uneven ground, saves energy and improves stability, so that's a win-win doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thank you Erwan Tilly for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with University of Graz @uni-graz.at Read Erwan’s paper: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

Publishing our article fee-free Open Access in the Journal of Experimental Biology under the Read & Publish agreement with the University of Graz was remarkably straightforward. The process for authors was made extremely simple, requiring almost no administrative effort on our part, and the institutional agreement ensured that we did not have to cover any Open Access publication charges ourselves. This practical arrangement greatly helped to make our research immediately and freely available to the scientific community.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

As great snipe migrate between Europe & sub-Saharan Africa, the intrepid birds can reach great heights, ascending and descending several thousand meters, but it turns out that these extraordinary altitude changes don't cost the birds any additional effort doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

A great snipe (Gallinago media) flying over central Sweden. Photo credit: Åke Lindström.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We are looking to recruit an Editorial Administrator to work across our portfolio of five life-science journals, with a particular focus on Journal of Cell Science. Deadline 4 September. Find out more and how to apply at www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...

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Explore career opportunities at The Company of Biologists. Join a team passionate about science, publishing and community support.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Fruit flies react instantaneously when blown about by gusts of wind to get back on course, but they also recall recent wind conditions when tracking an odour, which shapes their search as they pursue the source of an attractive scent @florisvanbreugel.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Issue 16 has closed and issue 17 is open journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22... The cover image, by Ashwani Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Bhardwaj and Vinod Kumar, shows a sleeping zebrafinch

Cover of issue 16 of volume 229 of Journal of Experimental Biology, published August 2026. The image shows a perched zebrafinch sleeping . Photo credit: Ashwani Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Bhardwaj and Vinod Kumar

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We are pleased to announce the renewal of our Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC). Read the announcement: www.biologists.com/library-hub/... #SouthAfrica #Research #OpenAccess

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SANLiC announcement

The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce a new Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC).

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Thank you Luisa Maria Jaimes-Nino @jaimesnino.bsky.social for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz @mainzuniversity.bsky.social Read Luisa’s paper: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Not only was I very happy to learn that our institution has a Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists, but to see that a tree was planted on behalf of article. Always happy to see initiatives that make science more accessible!

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The next deadline for JEB Travelling Fellowship applications is 23 October, so start planning NOW! 🔁 www.biologists.com/grants/trave...

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Make sure that you don't miss out on all the newest developments in Journal of Experimental Biology by signing up for our table of contents alerts 🔁 journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/al...

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Life at high altitude is challenging, especially when you're small, so deer mice on Mount Blue Sky, Colorado, have fine-tuned their mitochondria to cope better in low oxygen and pack more into their muscles, although the location depends on the tissue doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

A deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). Photo credit: Ranim Saleem.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We are gathering feedback from our readers, authors and reviewers about the use of AI tools in scholarly publishing. Have your say at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBFC663

Community survey - The role of AI tools in scholarly publishing

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thank you Elena García López de Haro for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with University of Extremadura Read Elena’s paper: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

Publishing fee-free Open Access in Journal of Experimental Biology has been a smooth and dynamic process. Thanks to the agreement with the University of Extremadura, as an early-career researcher I find mechanisms like this vital; they allow us to share our scientific findings openly with the global community without the burden of financial constraints. It ensures that research quality, rather than budget, determines where we can publish.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In their recent Review, Henry & co discuss how neophobia in vertebrates is controlled by brain circuits involved in learning and decision making, and is also influenced by hormones & neurotransmitters, allowing animals to weigh the risks of new experiences doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

PDF of the Review Neural substrates and neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying neophobia in vertebrates, by Marquise S. Henry, Michael B. Wilson and Christine R. Lattin. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252409. doi:10.1242/jeb.252409. The first sentence of the Abstract reads: Neophobia, the avoidance of novel stimuli, is a widespread and ecologically relevant behavior observed across vertebrates and invertebrates.

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