Journal of Experimental Biology is the leading primary research journal in comparative physiology and publishes papers on the form and function of living organisms at all levels of biological organisation, from the molecular and subcellular to the integrated whole animal.
Our authors and readers reflect a broad interdisciplinary group of scientists who study molecular, cellular and organismal physiology in an evolutionary and environmental context.
SPECIAL ISSUE – Building New Paradigms in Comparative Physiology and Biomechanics
In a series of Reviews, Commentaries and Research articles, this special issue aims to generate new questions or illuminate paradigm shifts in experimental biology through the collation, data mining and analysis of existing literature and emerging datasets – covering a range of topics including biomechanics, muscle physiology, ecophysiology, endocrinology, neurobiology and cardiovascular physiology.
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Conversation
In the field: an interview with Harald Wolf
Harald Wolf talks about his fieldwork experiences working with desert ants in Tunisia to understand their navigation.
Find out more about the series in our Editorial and see below for more interviews.
Early-career researchers
Read our interviews with early-career researchers and find out more about how JEB supports junior scientists
Featured articles
Editors' choice
When the temperature drops during winter, fish become dormant but instead of deliberately reducing their metabolism they slow down simply because they get cold, and some - such as pumpkinseed sunfish and mummichogs - never become fully dormant, merely lethargic. See the paper by Connor Reeve, Lauren E. Rowsey & Ben Speers-Roesch.
Reviews and Commentaries
Evolution of plasticity: metabolic compensation for fluctuating energy demands at the origin of life by Frank Seebacher & Julian Beaman
Biological constraints on configural odour mixture perception by Gérard Coureaud, Thierry Thomas-Danguin, Jean-Christophe Sandoz & Donald A. Wilson
A perspective on insect water balance by Michael J. O'Donnell
Venom production and secretion in reptiles by Stephen P. Mackessy
