Journal of Experimental Biology

Article	Citations
What do molecular laws of life mean for species: absolute restrictions or mere suggestions?	142
Correction: Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance	82
Night-light illuminates wasp behaviour	75
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen	69
Grease keeps polar bears ice-free and silent	63
Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds	58
The physiological consequences of a very large natural meal in a voracious marine fish, the staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)	52
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert	45
Spotted salamanders seek humid habitats to avoid drying out	40
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour	40
ECR Spotlight – Alexis Kazen	38
Evidence that submerged water anoles breathe oxygen through bubble gill	37
ECR Spotlight – Jeffrey Spear	37
Monarchs that fly long, live long	36
ECR Spotlight – Racine Rangel	36
Correction: Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish	34
Finches can lose weight without dieting or exercising	34
ECR Spotlight – Derek Campos	33
Monarch migration metabolism soars with rising temperatures	33
ECR Spotlight – Salvatore Lacava	31
Nile tilapia sagitta ear bones play dual role in balance and hearing	29
Lovebirds land on a flying trapeze with the greatest of ease	29
Time-energy budgets outperform dynamic body acceleration in predicting daily energy expenditure in kittiwakes, and estimate a very low cost of gliding flight relative to flapping flight	28
Cardiovascular responses and the role of the neurohumoral cardiac regulation during digestion in the herbivorous lizard Iguana iguana	28
ECR Spotlight – Kwanho Ki	28

Barometric pressure decrease induces density-dependent changes in foraging behaviour in a parasitoid fly	28
Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations	27
Sensitivity of the mystacial vibrissal system of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) to size differences of single vortex rings	27
Molecular mechanisms behind the temporal dynamics of LPS-induced inflammatory response in splenic phagocytes of the wall lizard, Hemidactylus flaviviridis	26
Evolution, accessibility and community: JEB's journey into 2026	26
An early-life perspective is needed to explain the impact of gut microbiota on wild vertebrate phenotypes	26
Chronic bacterial infections exert metabolic costs in Drosophila melanogaster	26
Obligatory homeothermy of mesic habitat-adapted African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio, is governed by seasonal basal metabolism and year-round ‘thermogenic readiness’ of brown adipose tissue	26
Ice in the intertidal: patterns and processes of freeze tolerance in intertidal invertebrates	26
2024: Reflections on a year of supporting and promoting our early-career researchers	25
Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient	24
Zebrafish parental progeny investment in response to cycling thermal stress and hypoxia: deposition of heat shock proteins but not cortisol	24
Anatomy and mechanisms of vocal production in harvest mice	24
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian	23
Effects of ocean acidification over successive generations decrease resilience of larval European sea bass to ocean acidification and warming but juveniles could benefit from higher temperatures in th	23
Factors affecting the biosynthesis and emission of a Drosophila pheromone	23
Shell-shocked: parasite-induced behaviour and development in an invasive dead-end snail host	23
Functional diversity and behavioural use of fibre-producing silk glands in Pholcus phalangioides	22
Plasticity in response to mean temperature and temperature variation – from life history to heat tolerance and melanism	22
Plasticity of salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) respiratory phenotypes in response to changes in temperature and oxygen	22
Tibial strains are sensitive to speed perturbations, but not grade perturbations, during running	22
Maintained mitochondrial integrity without oxygen in the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp	22
Ultraviolet vision in anemonefish improves colour discrimination	22
Daily energetic expenditure and energy consumption of short-finned pilot whales	22
ECR Spotlight – Katherine Malinski and Olivia Madalone	21
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading	21
The enzymatic and neurochemical outcomes of a mutation in Mexican cavefish MAO reveal teleost-specific aspects of brain monoamine homeostasis	21
Chronic stress and the development of a depression-like neuroendocrine profile in Atlantic salmon	21
Challenges for wildlife seeking sleep in a disturbed world	21
First evidence of sex-specific responses to chemical cues in tardigrade mate searching behaviour	21
Thrust production and chordal flexion of the flukes of bottlenose dolphins performing tail stands at different efforts	21
Protein-biased diets enhance immune responses but increase fungal susceptibility in desert locusts	21
Why the superb physiological capacity of birds matters	20
The energetics of movement, from exercise to ecology and evolution	20
Moving against inertia, friction and gravity: different modalities, same consequences for animal propulsive force capacity	20
Field physiology in the aquatic realm: ecological energetics and diving behavior provide context for elucidating patterns and deviations	20
Pulsation waves along the Ciona heart tube reverse by bimodal rhythms expressed by a remote pair of pacemakers	20
Temperature outweighs diet in shaping developmental performance in two cricket species via growth delays and physiological limits	20
Vectored jets power arms-first and tail-first turns differently in brief squid with assistance from fins and keeled arms	20
Maintaining control: metabolism of molting Arctic seals in water and when hauled out	20
Multi-transmitter characteristics and functional specialization of oxytocin neuron subpopulations in zebrafish	20
Different tubular lysosome strategies of male and hermaphrodite C. elegans	19
Diurnal hawkmoth opsins evolving faster for greener vision	19
Heatwaves inflict reproductive but not survival costs to male insects	19
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change	19
ECR Spotlight – Haneal Pae	19
Foxes have an advantage for hunting in the snow	19
Hypergravity exposure leads to persistent effects on geotaxis and activity in Drosophila melanogaster	19
A clashing colour combination with deadly consequences	19
Dinosaurs weren't so cool	19

Elytral thickness and hidden species-specific traits shape passive thermal responses in beetles	19
Ontogenetic exposure to light influences seabird vulnerability to light pollution	19
Who said that? Fish compare pressure and motion to localize sound	18
Light environment and seasonal variation in the visual system of the red shiner ( Cyprinella lutrensis )	18
Dynamic defence? Intertidal triplefin species show better maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential than subtidal species at low oxygen pressures	18
ECR Spotlight – Ralph Lacerda de Albuquerque	18
Mitochondrial respiration capacity impacts gill tissue regeneration in Atlantic salmon	18
Consistent changes in muscle phenotype and mitochondrial abundance underlie dive performance across multiple lineages of diving ducks	18
Unraveling the relationships that keep ecosystems healthy	18
Evolution and divergence of teleost adrenergic receptors: why sometimes ‘the drugs don't work’ in fish	18
Emergence from torpor rapidly elevates suppressed blood immune parameters in a bat species hibernating in a moderate climate	18
A novel perspective on the evolutionary loss of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase at the teleost gill	18
ECR Spotlight – Nicholas Barrett	18
ECR Spotlight – Michael Meece	18
Penguin molt revisited: dive performance following the molt of adult king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and conflicting physiological demands at sea	17
Plasticity in Na+/K+-ATPase thermal kinetics drives variation in the temperature of cold-induced neural shutdown of adult Drosophila melanogaster	17
Hypertonic water reabsorption with a parallel-current system via the glandular and saccular renal tubules of Ruditapes philippinarum	17
Summer famines could be disastrous for sardines	17
Sharper, straighter bills give male green hermits the edge in beak arms race	17
Get a grip: evaluating the importance of different beetle tarsal structures in landing attachment	17
Use of videos to measure dynamic body acceleration as a proxy for metabolic costs in coral reef damselfish (Chromis viridis)	17
Stressed salmon develop hallmarks of depression	17
Correction: The influence of substrate size upon pulling and gripping forces in parrots (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)	17
A coati conundrum: how variation in levels of arboreality influences gait mechanics among three musteloid species	17
Building bridges: allyship as a catalyst for gender diversity and inclusion in experimental biology communities	17
Extraordinary creatures: mantis shrimp	17
Hatching: a clever plan	17
Infected ants prefer protein-packed diet	16
Energy availability influences the dynamics of thermal phenotypic plasticity	16
Artificial light at night enhances defensive behaviour in aquatic shredders under predation risk	16
Head movement gives glimpse into where crows gaze	16
Integrated response of the zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) cardiovascular system to hypoxia acclimation	16
Dehydration impacts lizard speed, but not as much as heat	16
Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods	16
Unpredictability is key for mussels' seashore resilience	16
Disruption of the sea turtle magnetic map sense by a magnetic pulse	16
The functional basis for variable antipredatory behavioral strategies in the chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus	16
Antho-RFamide effect on light production in the bioluminescent sea pen Pennatula phosphorea (Octocorallia, Pennatulacea)	16
Chemical manipulation of mitochondrial function affects metabolism of red carotenoids in a marine copepod (Tigriopus californicus)	16
ECR Spotlight – Jordan Glass	16
ECR Spotlight – Pedro Julião Jimenez	15
A new theoretical performance landscape for suction feeding reveals adaptive kinematics in a natural population of reef damselfish	15
No detectable evidence for metabolic costs of long-term memory formation in honeybees, despite increased energy intake	15
Unlocking the mysteries of biosonar use and foraging behaviour in wild bats with on-board acoustic recording tags	15
Shift in distribution of division of labour in chronically stressed honeybee colonies after perturbation	15
ECR Spotlight – Sushmita Arumugam Amogh	15
The microbiome buffers tadpole hosts from heat stress: a hologenomic approach to understand host–microbe interactions under warming	15
A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the animal kingdom	15
A review of the empirical evidence for costs of plasticity in ectothermic animals	15
Co-regulated plasticity between limits to energy budget in Dromiciops gliroides : a model for ancestral endothermy	15
Dynamics and energetics of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) fluke-and-glide gait	15
Importance of environmental signals for cardiac morphological development in Atlantic salmon	15
The added costs of winter ocean warming for metabolism, arm regeneration and survival in the brittle star Ophionereis schayeri	15
The roles of brain lipids and polar metabolites in the hypoxia tolerance of deep-diving pinnipeds	15
Physiological and behavioral evidence for multiple spectral channels in the larval stomatopod visual system	15
Foraging task specialization in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ): the contribution of floral rewards to the learning performance of pollen and nectar forage	14
ECR Spotlight – Agnès Lewden	14
A birds’ eye view is made possible by… sugar?	14
ECR Spotlight – Rachel Thayer	14
Microrheology of haemolymph plasma of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris	14
ECR Spotlight – Talia Moore	14
ECR Spotlight – Kelton Verble and Ellen Keaveny	14
Tired fish just keep swimming	14
Warmer waters make sturgeon think they're sick	14
Neuromuscular coordination of movement and breathing forges a hammer-like mechanism for woodpecker drilling	14
Three-toed sloths walk differently from their cousins	14
Deoxygenated toadfish turn up gill serotonin degradation to catch breath	14
Mayflies struggle to stay salty when oxygen levels dip	14
ECR Spotlight – Ian Bouyoucos	13
ECR Spotlight – Glenna Clifton	13
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel metabolism changes profoundly during first year	13
Gut microbial contributions to thermogenesis	13
Effects of insect pursuit on the Doppler shift compensation in a hipposiderid bat	13
Temperature dependence of regional heterothermy in a diminutive ectotherm	13
Risk-taking coping style correlates with SERT SNP290 polymorphisms in free-living great tits	13
ECR Spotlight – Bharath Kumar A. K.	13
ECR Spotlight – William Joyce	13
ECR Spotlight – Kyle Emerson	13
Turning a page: remaining a top competitor in an evolving publication ecosystem	13
c-fos expression in the olfactory epithelium of the East African cichlid (Haplochromis chilotes) in response to odorant exposure	13

Odor tracking in insects: a multisensory behavior	13
Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception	13
ECR Spotlight – Patrícia Ferreira	13
Body temperature flexibility in Temminck's pangolins helps beat the heat	13
ECR Spotlight – Luke Flewwelling	13
ECR Spotlight – Brendan Gibbs	13
Patterns of single limb forces during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion in rosy-faced lovebirds (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)	13
Behavior and neural activation patterns of non-redundant visual and acoustic signaling during courtship in an African cichlid fish	13
Towards a standard application of the Reynolds number in studies of aquatic animal locomotion	13
Polyphenisms in the reproductive response of male quail to short days are driven by testosterone-independent uncoupling in the photoperiodic TSH-DIO2/DIO3 pathway	13
Fatty acid oxidation: a neglected factor in understanding the adjustment of mitochondrial function to cold temperatures	13
Innate visual attraction before, during and after escape from adverse substrates in carpenter ants	12
Ontogenetic growth and size-at-age shape metabolic scaling	12
The buzz within: the role of the gut microbiome in honeybee social behavior	12
ECR Spotlight – Paula Iturralde-Pólit	12
Metabolomic signatures associated with cold adaptation and seasonal acclimation of Drosophila: profiling of 43 species	12
ECR Spotlight – William Bugg	12
Accelerated abdominal lipid depletion from pesticide treatment alters honey bee pollen foraging strategy, but not onset, in worker honey bees	12
Honey bees can store and retrieve independent memory traces after complex experiences that combine appetitive and aversive associations	12
Linking whole-body angular momentum and step placement during perturbed human walking	12
Socially responsive yolk steroids correlate with gene expression in early extra-embryonic membranes	12
Age-dependent perfume development in male orchid bees, Euglossa imperialis	12
The role of haltere campaniform sensilla in equilibrium reflexes of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster	12
Of corpses, ghosts and mirages: biomechanical consequences of morphology depend on the environment	12
Biomechanical properties of non-flight vibrations produced by bees	12
Effects of hypoxia and hyperoxia on exercise-induced metabolomic and transcriptomic profiles in equine skeletal muscle	12
Otsuchi Coastal Research Center: a remote but vital marine science hub for the Northwest Pacific Ocean	12
ECR Spotlight – Martin Dessart	12
The response of grey mouse lemurs to acute caloric restriction before reproduction supports the ‘thrifty female hypothesis’	12
Halocline boundary layer restricts the vertical distribution of the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora	12
Measuring maximum heart rate to study cardiac thermal performance and heat tolerance in fishes	12
Variation in behavioural maturation in tropical honey bees corresponds with hormonal and molecular differences	12
Long-term stress induced cortisol downregulation, growth reduction and cardiac remodeling in Atlantic salmon	12
Transgenerational plasticity and climate change: phenotypic responses across ectothermic animals	12
House sparrow hormones tell their eggs about the outside world	12
Understanding the influence of context on real-world walking energetics	12
Generating extra body heat helped mammals conquer the globe	12
The effect of hypoxia and hyperoxia on the growth and metabolic rate of Rhinella marina tadpoles	12
Relationship between joint shape and function as revealed through ex vivo XROMM	12
Gaze tracking of large-billed crows ( Corvus macrorhynchos ) in a motion capture system	12
State-dependent dynamics of cuttlefish mantle activity	12
Dynamic gap crossing in Dendrelaphis, the sister taxon of flying snakes	12
Energy expenditure of southern right whales varies with body size, reproductive state and activity level	11
Combined effects of salinity and intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species efflux in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas	11
ECR Spotlight – David Matthews	11
Telomeres could tell the tale of longer lizard lifespan	11
Protective role of trehalose in the Namib desert ant, Ocymyrmex robustior	11
Visualization of the chemical defense molecule formoside binding to sensory structures in a model fish predator	11
In the field: an interview with Sönke Johnsen	11
Dinosaurs break the rules anywhere not anytime	11
ECR Spotlight – Sarah Little-Letsinger	11
Drink safely: common swifts (Apus apus) dissipate mechanical energy to decrease flight speed before touch-and-go drinking	11
Damselfish in distress after consuming plastic	11
The active space of sperm whale codas allows for communication within and between social units	11
Impact of acute and chronic hypoxia on the heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide pathway in naked mole-rats ( Heterocephalus glaber )	11
Heat increment of feeding in the common bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) contributes moderately to field metabolic rate estimates	11
ECR Spotlight – Mylène Vonderscher	11
Hypoxia induced by disruption of FGF signalling impairs moulting via insulin and neurohormonal regulation in Rhodnius prolixus	11
Pseudoscorpions tweak quartet footfalls when hanging, reversing and simply moving forward	11
Mitochondria directly boost copepods’ rosy hue	11
Evidence for multi-scale power amplification in skeletal muscle	11
New method for ramping up the heat could help scientists save salmon	11
High-carb diet gives migrating locusts a head start	11
ECR Spotlight – Danilo Giacometti	11
Motion-sensitive neurons help mudflat crabs decide to freeze or flee	11
Correction: Vocal tract allometry in a mammalian vocal learner	11
Walking with increased step length variability increases the metabolic cost of walking in young adults	11
Beyond ecology: the importance of gut motility in predicting the responses of species to climate change	11
Dynamics of horizontal walking and vertical climbing in the Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea)	11
Effects of sublethal methylmercury and food stress on songbird energetic performance: metabolic rates, molt and feather quality	11
Feeling the burn: young fish struggle in acidic water	11
Fatty acid profiles and tolerance to temperature extremes in Daphnia pulex	11
Pacu's teeth just right for fruit crushing	11
How Cape fur seal mums and pups reunite by ear	11
Climate change leaves urchins on a rock in a hard place to live	11
Directional web strikes are performed by ray spiders in response to airborne prey vibrations	11
Personality and running don't mix in wild mice	11
The (virtual) flight of the fruit fly	11
Superinvasive Argentine ants’ size fends off dehydration	11
Correction: Neuroethology of number sense across the animal kingdom	11
Effects of maternal androgens and their metabolite etiocholanolone on prenatal development in birds	10
Higher parasite load is associated with lower heat tolerance in a tropical lizard	10
Underwater paddling kinematics and hydrodynamics in a surface swimming duck versus a diving duck	10
Bivalves maintain repair when faced with chronically repeated mechanical stress	10
Gigantic whales find it easier than dolphins and porpoises to stay warm	10
Azimuthal invariance to looming stimuli in the Drosophila giant fiber escape circuit	10
Turtle hearts can cope with having low oxygen	10
Neural and behavioral responses to reproductive signals in male chorus frogs	10
Allatostatin helps keep crabs safe when they shed their shells	10
The hearts of large mammals generate higher pressures, are less efficient and use more energy than those of small mammals	10
Characterization, expression and function of the pyrokinins (PKs) in the giant freshwater prawn,Macrobrachium rosenbergii	10
ECR Spotlight – Léna Meunier	10
The control of breathing in fishes – historical perspectives and the path ahead	10
Intraspecific support for the climate variability hypothesis: oxidative damage in lizards after acute temperature exposure	10
The Company of Biologists celebrates its first Global South Workshop	10