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2026

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Myoga, M. H.; Amaro, D.; Kello, V.; Gumbert, M.; Leibold, C.; Pecka, M.; Grothe, B.: The dynamics of context-dependent space representations in auditory cortex. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Negro, J. J.; Camacho, C.; Tella, J. L.; Serrano, D.; Tejedo, M.; Figuerola, J.; Redono, T.; Galván, I.; Rodríguez, A.; Carrascal, L. M. et al.; Amo, L.; Arroyo, B.; Mougeot, F.; Valera, F.; Arizaga, J.; Mendoza, I.; Prenda, J.; Atienza, J. C.; Senar, J. C.; Díaz Núñez de Arenas, V. M.; Belliure, J.; Oro, D.; Kempenaers, B.; Baillie, S.; Vaclav, R.; Arenas, R.; Seoane, J.; Holgado, P. M.; Tellería, J. L.; Fandos, G.; Pérez-Tris, J.; Laiolo, P.; Margalida, A.: Letter to the editor concerning the paper “Attraction points: A new sampling design method to quantify common finches' populations” published by Marazuela Pinela et al. in Ecological Indicators, 171, 113155 (2025). Ecological Indicators 184, 114719 (2026)

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Nordmann, G. C.; Balay, S. D.; Kapuruge, T. N.; Numi, M.; Leeb, C.; Nimpf, S.; Malkemper, E. P.; Landler, L.; Keays, D. A.: A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain. Science 391 (6790), pp. 1155 - 1160 (2026)

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Oefele, M.; Hau, M.; Ruuskanen, S.; Casagrande, S.: Blood mitochondrial metabolism predicts flight performance without lasting effects of early-life thyroid hormones. iScience 29 (1), 114410 (2026)

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Oezmen, M.; Drummond, N.; Haag, J.; Viera, R. M.; Pujol-Marti, J.; Borst, A.; Schilling, T.: Homotypic dendritic interactions constrain growth and receptor distribution in Drosophila T4 neurons without affecting orientation or function. Development 153 (7), dev.205238 (2026)

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Osiecka, A. N.; Onate-Casado, J.; Petrusková, T.; Barrero, A.; Beran, V.; Kubíková, T.; Pérez-Granados, C.; Porteš, M.; Traba, J.; Petrusek, A. et al.; Burchard, L. S.: Unique rhythmic signatures in arrhythmic birdsong. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Osipova, E.; Ko, M.-C.; Petricek, K. M.; Sin, S. Y. W.; Brown, T.; Winkler, S.; Pippel, M.; Jarrells, J.; Weiche, S.; Mosbech, M.-B. et al.; Taborsak-Lines, F.; Wang, C.; Contreras-Lopez, O.; Olsen, R.-A.; Ewels, P.; Mendez-Aranda, D.; Gaede, A. H.; Sadanandan, K. R.; Low, G. W.; Monte, A.; Ballerstädt, N.; Adreani, N. M.; Mentesana, L.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Rico-Guevara, A.; Edwards, S. V.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Kuhl, H.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.; Altshuler, D. L.; Buttemer, W. A.; Schupp, M.; Baldwin, M. W.; Hiller, M.; Sackton, T. B.: Convergent and lineage-specific genomic changes shape adaptations in sugar-consuming birds. Science 391 (6788), eadt1522 (2026)

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Park, S. Y.; Sheridan, A.; An, B.; Jarvis, E.; Lyudchik, J.; Patton, W.; Axup, J. Y.; Chan, S. W.; Damstra, H. G. J.; Leible, D. et al.; Leung, K. S.; Magno, C. A.; Meeran, A.; Michalska, J. M.; Rieger, F.; Wang, C.; Wu, M.; Church, G. M.; Funke, J.; Huffman, T.; Leeper, K. G. C.; Truckenbrodt, S.; Winnubst, J.; Kornfeld, J.; Boyden, E. S.; Rodriques, S. G.; Payne, A. C.: Combinatorial protein barcodes enable self-correcting neuron tracing with nanoscale molecular context. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Patton, T.; Buck, E. J.; Buechlein, A.; Davis, B. W.; Ehrie, A. J.; Enbody, E. D.; George, E. M.; Küpper, C.; Loveland, J. L.; Luna, L. W. et al.; Rusch, D. B.; Thomas, Q. K.; Rosvall, K. A.; Lipshutz, S.: Sex and breeding stage differences in neurogenomic profiles reflect hormone signaling in a socially polyandrous shorebird. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Rattenborg, N. C.: Functional implications of sleeping little in the wild. Sleep 49 (1), zsaf309 (2026)

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Rother, A.; Januszewski, M.; Jain, V.; Fee, M.S.; Kornfeld, J.: The songbird basal ganglia connectome. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Schlebusch, S. A.; Vontzou, N.; Moreno, H.; Biegler, M. T.; Kutschera, V. E.; Ekman, D.; Borges, I.; Pei, Y.; Rossini, R. et al.; Albrecht, T.; Boman, J.; Borodin, P.; Burri, R.; Cain, K. E.; Forstmeier, W.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.; Griffith, S. C.; Hill, A. M.; Irestedt, M.; Joseph, L.; Jønsson, K. A.; Kawakami, T.; Kempenaers, B.; Malinovskaya, L.; Mueller, J. C.; de Oliveira, E. H. C.; Palacios-Gimenez, O. M.; Palinauskas, V.; Qvarnström, A.; Reifova, R.; Ridl, J.; Segami, J. C.; Tan, D. J. X.; Torgasheva, A.; Whibley, A.; Suh, A.: Programmed DNA elimination drives rapid genomic innovation in two thirds of all bird species. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Shvedov, N. R.; Castonguay, S. J.; Rother, A.; Schick, D. E.; Kornfeld, J.; Scott, B. B.: Songbird connectome reveals tunneling of migratory neurons in the adult striatum. Current Biology (2026)

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Slangewal, K.; Aimon, S.; Capelle, M. Q.; Kämpf, F.; Naumann, H.; Slanchev, K.; Baier, H.; Bahl, A.: Visuomotor decision-making through multifeature convergence in the larval zebrafish hindbrain. Nature Communications 17, 2024 (2026)

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Sugioka, T.; Thiele, T. R.; Baier, H.; Tanimoto, M.; Higashijima, S.-i.: Head stabilization behavior and underlying circuit mechanisms in larval zebrafish. Communications Biology (2026)

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Tautz, D.; Pallares, L. F.; Andersson, L.; Barghi, N.; Barton, N.; Bay, R.; Chan, Y. F.; Hancock, A.; Kaiser, T. S.; Koenig, D. et al.; Kontarakis, Z.; Liedvogel, M.; de Meaux, J.; Nordborg, M.; Palmer, A. A.; Purugganan, M.; Schlötterer, C.; Schmid, K.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Weigel, D.; Wolf, J. B. W.; Ebert, D.; Gibson, G.: Beyond Mendel: A call to revisit the genotype-phenotype map through new experimental paradigms. Genetics 232 (4), iyag024 (2026)

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Tissot, H.; Boucher, J.; Reinert, S.; Goltstein, P.; Boubenec, Y.: Sensorimotor remapping drives task specialization in prefrontal cortex. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Tomarovsky, A. A.; Khan, R.; Dudchenko, O.; Beklemisheva, V. R.; Perelman, P. L.; Totikov, A. A.; Serdyukova, N. A.; Bulyonkova, T. M.; Pobedintseva, M.; Abramov, A. V. et al.; Weisz, D.; Yakupova, A. R.; Zhuk, A.; Graphodatsky, A. S.; Powell, R.; Lieberman Aiden, E.; Koepfli, K.-P.; Kliver, S.: Novel chromosome-length genome assemblies of three distinct subspecies of pine marten, sable, and yellow-throated marten (Genus Martes, family Mustelidae). Journal of Heredity, esaf101 (2026)

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Tomarovsky, A. A.; Totikov, A. A.; Bulyonkova, T. M.; Perelman, P. L.; Abramov, A. V.; Serdyukova, N. A.; Yakupova, A. R.; Prokopov, D.; Beklemisheva, V. R.; Sinding, M.-H. S. et al.; Davletshina, G.; Pobedintseva, M.; Krasheninnikova, K.; Foerster, D. W.; Mukhacheva, A. S.; Mironova, A.; Sidorov, M.; Nie, W.; Wang, J.; Romanenko, S. A.; Proskuryakova, A. A.; Ferguson-Smith, M.; Yang, F.; Cherkasov, N.; Balanovskaya, E.; Gilbert, M. T. P.; Okhlopkov, I. M.; Zhuk, A.; Graphodatsky, A. S.; Powell, R.; Koepfli, K.-P.; Kliver, S.: Genomics of sable (Martes zibellina) × Pine marten (Martes martes) hybridization. Genome Biology and Evolution 18 (3), evag018 (2026)

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Torres Ortiz, S.; Smeele, S. Q.; Osvath, M.; Guerrero, A. M.; Hernandez Sanchez, A.; Ramirez, C. U.; Almunia, J.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Awareness of the future: Dolphins know when they need to remember for the future. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Totiger, S.; Alcami, P.: Canaries differentially modulate solo and overlapping singing during the transition to the breeding season. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Totikov, A. A.; Tomarovsky, A. A.; Perelman, P. L.; Bulyonkova, T. M.; Serdyukova, N. A.; Yakupova, A. R.; Mohr, D.; Foerster, D. W.; Grau Jipoulou, J. H.; Beklemisheva, V. R. et al.; Sidorov, M.; Miranda, I.; Farelo, L.; Abramov, A. V.; Krasheninnikova, K.; Mukhacheva, A. S.; Panov, V. V.; Balanovska, E.; Cherkasov, N.; Zub, K.; Scott, A. F.; Melo-Ferreira, J.; Okhlopkov, I. M.; Zhuk, A.; Koepfli, K.-P.; Graphodatsky, A. S.; Kliver, S.: Comparative genomics and phylogenomics of the Mustelinae lineage (Mustelidae, Carnivora). Genome Biology and Evolution 18 (3), evag014 (2026)

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van der Wal, J. E. M.; D'Amelio, P. B.; Dauda, C.; Cram, D. L.; Wood, B. M.; Spottiswoode, C. N.: Cooperative human signals to honeyguides form local dialects. People and Nature 8 (3), pp. 682 - 694 (2026)

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Vontzou, N.; Pei, Y.; Campo-Bes, I.; Forstmeier, W.; Hertel, M.; Irimia, M.; Kempenaers, B.; Kuhn, S.; Martin, K.; Mueller, J. C. et al.; Teltscher, K. L.; Mollbrink, A.; Abalo, X.; Biegler, M. T.; Immler, S.; Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Suh, A.: The germline-restricted chromosome orchestrates germ cell development in passerine birds. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Wang, L.; Gómez-Restrepo, A.; Niqula, A.; Jouhanneau, J.-S.; Mendez-Aranda, D.; Luo, W.; Poulet, J. F. A.; de la Peña, E.; Viana, F.; Bégay, V. et al.; Lewin, G. R.: A specialized cold sensing system in the naked mole-rat. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Zhao, C.; Zhang, J.; Santema, P.; Lin, Z.; Li, J.; Deng, W.; Kempenaers, B.: No egg or nestling-retrieval behavior in a cavity-nesting cuckoo host. Avian Research 17 (1), 100322 (2026)

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2025

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Alcami, P.; Ma, S.; Gahr, M.: Telemetry reveals rapid duel-driven canary song plasticity in a competitive social environment. Frontiers in Psychology 15, 1468782 (2025)

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Alessandroni, N.; Altschul, D.; Baumgartner, H. A.; Bazhydai, M.; Brosnan, S. F.; Byers-Heinlein, K.; Call, J.; Chittka, L.; Elsherif, M.; Espinosa, J. et al.; Freeman, M. S.; Gjoneska, B.; Güntürkün, O.; Huber, L.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Mazza, V.; Miller, R.; Moreau, D.; Nawroth, C.; Pronizius, E.; Ruiz-Fernández, S.; Schwing, R.; Šlipogor, V.; Visser, I.; Vonk, J.; Yeager, J.; Zettersten, M.; Prétô, L.: Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition. Nature Human Behaviour 9 (2), pp. 240 - 242 (2025)

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Algora, H.; Tolliver, J. D. M.; Pakanen, V.-M.; Kupan, K.; Belojevic, J.; Rönkä, N.; Küpper, C.; Koivula, K.: Nests, threats, and leks: Nonrandom distributions of nests in ruffs (Calidris pugnax). Ecology and Evolution 15 (3), e70997 (2025)

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Bakker, S.; ten Donkelaar, H. J.; Voogd, J.; Nicholson, C.; Bannister, L. H.; Medina, L.; Desfilis, E.; Wullimann, M. F.; Meek, J.; Puelles, L. et al.; Broere, C. A. J.; Turner, R.; Cerliani, L.; Glasser, M. F.: Rudolf Nieuwenhuys (11 June 1927 – 4 November 2024): A scholarly life. Brain Structure & Function 230 (6), 90 (2025)

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Baldoni, C.; Reisert, M.; Smith, B.; Lázaro, J.; Zeng, Y.; Thomas, W. R.; Hertel, M.; Dávalos, L. M.; Nieland, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N. et al.; von Elverfeldt, D.: Programmed seasonal brain shrinkage in the common shrew via water loss without cell death. Current Biology 35 (19), pp. 4642 - 4650 (2025)

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Belfín, O.; Kempenaers, B.; Piersma, T.: Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black-tailed godwits. Journal of Avian Biology 2025 (2), e03362 (2025)

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Beyer, M.; Dudová, P.; Kralj-Fišer, S.; Tuni, C.: The role of among-individual behavioural variation in the mating outcome of the spider Pisaura mirabilis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 79 (10), 95 (2025)

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Borst, A.: Differential temporal filtering in the fly optic lobe. Journal of Computational Neuroscience 53, pp. 507 - 520 (2025)

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Bosca, J.; Jacquin, G.; Maury, C.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.; Aubin, T.; Rybak, F.; Nagle, L.; Geberzahn, N.: Vocal performance in birdsong is an aggressive signal in both females and males: Experimental evidence from a field study in European robins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2053), 20251042 (2025)

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Boyette, A. H.; van der Wal, J. E. M.; Lawson, D. W.; Asatsa, S.; Gichimu, E. W.; Hays, J. L.; Ishungisa, A. M.; Kamboe, W.-B. W.; Kandza, V.; Lew-Levy, S. et al.; McKenzie, J.; Moussavou, G.; Obasi, A.; Panyakotkaew, A.; Penrach, S.; Taylor, H.; Kendal, R. L.: Advancing equity in collaborative research: Reflections from the Cultural Evolution Society Transformation Fund. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 380 (1940), 20240269 (2025)

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Bright, A. R.; Kotlyarenko, Y.; Neuhaus, F.; Rodrigues, D.; Feng, C.; Peters, C.; Vitali, I.; Dönmez, E.; Myoga, M.; Dvoretskova, E. et al.; Mayer, C.: Temporal control of progenitor competence shapes maturation in GABAergic neuron development in mice. Nature Neuroscience 28 (8), pp. 1663 - 1675 (2025)

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Brownstein, C. D.; Policarpo, M.; Harrington, R. C.; Hoffman, E. A.; Stokes, M. F.; Casane, D.; Near, T. J.: Convergent evolution in amblyopsid cavefishes and the age of eastern North American subterranean ecosystems. Molecular Biology and Evolution 42 (8), msaf185 (2025)

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Brucks, D.; Dam, N. C. P.; Krasheninnikova, A.; McGregor, B.; Tsivlin, H.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Massen, J. J. M.: Exploring the drivers of inter- and intraspecific differences in prosociality in four parrot species. Scientific Reports 15, 23558 (2025)

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Brumm, H.; de Framond, E.; Kikodze, E.; de Framond, L.: A comparative analysis of song amplitude across and within bird species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2051), 20251088 (2025)

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Carrier, Y.; Rio, L. Q.; Formicola, N.; de Sousa-Xavier, V.; Tabet, M.; Chen, Y.-C. D.; Ali, A. H.; Wislez, M.; Orts, L.; Borst, A. et al.; Pinto-Teixeira, F.: Biased cell adhesion organizes the Drosophila visual motion integration circuit. Developmental Cell 60 (5), pp. 762 - 779 (2025)

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Casagrande, S.; Dell'Omo, G.: Linking warmer nest temperatures to reduced body size in seabird nestlings: Possible mitochondrial bioenergetic and proteomic mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (6), jeb249880 (2025)

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Castelfranco, A. M.; Alcami, P.: Mitochondria delay action potential propagation. Communications Biology 8, 1341 (2025)

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Chen, W.; Qiahan, N.; Yu, G.; Wang, X.; Yin, J.; Peng, P.; Zhang, J.; Li, J.: High and long-term repeatability of foot use preference in Japanese tits. Animal Behaviour 219, 122997 (2025)

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Chun, S. H.; Yoon, D. E.; Diaz Almeida, D. S.; Todorov, M. I.; Straub, T.; Ruff, T.; Shao, W.; Yang, J.; Seyit-Bremer, G.; Shen, Y.-R. et al.; Ertürk, A.; del Toro, D.; Shi, S.; Klein, R.: Cortex folding by combined progenitor expansion and adhesion-controlled neuronal migration. Nature Communications 16, 8048 (2025)

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Comin, A.; Brumm, H.: Macroecological variation and subspecies divergence in fiery-necked nightjar songs. Bioacoustics 34 (5), pp. 656 - 671 (2025)

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de Framond, L.: Picky city frogs: Urban noise and light indirectly affect mate choice. Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (3), JEB249925 (2025)

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de Framond, L.: The songs of screaming birds are less sophisticated than whisperers. The Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (15), jeb250950 (2025)

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de Framond, L.: Birds-of-paradise dazzle with fluorescence. Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (9), jeb250451 (2025)

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de Framond, L.; Francis, D. C.; Valcu, M.; Brumm, H.: Latitudinal variation in the timing of nest predator activity is habitat specific. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34 (1), e13945 (2025)

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