Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Bees, blue light, and bacteria in beetles’ ‘back pockets’: Most viewed articles of August 2022

September 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

August 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

August 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

August 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

June 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

June 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

May 19, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

May 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

April 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

April 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

April 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

March 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

March 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

March 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

February 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

October 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

October 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

September 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

September 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

August 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

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’

May 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

May 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

April 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

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’

April 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

February 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

February 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

February 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

January 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

December 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

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

November 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Fungus-growing Xyleborus affinis beetles have independently evolved a similar social structure to many casteless wasps and bees: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Priyanga Amarasekare joins Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

October 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

Priyanga Amarasekare (UCLA) joins Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution as a Specialty Chief Editor for the journal's dedicated Models in Ecology and Evolution specialty section. [...]

Sky islands and tropical alpine sunflowers at risk of disappearing

September 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

What will happen to the Andean Páramos under climate change? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Dr. Orsolya Valkó joins Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

September 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Co-Specialty Chief Editor Dr. Orsolya Valkó brings a renewed focus on ecosystem restoration to Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Ecological theory and modelling finds its habitat

January 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

Landscape photograph of hills and snow-capped peaks and mountains surrounding a lake

University of Auckland's Prof George Perry leads new section on Models in Ecology and Evolution. [...]

Wolf-dog ‘swarms’ threaten Europe’s wolves

September 5, 2019 // 3 Comments

A new study reveals that scientists are divided on issues such as how to remove hybrids and free-roaming dogs, and whether they should be kept captive, sterilised and released or killed; Frontiers in Ecology in Evolution [...]

Winter is coming: a stark divide in red-neck phalarope migration

August 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Red-neck phalaropes split between the Pacific Ocean and the Arabian Sea for the colder months, researchers discover; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Young frogs that were stressed as tadpoles move less on land, putting their survival at risk

July 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

New Oregon State University research shows that juvenile northern red-legged frogs that have experienced climate-related stress as tadpoles are less likely to move on land, putting their survival at risk; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Is one toe really better than three? How horses’ legs evolved for travel rather than speed

June 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

The real evolutionary 'step forward' in horse foot anatomy was not the loss of additional toes, but the evolution of the 'spring foot', say researchers; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Research shows cattle ranching could help conserve rare African antelope, lions

June 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Endangered African antelope and the lions that prey on them may benefit from certain cattle ranching practices in Kenya; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

What’s your poison? Scrupulous scorpions tailor venom to target

June 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

Scorpions adapt their stinging, stingers and sting contents to minimize the costs of venom use; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

How light from street lamps and trees influences the activity of urban bats

May 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

The team found that the response of bats to artificial light was intensified in areas with high tree cover. Credit: Christian Giese. A German study sheds new light on how [...]

Scientists propose rethinking ‘endangered species’ definition to save slow-breeding giants

May 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

Researchers at the Smithsonian Institute have proposed a ‘demographic safe space’ for Asian elephants, to improve conservation of these and other large, slow-breeding animals; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Honey, I ate the kids: the sweet side of filial cannibalism

April 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Why do some animals eat or abandon their offspring? According to researchers at the University of Tennessee and the University of Oxford, these might actually be forms of parental care; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Specialty Chief Editor wins Women of Discovery Award

April 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

Krithi Karanth, Specialty Chief Editor of Conservation, winner of Women of Discovery 2019 award

Specialty Chief Editor of Conservation, Krithi Karanth has been recognized with the Women of Discovery award. [...]

Love Island: Flamboyant males get the girls on Madagascar

April 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

In two new species of rare giant stick insects, males turn livid blue or multicolored at sexual maturity; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

It’s not trails that disturb forest birds, but the people on them

January 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

Image of people walking on a forest trail. Research finds that frequently used forest trails have fewer birds - even when the trails have been used for decades - showing a negative environmental impact of trails: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Frequently used forest trails have fewer birds and not as many species - even when the trails have been used for decades: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Mesosaurus, the oldest-known aquatic reptile, probably spent time on land

October 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Image of Mesosaurus: A comprehensive analysis of fossilized Mesosaurus bones reveals adult specimens have similar anatomical features to terrestrial animals: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

A comprehensive analysis fossilized mesosaurus bones suggests juveniles spent most of their time in water but adults were only semi-aquatic: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

In the battle of cats vs. rats, the rats are winning

October 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

Image of a cat and a rat. Study shows any benefit of using cats to control city rats is outweighed by the threat they pose to birds and other urban wildlife: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Any benefit of using cats to control city rats is outweighed by the threat they pose to birds and other urban wildlife: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Lion conservation research can be bolstered by input from a wide-range of professionals

June 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

To tackle the sharp decline in lion numbers, conservation research should consider wild prey, livestock and the environment, not just human-lion interaction -- and go beyond the fields of biology, wildlife conservation and environmental science to include ecology, economics, sociology and the humanities: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Lion conservation research should go beyond human-lion conflict to include ecology, economics, sociology and the humanities: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

‘Uniquely human’ muscles have been discovered in apes

June 11, 2018 // 4 Comments

Muscles thought unique to humans found in some ape species, questioning view that some muscles evolved to provide special adaptations for human traits: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]