Journal of Experimental Biology

Article	Citations
What do molecular laws of life mean for species: absolute restrictions or mere suggestions?	150
Correction: Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance	86
Night-light illuminates wasp behaviour	75
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen	70
Grease keeps polar bears ice-free and silent	60
Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds	52
The physiological consequences of a very large natural meal in a voracious marine fish, the staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)	46
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour	41
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert	41
Spotted salamanders seek humid habitats to avoid drying out	39
ECR Spotlight – Jeffrey Spear	38
ECR Spotlight – Alexis Kazen	38
Evidence that submerged water anoles breathe oxygen through bubble gill	37
ECR Spotlight – Racine Rangel	36
Monarchs that fly long, live long	34
Correction: Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish	33
Finches can lose weight without dieting or exercising	33
Monarch migration metabolism soars with rising temperatures	31
ECR Spotlight – Derek Campos	30
ECR Spotlight – Salvatore Lacava	30
Lovebirds land on a flying trapeze with the greatest of ease	30
Nile tilapia sagitta ear bones play dual role in balance and hearing	30
ECR Spotlight – Kwanho Ki	29
Barometric pressure decrease induces density-dependent changes in foraging behaviour in a parasitoid fly	28
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

Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations	28
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	27
Sensitivity of the mystacial vibrissal system of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) to size differences of single vortex rings	27
Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient	26
2024: Reflections on a year of supporting and promoting our early-career researchers	26
Evolution, accessibility and community: JEB's journey into 2026	26
Factors affecting the biosynthesis and emission of a Drosophila pheromone	25
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian	25
Shell-shocked: parasite-induced behaviour and development in an invasive dead-end snail host	24
Plasticity in response to mean temperature and temperature variation – from life history to heat tolerance and melanism	24
Daily energetic expenditure and energy consumption of short-finned pilot whales	24
Ultraviolet vision in anemonefish improves colour discrimination	24
Challenges for wildlife seeking sleep in a disturbed world	23
Maintained mitochondrial integrity without oxygen in the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp	23
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading	23
Functional diversity and behavioural use of fibre-producing silk glands in Pholcus phalangioides	23
Thrust production and chordal flexion of the flukes of bottlenose dolphins performing tail stands at different efforts	23
ECR Spotlight – Katherine Malinski and Olivia Madalone	22
Protein-biased diets enhance immune responses but increase fungal susceptibility in desert locusts	22
The energetics of movement, from exercise to ecology and evolution	22
Chronic stress and the development of a depression-like neuroendocrine profile in Atlantic salmon	22
Multi-transmitter characteristics and functional specialization of oxytocin neuron subpopulations in zebrafish	22
Zebrafish parental progeny investment in response to cycling thermal stress and hypoxia: deposition of heat shock proteins but not cortisol	22
Heatwaves inflict reproductive but not survival costs to male insects	22
First evidence of sex-specific responses to chemical cues in tardigrade mate searching behaviour	22
Plasticity of salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) respiratory phenotypes in response to changes in temperature and oxygen	22
Why the superb physiological capacity of birds matters	22
Chronic bacterial infections exert metabolic costs in Drosophila melanogaster	22
Anatomy and mechanisms of vocal production in harvest mice	21
An early-life perspective is needed to explain the impact of gut microbiota on wild vertebrate phenotypes	21
Elytral thickness and hidden species-specific traits shape passive thermal responses in beetles	21
Ice in the intertidal: patterns and processes of freeze tolerance in intertidal invertebrates	21
Cardiovascular responses and the role of the neurohumoral cardiac regulation during digestion in the herbivorous lizard Iguana iguana	21
Exploring epigenetic inheritance: alternative models and experimental approaches	21
Field physiology in the aquatic realm: ecological energetics and diving behavior provide context for elucidating patterns and deviations	21
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change	21
Moving against inertia, friction and gravity: different modalities, same consequences for animal propulsive force capacity	20
Hypergravity exposure leads to persistent effects on geotaxis and activity in Drosophila melanogaster	20
Pulsation waves along the Ciona heart tube reverse by bimodal rhythms expressed by a remote pair of pacemakers	20
Ontogenetic exposure to light influences seabird vulnerability to light pollution	20
Temperature outweighs diet in shaping developmental performance in two cricket species via growth delays and physiological limits	20
Who said that? Fish compare pressure and motion to localize sound	19
Foxes have an advantage for hunting in the snow	19
The enzymatic and neurochemical outcomes of a mutation in Mexican cavefish MAO reveal teleost-specific aspects of brain monoamine homeostasis	19
A clashing colour combination with deadly consequences	19
ECR Spotlight – Haneal Pae	19
Dynamic defence? Intertidal triplefin species show better maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential than subtidal species at low oxygen pressures	19
Vectored jets power arms-first and tail-first turns differently in brief squid with assistance from fins and keeled arms	19
Molecular mechanisms behind the temporal dynamics of LPS-induced inflammatory response in splenic phagocytes of the wall lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis	19
Unraveling the relationships that keep ecosystems healthy	19

Different tubular lysosome strategies of male and hermaphrodite C. elegans	19
Diurnal hawkmoth opsins evolving faster for greener vision	19
Maintaining control: metabolism of molting Arctic seals in water and when hauled out	19
Tibial strains are sensitive to speed perturbations, but not grade perturbations, during running	19
Dinosaurs weren't so cool	19
ECR Spotlight – Michael Meece	18
ECR Spotlight – Nicholas Barrett	18
ECR Spotlight – Ralph Lacerda de Albuquerque	18
Dynamics and energetics of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) fluke-and-glide gait	18
A review of the empirical evidence for costs of plasticity in ectothermic animals	18
Dehydration impacts lizard speed, but not as much as heat	18
Importance of environmental signals for cardiac morphological development in Atlantic salmon	17
Light environment and seasonal variation in the visual system of the red shiner ( Cyprinella lutrensis )	17
Hatching: a clever plan	17
Chemical manipulation of mitochondrial function affects metabolism of red carotenoids in a marine copepod (Tigriopus californicus)	17
A coati conundrum: how variation in levels of arboreality influences gait mechanics among three musteloid species	17
Penguin molt revisited: dive performance following the molt of adult king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and conflicting physiological demands at sea	17
Correction: The influence of substrate size upon pulling and gripping forces in parrots (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)	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
Head movement gives glimpse into where crows gaze	17
Infected ants prefer protein-packed diet	17
Extraordinary creatures: mantis shrimp	17
Stressed salmon develop hallmarks of depression	17
Unpredictability is key for mussels' seashore resilience	17
ECR Spotlight – Jordan Glass	17
Plasticity in Na+/K+-ATPase thermal kinetics drives variation in the temperature of cold-induced neural shutdown of adult Drosophila melanogaster	16
The added costs of winter ocean warming for metabolism, arm regeneration and survival in the brittle star Ophionereis schayeri	16
Sharper, straighter bills give male green hermits the edge in beak arms race	16
Artificial light at night enhances defensive behaviour in aquatic shredders under predation risk	16
Foraging task specialization in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ): the contribution of floral rewards to the learning performance of pollen and nectar forage	16
No detectable evidence for metabolic costs of long-term memory formation in honeybees, despite increased energy intake	16
Disruption of the sea turtle magnetic map sense by a magnetic pulse	16
Use of videos to measure dynamic body acceleration as a proxy for metabolic costs in coral reef damselfish (Chromis viridis)	16
Get a grip: evaluating the importance of different beetle tarsal structures in landing attachment	16
ECR Spotlight – Pedro Julião Jimenez	16
ECR Spotlight – Sushmita Arumugam Amogh	16
Integrated response of the zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) cardiovascular system to hypoxia acclimation	16
Emergence from torpor rapidly elevates suppressed blood immune parameters in a bat species hibernating in a moderate climate	16
A novel perspective on the evolutionary loss of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase at the teleost gill	15
Evolution and divergence of teleost adrenergic receptors: why sometimes ‘the drugs don't work’ in fish	15
Mitochondrial respiration capacity impacts gill tissue regeneration in Atlantic salmon	15
A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the animal kingdom	15
Physiological and behavioral evidence for multiple spectral channels in the larval stomatopod visual system	15
The microbiome buffers tadpole hosts from heat stress: a hologenomic approach to understand host–microbe interactions under warming	15
Antho-RFamide effect on light production in the bioluminescent sea pen Pennatula phosphorea (Octocorallia, Pennatulacea)	15
Neuromuscular coordination of movement and breathing forges a hammer-like mechanism for woodpecker drilling	15
A new theoretical performance landscape for suction feeding reveals adaptive kinematics in a natural population of reef damselfish	15
Building bridges: allyship as a catalyst for gender diversity and inclusion in experimental biology communities	15
Consistent changes in muscle phenotype and mitochondrial abundance underlie dive performance across multiple lineages of diving ducks	15
Co-regulated plasticity between limits to energy budget in Dromiciops gliroides : a model for ancestral endothermy	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
Energy availability influences the dynamics of thermal phenotypic plasticity	15
The roles of brain lipids and polar metabolites in the hypoxia tolerance of deep-diving pinnipeds	15
Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods	15
Three-toed sloths walk differently from their cousins	14
ECR Spotlight – Kelton Verble and Ellen Keaveny	14
Tired fish just keep swimming	14
ECR Spotlight – Brendan Gibbs	14
Warmer waters make sturgeon think they're sick	14
ECR Spotlight – Agnès Lewden	14
Deoxygenated toadfish turn up gill serotonin degradation to catch breath	14
Mayflies struggle to stay salty when oxygen levels dip	14
A birds’ eye view is made possible by… sugar?	14
ECR Spotlight – Talia Moore	14
Microrheology of haemolymph plasma of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris	14
ECR Spotlight – Rachel Thayer	14
ECR Spotlight – Bharath Kumar A. K.	14
ECR Spotlight – Paula Iturralde-Pólit	13
Accelerated abdominal lipid depletion from pesticide treatment alters honey bee pollen foraging strategy, but not onset, in worker honey bees	13
ECR Spotlight – Martin Dessart	13
ECR Spotlight – Luke Flewwelling	13
Turning a page: remaining a top competitor in an evolving publication ecosystem	13
Body temperature flexibility in Temminck's pangolins helps beat the heat	13
Of corpses, ghosts and mirages: biomechanical consequences of morphology depend on the environment	13
The role of haltere campaniform sensilla in equilibrium reflexes of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster	13
ECR Spotlight – William Bugg	13
c-fos expression in the olfactory epithelium of the East African cichlid (Haplochromis chilotes) in response to odorant exposure	13
Biomechanical properties of non-flight vibrations produced by bees	13

The buzz within: the role of the gut microbiome in honeybee social behavior	13
ECR Spotlight – Patrícia Ferreira	13
ECR Spotlight – Ian Bouyoucos	13
ECR Spotlight – Glenna Clifton	13
Combined effects of salinity and intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species efflux in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas	13
Energy expenditure of southern right whales varies with body size, reproductive state and activity level	13
Long-term stress induced cortisol downregulation, growth reduction and cardiac remodeling in Atlantic salmon	13
Generating extra body heat helped mammals conquer the globe	13
Behavior and neural activation patterns of non-redundant visual and acoustic signaling during courtship in an African cichlid fish	13
Measuring maximum heart rate to study cardiac thermal performance and heat tolerance in fishes	13
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel metabolism changes profoundly during first year	13
House sparrow hormones tell their eggs about the outside world	13
ECR Spotlight – Kyle Emerson	13
ECR Spotlight – William Joyce	13
Dynamics of horizontal walking and vertical climbing in the Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea)	13
Gut microbial contributions to thermogenesis	13
The effect of hypoxia and hyperoxia on the growth and metabolic rate of Rhinella marina tadpoles	13
Effects of hypoxia and hyperoxia on exercise-induced metabolomic and transcriptomic profiles in equine skeletal muscle	13
Age-dependent perfume development in male orchid bees, Euglossa imperialis	13
Patterns of single limb forces during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion in rosy-faced lovebirds (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)	13
Transgenerational plasticity and climate change: phenotypic responses across ectothermic animals	12
State-dependent dynamics of cuttlefish mantle activity	12
Linking whole-body angular momentum and step placement during perturbed human walking	12
Ontogenetic growth and size-at-age shape metabolic scaling	12
Innate visual attraction before, during and after escape from adverse substrates in carpenter ants	12
Gaze tracking of large-billed crows ( Corvus macrorhynchos ) in a motion capture system	12
Fatty acid oxidation: a neglected factor in understanding the adjustment of mitochondrial function to cold temperatures	12
Dynamic gap crossing in Dendrelaphis, the sister taxon of flying snakes	12
From lab to ocean: bridging swimming energetics and wild movements to understand red drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus ) behavior in a tidal estuary	12
Temperature dependence of regional heterothermy in a diminutive ectotherm	12
Effects of sublethal methylmercury and food stress on songbird energetic performance: metabolic rates, molt and feather quality	12
Relationship between joint shape and function as revealed through ex vivo XROMM	12
Socially responsive yolk steroids correlate with gene expression in early extra-embryonic membranes	12
Towards a standard application of the Reynolds number in studies of aquatic animal locomotion	12
Heat increment of feeding in the common bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) contributes moderately to field metabolic rate estimates	12
Honey bees can store and retrieve independent memory traces after complex experiences that combine appetitive and aversive associations	12
The response of grey mouse lemurs to acute caloric restriction before reproduction supports the ‘thrifty female hypothesis’	12
ECR Spotlight – Mylène Vonderscher	12
Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception	12
Variation in behavioural maturation in tropical honey bees corresponds with hormonal and molecular differences	12
Understanding the influence of context on real-world walking energetics	12
Otsuchi Coastal Research Center: a remote but vital marine science hub for the Northwest Pacific Ocean	12
Polyphenisms in the reproductive response of male quail to short days are driven by testosterone-independent uncoupling in the photoperiodic TSH-DIO2/DIO3 pathway	12
Effects of insect pursuit on the Doppler shift compensation in a hipposiderid bat	11
Superinvasive Argentine ants’ size fends off dehydration	11
Motion-sensitive neurons help mudflat crabs decide to freeze or flee	11
ECR Spotlight – Hailey Parry	11
Telomeres could tell the tale of longer lizard lifespan	11
How Cape fur seal mums and pups reunite by ear	11
Feeling the burn: young fish struggle in acidic water	11
Directional web strikes are performed by ray spiders in response to airborne prey vibrations	11
Drink safely: common swifts (Apus apus) dissipate mechanical energy to decrease flight speed before touch-and-go drinking	11
High-carb diet gives migrating locusts a head start	11
Damselfish in distress after consuming plastic	11
Impact of acute and chronic hypoxia on the heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide pathway in naked mole-rats ( Heterocephalus glaber )	11
Beyond ecology: the importance of gut motility in predicting the responses of species to climate change	11
Odor tracking in insects: a multisensory behavior	11
New method for ramping up the heat could help scientists save salmon	11
Some honeybees make fast decisions, but at a cost	11
Mitochondria directly boost copepods’ rosy hue	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
ECR Spotlight – David Matthews	11
Climate change leaves urchins on a rock in a hard place to live	11
Correction: Vocal tract allometry in a mammalian vocal learner	11
Evidence for multi-scale power amplification in skeletal muscle	11
Correction: Neuroethology of number sense across the animal kingdom	11
Hypoxia induced by disruption of FGF signalling impairs moulting via insulin and neurohormonal regulation in Rhodnius prolixus	11
Metabolomic signatures associated with cold adaptation and seasonal acclimation of Drosophila: profiling of 43 species	11
Personality and running don't mix in wild mice	11
ECR Spotlight – Sarah Little-Letsinger	11
Navigating turbulence: the effects of eddy size on the swimming performance of walleye ( Sander vitreus ) larvae	11
Pacu's teeth just right for fruit crushing	11
Protective role of trehalose in the Namib desert ant, Ocymyrmex robustior	11
Walking with increased step length variability increases the metabolic cost of walking in young adults	11
The active space of sperm whale codas allows for communication within and between social units	11
ECR Spotlight – Danilo Giacometti	11
Dinosaurs break the rules anywhere not anytime	11
The (virtual) flight of the fruit fly	11
Fatty acid profiles and tolerance to temperature extremes in Daphnia pulex	11
Halocline boundary layer restricts the vertical distribution of the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora	11
Effects of maternal androgens and their metabolite etiocholanolone on prenatal development in birds	10
Azimuthal invariance to looming stimuli in the Drosophila giant fiber escape circuit	10
The role of plumage and heat dissipation areas in thermoregulation in doves	10
The control of breathing in fishes – historical perspectives and the path ahead	10
Gigantic whales find it easier than dolphins and porpoises to stay warm	10
Higher parasite load is associated with lower heat tolerance in a tropical lizard	10
The hearts of large mammals generate higher pressures, are less efficient and use more energy than those of small mammals	10
ECR Spotlight – Ayelén Nally	10
Classifying behaviors from animal-borne cameras using machine learning: automated identification of breathing events in sea turtles	10
Underwater paddling kinematics and hydrodynamics in a surface swimming duck versus a diving duck	10
ECR Spotlight – Léna Meunier	10
The Company of Biologists celebrates its first Global South Workshop	10
Intraspecific support for the climate variability hypothesis: oxidative damage in lizards after acute temperature exposure	10
Allatostatin helps keep crabs safe when they shed their shells	10