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Cover: Sensory ecology in a predator−prey system. Walking arthropods unwillingly reveal their whereabouts to potential predators by faint rustling sounds. Predators can use the amplitude of arthropod walking sounds to learn about prey size and profitability. However, as Goerlitz, Greif and Siemers show (pp. 2799−2806), the walking substrate (e.g. bare soil, meadow, forest floor) strongly affects these amplitude cues. For an efficient foraging decision based on the prey rustling it hears, the hunting greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) shown here will thus need to recognize and account for the substrate on which the carabid beetle is walking. Artwork assembled by Leonie Baier using a photo by Dietmar Nill. - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
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Ecosystem engineers on tropical reefs in transition
Giant barrel sponges (GSBs) remain robust to rising seawater temperatures and have rapidly populated reefs stripped of coral cover by climate change. GBSs may be poised to become the dominant habitat-forming organisms in tropical reef ecosystems of the future. In this Review, Joseph Pawlik provides an integrative and critical assessment of research on giant barrel sponges.
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 28 November 2025.
Stressed salmon develop hallmarks of depression
Farmed salmon can experience high levels of CO2 and now Marco Vindas and colleagues report that fish which have experienced this form of stress show signs of fishy depression. They hope that understanding this could help farmers improve the fish's quality of life.
Extraordinary creatures: hummingbirds
Doug Altshuler and Ken Welch tell us about the extraordinary lives of hummingbirds, from their ability to hover during flight to their use of nectar as a primary food source.
