JEB at SICB Virtual 2021

If you're attending the SICB 2021 Virtual Meeting from 3 January to 28 February, call by the JEB exbition stand to enter our prize draw, chat to the JEB Editors and view our SICB Subject Collection, featuring relevant JEB papers relating to some of the symposia sessions.

In the field: an interview with Katsufumi Sato

Katsufumi Sato tells us about his research experiences around Japan and in Antarctica investigating the behaviour of top marine predators, and describes how his data logging devices have sparked global collaborations.

The mysterious case of the cassowary casque

Read about Todd Green’s JEB Travelling Fellowship, which allowed him to travel from Oklahoma State University, USA, to the Natural History Museum at Tring, UK, to visit Lord Rothchild’s infamous collection of birds.

There and back again – a zebra's tale

After being unable to reach to the Makgadikgadi saltpans for more than four decades, Okavango zebras have resumed their migration and now Hattie Bartlam-Brooks from the Royal Veterinary College and colleagues have shown that the extraordinary mammals actively navigate when traveling to and from water holes.

preLights – From flying aces to soar losers

A new preprint by Goto et al. predicts that not all giant extinct fliers were equally skilled in the air. In a preLight, Sophia Friesen reflects that the preprint made her reconsider the huge amount of work that goes into CGI reconstruction of extinct creatures.

Neuronal circuits and the magnetic sense: central questions

Magnetoreception is used for orientation and navigation by many species. In their Commentary, Malkemper et al. review the field’s progress in birds and mice, assessing emerging new technologies and asking critical questions for the future.