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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.

Dr. Georgia Ward-Fear tells us about the research published in her new Proceedings B paper, a study that used conditioned taste aversion (CTA) in northern Australia to train free-ranging crocodiles to avoid toxic cane toads.

Dr. Camilla Soravia tells us about the research published in her new Proceedings B paper, a study which examined the effect of high temperatures on the cognitive abilities of the Southern pied babbler.

A decade-long study investigating the consequences of social instability, specifically a change in breeder, in a wild population of cooperatively breeding dwarf mongooses is now published in Proceedings B. First author Julie Kern from the University New England, Australia, tells us more about the study and their findings.

We welcome a new Associate Editor to the Proceedings B Editorial Board.

Dr Ayse Yilmaz, guest editor of the latest Philosophical Transactions B issue, tells us about the background and content of this new theme issue.

New research reported in Open Biology investigates whether higher-ranking animals have better immunity than animals below them on the social hierarchy.

New research in Proceedings B investigates whining vocalisations in puppies and their perception by humans.

The Guest Editors of the latest Philosophical Transactions B issue introduce us to the content and background to this fascinating topic.

The Biology Letters team checked in with the authors of a recent paper to find out more about their study and their research.

As human adults, we constantly interpret others’ behaviour in terms of mental states. In a new study in Proceedings B, the authors sought to evaluate whether non-human animals share our ability to represent others’ minds.

New article examines how social distancing in response to disease occurs throughout the animal kingdom.