New Burmese amber fossils reveal ancient forms of scale and wing pattern of the family Mogoplistidae Costa, 1855 (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... | #ProcB #Evolution #Palaeontology #Taxonomy

New from #ProcB: Increasing temperature reduces decision accuracy by shifting speed–accuracy trade-offs in slower individuals royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... | #Cognition

More frequent ejaculations may boost men’s fertility, research suggests Need for abstinence before fertility treatment questioned as study finds sperm deteriorates as it stays in body

#ProcB in @theguardian.com | Sperm storage causes sperm senescence in human and non-human animals: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

From setae to scales: Burmese amber fossils reveal the Early Cretaceous innovation of body coverings in scaly cricket royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... | #ProcB #Evolution #Palaeontology

What can we learn from bonobos and bottlenose dolphins about the evolution of between-group cooperation? royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... | #ProcB #Behaviour #Evolution

Conserved optical adaptations enable amphibious vision in compound eyes royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... | #ProcB #Ecology #Evolution #Neuroscience

New research from #ProcB: Sperm storage causes sperm senescence in human and non-human animals royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... | #Ecology #Evolution #Physiology

Our paper on the drivers of dung beetle diversity along a tropical elevational gradient is now out in #ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org
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Knock knock, no one’s there. Study finds scientists’ jokes mostly fall flat Survey examines how often academics attempt jokes during conference talks — and how these attempts at comedy land.

#ProcB in @nature.com | Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences? doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Scientific conferences can be a bore. Can jokes liven them up? Science speaks with ecologist Stefano Mammola about the power of humor to enhance science communication

#ProcB in @science.org | Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences? doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Conversational alignment as an individual difference #ProcB #Behaviour #Cognition @mh-christiansen.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Analysis of urine in wild chimpanzees found high levels of a chemical byproduct of ethanol metabolism consistent with substantial rates of ethanol consumption via frugivory in the wild. Watch #ProcB author Aleksey Maro talk about the research: cassyni.com/events/E9mUE... #ecology

#ProcB in @telegraph.co.uk | Diapausing bumble bee queens avoid drowning by using underwater respiration, anaerobic metabolism and profound metabolic depression: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

Characterizing the informativeness of pathogen genome sequence datasets about transmission between population groups #ProcB #TheoreticalBiology #Genomics royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific #conferences? #ProcB #BiologicalSciencePractices #TheoreticalBiology royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Diapausing bumble bee queens avoid drowning by using underwater respiration, anaerobic metabolism and profound metabolic depression: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #ProcB #ecology #physiology

Predisposed and learned preferences for multipoint visual statistics in visually naive newly hatched chicks #ProcB #OpenAccess #Neuroscience #Cognition royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

How bumble bees survive days underwater without drowning Insects can stay alive for up to a week in flooded nests, thanks to several tricks

#ProcB in @science.org | Diapausing bumble bee queens avoid drowning by using underwater respiration, anaerobic metabolism and profound metabolic depression: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Where did magic mushrooms come from? Scientists just got closer to an answer Scientists just discovered a new species of magic mushroom, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, that appears to have shared a common ancestor with the popular Psilocybe cubensis some 1.5 million years ago.

#ProcB in @sciam.bsky.social | Discovery of the closest free-living relative of the domesticated ‘magic mushroom’ Psilocybe cubensis in Africa: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Urinary concentrations of a direct ethanol metabolite indicate substantial ingestion of fermenting fruit by chimpanzees: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #ProcB #AnimalBehaviour

What kills a society: accumulation of uric acid increases infectious disease risk in #termites #ProcB #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

#ProcB in @nytimes.com | Diapausing bumble bee queens avoid drowning by using underwater respiration, anaerobic metabolism and profound metabolic depression: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/s...

Discovery of the closest free-living relative of the domesticated ‘magic #mushroom’ Psilocybe cubensis in Africa #ProcB #OpenAccess #Evolution royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Did you know that throughout 2026 you can publish #OpenAccess in the Royal Society's 8 subscription journals for free with no APCs to pay? Find out more about Subscribe to Open: royalsociety.org/journals/aut... #ProcA #ProcB #JRSocInterface #BiologyLetters #PhilTransA #PhilTransB #NotesandRecords 🧪

Caenorhabditis elegans foraging: from natural to laboratory conditions #ProcB #Review #OpenAccess #Ecology royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

An aberrant stem #tetrapod from the early Permian of Brazil #ProcB #Palaeontology #OpenAccess @jdpardo.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

The 2026 Georgina Mace Review now out in #ProcB - #Conservation targets and how to achieve them #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Mean response and response diversity predict interactive stressor effects on coexistence in competitive communities #ProcB #Ecosystem #EnvironmentalScience royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Humans can learn bimodal priors in complex sensorimotor behaviour #ProcB #Neuroscience #Cognition royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

The final part of the story: "The arduous path to obligate asexuality in Daphnia" is out in #ProcB 🥳 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article.... 1. Instead of comparing long-established asexuals to sexuals, we generated new asexual lineages to observe the transition in action.