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We’re delighted to welcome Phil Donoghue FRS as the new Editor-In-Chief of Proceedings B. Find out more about Phil’s background, current research and how he feels about his new appointment.

Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. Edward Ivimey-Cook from the School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow (now a Lecturer at the University of East Anglia) tells us more about a new study that reviewed the clarity, strictness, and timing of data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals in ecology and evolution, and assessed author compliance at two journals, Ecology Letters and Proceedings B.

Insect pollinators like bees, hoverflies, and moths are vital to ecosystems but face growing threats from urbanisation. Emilie Ellis, from the University of Helsinki, tells us more about a new study across three cities that found that pollinator species richness declined by up to 43% in more urbanised areas. Moths and hoverflies were particularly vulnerable due to their complex life cycles and sensitivity to habitat loss and light pollution.

Female baboons who have strong relationships with their fathers during their juvenile years lead longer adult lives than females who had weak paternal relationships. Professor Elizabeth Archie from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame tells us more about a new study that showed that, in baboons, even small paternal contributions to offspring care can have lifelong consequences for female baboons.

A new biological science practices paper in Proceedings B addresses how a more forward-thinking view on open science may help better prepare for the future of our species.  Author Dylan Gomes from the U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center in Seattle tells us more about the paper.

When asked to name scientists, students mention the likes of Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, and Isaac Newton. And when asked to draw a scientist, students almost always draw a white man holding a test tube and wearing a lab coat. Professor Robin Costello from the University at Buffalo tells us more about a new study that parsed the effects of including visual depictions and humanizing information about scientists featured in undergraduate biology course materials.

In order to maximise your latest research, it is crucial that your title, abstract and keywords draw and keep the readers’ attention. In this blog, our journal managing editors present their tips for ways in which authors can increase search engine optimisation and appeal to readers.

Migratory birds are able to navigate over great distances with remarkable accuracy. How birds determine their position during the navigational process is still not fully understood. Professor Richard Holland from the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University tells us more about a new study that tested whether Eurasian reed warblers could determine their position using two magnetic cues - the magnetic inclination and the magnetic declination.

Lara Nellissen, from the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and the University of Neuchatel, tells us about her research published in a new Proceedings B paper, a study that investigated decision making by vocal interactions in the highly intelligent western gorillas of the Central African Republic.

Dr. María A. Maglianesi and Professor Catherine H. Graham tell us about their research published in a new Proceedings B paper, a study that investigated the factors that influence the intricate web of interactions in pollination systems, specifically the ones formed by plants and hummingbirds.