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Cover: Acoustic caterpillars? One does not think of caterpillars as being especially noisy, but research by Brown, Boettner and Yack (see article on p. 993 ) demonstrates that several species of silk- and hawkmoth caterpillars produce audible clicking sounds. The silkmoth caterpillar portrayed on the cover, Antheraea polyphemus, clicks its mandibles following an attack by a live or simulated predator. Sound production typically precedes or accompanies defensive regurgitation. The authors provide evidence to support the hypothesis that caterpillar clicking functions as an acoustic aposematic signal to warn a predator of the impending regurgitant defense. (Photo credit: Sarah Brown.) - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
New funding schemes for junior faculty staff
In celebration of our 100th anniversary, JEB has launched two new grants to support junior faculty staff working in animal comparative physiology and biomechanics who are within five years of setting up their first lab/research group. Check out our ECR Visiting Fellowships and Research Partnership Kickstart Travel Grants.
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Stuart Egginton
Stuart Egginton reveals how he overcame the challenges of being a comparative physiologist in a medical school and how he would tell his younger self to trust his instincts when pursuing new ideas.
Travelling Fellowships from JEB
Our Travelling Fellowships offer up to £3,000 to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. Next deadline to apply is 27 October 2023
Feedforward and feedback control in the neuromechanics
Auke J. Ijspeert and Monica A. Daley provide an overview of key knowledge gained from comparative vertebrate experiments and insights obtained from neuromechanical simulations and robotic approaches. Read the full Centenary Review Article here.
Light fine-tunes electric fish pulses to keep them in the shade
Weakly electric fish perceive their surroundings through electric chirrups and now Ana Camargo & colleagues have revealed that light fine-tunes the fish's electric pulses to ensure that they remain scheduled beneath the mats of vegetation they use for shelter, avoiding penetrating beams of light that could give them away.
