Weakly electric fish perceive their surroundings through electric chirrups and now Ana Camargo & co have revealed that light fine-tunes the fish's electric pulses to ensure that they remain secluded beneath the mats of vegetation under which they shelter and avoid penetrating beams of light that could give them away

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/17/jeb246370/328287

To read the full research go to https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/17/jeb245489/328291

#biology #zoology #electricsense #neuroethology #SouthAmerica

In their #JEB100 Perspective, Tomsic and Silva reflect on the development of #neuroethology in South America, how they hope the field will develop and promote the study of natural behaviors in South American countries

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/17/jeb246035/326068

#SCIENCE #Biology #Zoology

@elduvelle_neuro
A fruitfly walking back and forward in a glass tube during locomotor recording with neurogenetic interventions is behavioural #neuroscience but probably not #neuroethology; a closest case for the latter I can think of is the RFID tagged bumble #bee tracking in its natural hive...but I am not aware anyone record neural activity for this

In their recent study Hoyonoski, Dohn & co show that some #leeches avoid annoying stimuli instead of just ignoring them.

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/16/jeb246476/325898

Read the full research here:
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/16/jeb245895/325884

#neuroethology #Zoology #Science #Biology

As part of our #JEB100 celebrations we are interviewing some of the journal Editors and in the current issue, Almut Kelber tells us about the incredible sensory worlds inhabited by other animals and how she would love to communicate with them like Dr Dolittle

#neuroethology #comparativephysiology #biology #science #zoology #entomology #echolocation

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/15/jeb246384/325764

Nightingales are great singers, but how well can they hit the tone? 🎶 Scientists from Daniela Vallentin’s group at our institute found that nightingales can imitate the pitch of whistles in real time! Read more: https://www.bi.mpg.de/news/2023-07-vallentin

#nightingale #birdsong #vocalcommunication #ornithology #birdresearch #researchnews #maxplanck #maxplanckinstitute #neuroethology #animalbehavior #behavioralneuroscience

In their Review, Ana Amador & Gabriel Mindlin highlight how biomechanical adaptations in different suboscine bird species allow them to generate a rich variety of acoustic motifs in their songs
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/12/jeb227975/316747
#acoustics #birdsong #neuroethology #biomechanics

Damaged neurons repair #axons, but it wasn't clear whether the axons of damaged ciliated #neurons in #insects could also recover. Melissa Rolls & colleagues have discovered that insect ciliated neurons do recover, even if the axon is severed close to the cell body, and they use the same mechanism for recovery as conventional neurons

#neuroethology #zoology #entomology #biology

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/12/jeb246176/318020

To read the full research go to https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/12/jeb245717/318059

Damaged neurons repair #axons, but it wasn't clear whether the axons of damaged ciliated #neurons in #insects could also recover. Melissa Rolls & colleagues have discovered that insect ciliated neurons do recover, even if the axon is severed close to the cell body, and they use the same mechanism for recovery as conventional neurons

#neuroethology #zoology #entomology #biology

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/12/jeb246176/318020

To read the full research go to https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/12/jeb245717/318059

In her #JEB100 ECR Spotlight, Chloe Fouilloux tells us about her #research, where she discovered that #poisonfrog #tadpoles that develop in cloudy #water are less likely to evade a predator than tadpoles reared in clear water and why she thinks having great mentors is the secret to success.

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/12/jeb246168/316749

You can find Chloe's full research paper at https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/12/jeb245822/316751

#zoology #neuroethology #biology #predator #mentorship

Looking forward to the The Future of Neuroethology Webinar Series!

Talks by early career researchers in neuroethology -sign up to be a speaker, nominate great folks or come and listen!

Register here: https://forms.gle/pMyd1MJ5Q886u8Z16

Nominate (or self-nominate) a speaker
here: https://forms.gle/oer8yVeYGhWiMGU89

(Deadline June 30th 2023)

#neuroscience #neuroethology #animalbehaviour #animalbehavior #ECR #Talks #webinar

Insects are fantastically manoeuvrable, avoiding being swatted, and now Jang & co have discovered that the left and right giant fibres in the #fly #brain somehow receive information from both #eyes, which they combine, allowing flies to evade a looming threat

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/8/jeb245934/307167

#zoology #neuroethology #entomology #Science #biology #insects

To read the full research, go to
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/8/jeb244790/307120

New paper!
Maddie Brodbeck, along with me, Vern Bingman and David Sherry, shows that a brain region thought important for songbird geomagnetic compass (Cluster N) is flexibly activated on the nights they are motivated to migrate.

#neuroethology #birds #animalbehavior

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.15995

Rosa & co have discovered that small amounts of the #pesticide fipronil slow down nearly indestructible #cockroaches and make them forget enticing scents, which could spell trouble for other #insect species like #bees

#neuroethology #biology #zoology #science #entomology #brain

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/8/jeb245856/307145

Read the full research by Rosa & co here
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/8/jeb245239/307146

Issue 8 has closed and issue 9 is open

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/226/8

#JEB100 #comparativephysiology #zoology #biomechanics #neuroethology #OpenAccess

This gorgeous image by Ignacio Moya shows a brown-throated three-toed sloth moving below-branch by suspensory walking and accompanies Andrew McKamy & co's paper 'Pump the brakes! The hindlimbs of three-toed sloths decelerate and support suspensory locomotion'

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/8/jeb245622/307099

In his #JEB100 ECR Spotlight, HyoJong Jang tells us about his research into how #fruitflies respond to external stimuli and how he would like to develop a miniature wireless head-mounted microscope to monitor the behavior of cells in the brain of freely moving fruit flies

#neuroethology #comparativephysiology #neuroscience #behavior #vision #brain #drosophila #zoology #science #entomology

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/8/jeb245943/307119

To read all about his research go to https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/8/jeb244790/307120

The deadline for the Diversity Award from The International Society for #Neuroethology
is on April 15th. Funding to help neuroethologists from communities historically excluded from the field to overcome barriers and progress their science. Please apply/RT! More details here: http://www.neuroethology.org/Awards/DiversityAward

Neuroethologists = scientists studying the neural or mechanistic basis of animal behaviour.
You can include the membership fees for the society into your application.

#funding #animalbehavior

Reminder that the deadline for this award is on April 15th. Please encourage people to apply!

#funding #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #neuroscience #neuroethology

https://ecoevo.social/@viveknityananda/109948752380713329

The deadline for the Diversity Award from The International Scoiety for #Neuroethology
is on April 15th. Funding to help neuroethologists from communities historically excluded from the field to overcome barriers and progress their science. Please apply/RT! More details here: http://www.neuroethology.org/Awards/DiversityAward

Neuroethologists = scientists studying the neural or mechanistic basis of animal behaviour.
You can include the membership fees for the society into your application.

#funding #animalbehavior

In their #JEB100 Commentary, Veronica Rivi and colleagues discuss the importance of invertebrates for studying the conserved molecular and neuronal mechanisms of neuroplasticity in learning and memory, as well as the role of invertebrates in elucidating the effect of stress, drugs and bioactive compounds on memory formation
#invertebrates #comparative physiology #memory #neuroethology #science

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/3/jeb244844/286732