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 Marie Dacke
Marie Dacke talks about her experiences of working in South Africa with dung beetles, establishing a new field site in Sardinia and the key experiments that confirmed that dung beetles can navigate by star light
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
Jacob Harrison and Sheila Patek show that tiny snapping shrimp youngsters are capable of accelerating their 0.03 mg claws in water as fast as bullets and 20 times faster than their parents to cavitate water and produce explosive pops
Reviews and Commentaries
CENTENARY ARTICLE: Invertebrates as models of learning and memory: investigating neural and molecular mechanisms by Veronica Rivi, Cristina Benatti, Giovanna Rigillo & Joan M. C. Blom
CENTENARY ARTICLE: Insect diapause: from a rich history to an exciting future by David L. Denlinger
From perplexing to predictive: are we ready to forecast insect disease susceptibility in a warming world? by Laura V. Ferguson & Shelley A. Adamo
