All animals display some form of social behavior, ranging from more simple dyadic interactions such as attracting a mate or chasing off a competitor to the elaborate and complex social behaviors displayed by group-living animals. Hormones are important regulators of social behavior, and research in behavioral endocrinology has made crucial progress in our understanding of the hormonal mechanisms that affect the timing, quality and quantity of social behavior. Social behavior is under strong natural and sexual selection and research in behavioral ecology has uncovered many of the evolutionary processes that shape social behavior. Researchers coming from the traditionally fairly separate fields of endocrinology and evolution have realized that an integration of both mechanistic and functional processes is essential for a comprehensive understanding of social behavior. Elizabeth Adkins-Regan's book `Hormones and Animal Social Behavior' is set right at the interface between endocrinology and evolution. Adkins-Regan thoroughly interweaves hormonal mechanisms...
Using the reactive scope model to redefine social stress in fishes
In their Review, Katie Gilmour and colleagues redefine the ambiguous concept of social stress by using the reactive scope model as a framework to explain the divergent physiological phenotypes of dominant and subordinate fishes.
JEB grants to support junior faculty
Learn about the grants that we launched in 2023 to support junior faculty from two of our awardees: Erin Leonard, Early-Career Researcher (ECR) Visiting Fellowship recipient, and Pauline Fleischmann, Research Partnership Kickstart Travel Grant recipient. The next deadline to apply is 6 June 2025.
Thirteen-lined ground squirrels survive extraordinarily low blood oxygen
Brynne Duffy and colleagues reveal that thirteen-lined ground squirrels are true hypoxia champions surviving extreme low blood oxygen, down to just 34% oxygen, when they emerge briefly from hibernation.
The Company of Biologists Workshops
For the last 15 years, our publisher, The Company of Biologists, has provided an apt environment to inspire biology and support biologists through our Workshops series. Read about the evolution of the Workshop series and revisit JEB's experience with hosting the first Global South Workshop.
Fast & Fair peer review
Our sister journal Biology Open has recently launched the next phase of their Fast & Fair peer review initiative: offering high-quality peer review within 7 working days. To learn more about BiO’s progress and future plans, read the Editorial by Daniel Gorelick, or visit the Fast & Fair peer review page.
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