Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Rob Lachlan New behavioral traits are often the first response of animals to changing environmental conditions. As cities [...]
Fighting chronic pain with food: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
Migrant orangutans learn which foods are good to eat by watching the locals
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer An unflanged migrant orangutan male (on the left side) and an adolescent local orangutan female (on the right side) are peering [...]
How antelopes under threat from the climate crisis have responded to rising temperatures
by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image: Benjamin Hollis/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 The rising temperatures of the climate crisis threaten wildlife around the [...]
Why diversity and inclusion needs to be at the forefront of future AI
by Inês Hipólito/Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: shutterstock.com Inês Hipólito is a highly accomplished researcher, recognized for her work in esteemed [...]
Can lions coexist with cattle in Africa?
by Laurence G Frank/Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock Protecting lions and the interests of cattle producers in Kenya is a difficult [...]
Orb weaver spider glue properties evolve faster than their glue genes, scientists find
by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Orb weaver spiders make the capture threads of their webs sticky with an aqueous glue made in [...]
‘Farmer’ beetle finds suitable host trees by tracing scent of its fungus crop
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Alnus ambrosia beetles (Xylosandrus germanus) in their galleries, tending the brood and fungus. Image credit: Antonio Gugliuzzo [...]
Most plastic eaten by city vultures comes straight from food outlets
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Black vultures, Coragyps atratus, in the US. Image credit: Hannah Partridge Researchers have shown that black and turkey vultures [...]
How a city walk may improve your mood: Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
What does flattery do to our brains? Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
Wings, not webs: Certain bugs are the winners of urbanization, impacting cities’ insect diversity
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Dr Marion Chatelain. Occurrence and abundance of the ‘cucumber green spider’ decreased along the rural-urban [...]
Songbird species work together to mob predator owls, but only strike when the time is right
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Northern pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma. Image credit: W Douglas Robinson Scientists have now shown that songbirds don’t just flee [...]
From pylons to pandas: 5 Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
Evolution of bat wings and calls through ‘foraging syndromes’ allows diversity to flourish
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Egyptian slit-faced bats, Nycteris thebaica In a new study, scientists show that the wing shape and the echolocation frequency of [...]
World’s heaviest flying bird may be self-medicating on plants used in traditional medicine
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Great bustard male displaying on lek. Image credit: Carlos Palacín Researchers show that great bustards in Spain prefer to eat [...]
From ghost gear to microbe memories: 4 Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
Secret behind spectacular blooms in world’s driest desert is invisible to human eyes
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer The 2021 ‘desierto florido’ near Caldera, Chile. The purple flowers are the pussypaw Cistanthe longiscapa (family [...]
From chili-heat pain relief to blue whale migration: 5 Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
The ultimate death stare: How moth wing patterns scare off predatory birds with amazing optical illusion
by Dr Hannah Rowland, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, and Dr John Skelhorn, Newcastle University Image: Dr Hannah Rowland Many prey species have eyespot markings [...]
Bees, blue light, and bacteria in beetles’ ‘back pockets’: Most viewed articles of August 2022
Image: Shutterstock.com by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Each month, Frontiers shines a spotlight on some of the leading research across a wide range of [...]
Humans have totally altered small mammal communities in just a few centuries
By Suzanna Burgelman, science writer Image: Paul Abrahams/Shutterstock.com Researchers have found that small mammal communities today are fundamentally different from even a [...]
Researchers challenge claim of historic human brain ‘shrinking’ and 3 other papers you don’t want to miss
By Colm Gorey and Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writers Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with [...]
Yoda-like tarsiers push virtuoso singing to their physiological limits
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Pair of Gursky’s spectral tarsiers, Tarsius spectrumgurskyae. Image credit: Arie de Gier / Shutterstock.com Researchers [...]
Could cranberries help us prevent dementia? Check out 5 fascinating Frontiers articles you don’t want to miss
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers Science Communications Manager Image: Jean Beaufort At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
Most read article of May 2022: Surprising finding shows children grow faster during the school year than summer vacation
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers Science Communications Manager Image: Shutterstock.com Each month, Frontiers shines a spotlight on some of the leading research across a wide range [...]
Climate crisis is driving cousins of The Lion King character to local extinction
Climate crisis is driving cousins of The Lion King character to local extinction, finds new study published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
How bees prove to be skilled mathematicians and 3 other amazing science stories you may have missed
By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
Think fast! Clever monkeys plan their food trips to avoid stronger rivals
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Vervet monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, from K social group in Uganda. Image credit: TJM Arseneau-Robar, KA Anderson, EN Vasey, P [...]
Most read articles of March 2022: Secrets of ancient leftovers revealed and endangered shark discovered in pet food
By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager, Frontiers Image: Shutterstock.com Each month, Frontiers shines a spotlight on some of the leading research across a wide range [...]
The answer to keeping moose populations healthy? Wolves
The answer to keeping moose populations healthy? Wolves, finds a new study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
Extreme heat harms forest-dwelling bird chicks more than city ones
Extreme heat harms forest-dwelling bird chicks more than city ones, finds a new study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
Leftovers in prehistoric pots let scientists peek into the kitchen of an ancient civilization
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers Science writer Image credit: Marko Kukic / Shutterstock.com Scientists studied animal lipids and microscopical remains of plants in vessels from [...]
Possible treatment for tinnitus? 4 fascinating Frontiers articles you may have missed
By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
5 fascinating Frontiers articles you may have missed in January 2022
By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager A newly born desert tortoise. Image: K. Kristina Drake/ USGS. At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a [...]
When and why did human brains decrease in size 3,000 years ago? New study may have found clues within ants
When and why did human brains decrease in size 3,000 years ago? New study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution may have found clues within ants [...]
Surprising discovery in Arctic songbird may reveal how it survives challenging migrations
By K.E.D Coan, science writer Snow buntings in winter. Image: Mircea Costina/Shutterstock.com There is still much to learn about how Arctic migratory birds adjust their [...]
Bat guts become less healthy through diet of ‘fast food’ from banana plantations
By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, science writer Pallas’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding on banana flowers. Image credit: Julian Schneider New research [...]
Scientists pretend to be Neanderthals to explore how they caught birds in caves for food
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Image credit: Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock.com From fossil evidence and through scientific role-play, researchers reconstruct that [...]
Secret to speediness of ancient bipedal reptile has been revealed
By Clarissa Wright, Frontiers science writer Close-up of a reptile eye, but not the ancient Eudibamus cursoris. Image Aedka Studio/Shutterstock.com The Early Permian marked a [...]
First-of-its-kind flower smells like dead insects to imprison ‘coffin flies’
The first known case of a flower mimicking dead arthropods to attract pollinators: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
Majority of bird species in Americas could survive climate change, shows study
By Robert Hanley / Durham University communications team The Arenal Volcano seen from the Monteverde Cloud Forest. Monteverde-Arenal is one of 21 Important Bird and [...]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2020 Editor Awards
The editors who have made outstanding contributions to the journal, supporting the review process, helping to build exciting content and driving journal growth. [...]
As plant/animal diversity wanes, is microbial life changing too? A perilously ‘profound ignorance’
Is microbial biodiversity worldwide increasing or decreasing? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
Team reveals amazing reconstructions of our ancestors to correct mistakes of the past
How to ensure accuracy in soft tissue reconstructions of early hominins such as Lucy? A review in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
Improving water quality could help conserve insectivorous birds — study
Scarcity of insect prey in disturbed lakes and streams contributes to bird decline, show new results By Anna Sigurdsson and Mischa Dijkstra, science writers A new study shows [...]
Scientists propose three-step method to reverse significant reforestation side effect
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer Image: Farid Suhaimi/Shutterstock Reforestation efforts using a monoculture of a fast-growing tree species, while effective, [...]
Infographic: Better learners in flycatchers more likely to copy competitors
Better learners in collared flycatchers are more likely to copy information from competing species: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
Better learners in collared flycatchers are more likely to copy information from competing species
Ability to use social information depends on individual cognitive skills in female collared flycatchers: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]
“Helper” ambrosia beetles share reproduction with their mother
Fungus-growing Xyleborus affinis beetles have independently evolved a similar social structure to many casteless wasps and bees: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]