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Cover | Does age affect how gulls respond to wind while flying out to find food?
Our 2026 issue 5 cover depicts black-tailed gulls at the breeding colony on Kabushima Island.
Cover | Foliar water uptake in Bulbophyllum weddellii
The cover image illustrates a campos rupestres site at Chapada Diamantina (Bahia, Brazil) showing a pivotal ecological niche for the species Bulbophyllum weddellii.
Cover | Damselflies, Microbes, and the Latitudinal Gradient
The cover displays a mating wheel of the Common Bluetail (Ischnura Elegans). Photo by Philippe Lambret.
Cover | Urban Wildlife Special Issue
This cover features a stoat (Mustela erminea) peeping out from a gully cover in a village in southern Germany, offering a glimpse of wildlife in an urban environment. It highlights the Special Issue ‘Urban Wildlife’. Photo by Ilse Storch.
Cover | How Islets Save Arctic Bird Nests
An Arctic fox leaping from an islet after depredating a nest. Photo by Louis-Pierre Ouellet.
Cover | Effect of wind turbines on plant-pollinator dynamics
The cover shows a landscape view of part of an operational wind farm sited in mixed-grass prairie habitat in southeast Wyoming, USA. This was one of the field sites where footage was recorded for the study by Wischler et al.
Cover | Why Birds Wear the Colors They Do
Distributed across the high-altitude zones of the Himalayas and the Hengduan Mountains, this quintessential Asian alpine species displays a breathtaking, pure electric-blue plumage. Photo credit: Zhuyang Zhang.
Cover | 450 Hours Above the Wild
In this cover, a fixed-wing, solar-electric small uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) is showcased, which was used to monitor wildlife.
Cover | Frugivory and Seed Dispersal Issue
A crejoá (Cotinga maculata, Cotingidae), an endemic and endangered frugivorous bird of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, feeding on the fruits of açaí (Euterpe oleracea, Arecaceae) in an açaí plantation in Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil. Photo by Ciro Albano
Cover | Ice Patches as Lifelines for Alpine Species
The cover shows Androsace alpina from the Amola Glacier in the Italian Alps. Global warming is threatening the survival of cold-adapted Alpine species like one. Ice-related landforms like debris-covered glaciers may buffer such negative effects on species able to grow on them. Photo credit: Marco Caccianiga.
Cover | Do warm roads help nightjars fuel for migration?
Our 2026 issue 4 cover depicts a red-necked nightjar, photographed by Pedro Gamaza.
Cover | Seagrass species diversity in Tanzania
The cover image shows a dense meadow of the seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum in its natural underwater habitat at Mbudya Island, Tanzania, where specimens were collected for morphological and molecular identification. The study by Lusana & Lugendo examines the diversity of Tanzania’s seagrasses, combining field-based taxonomy with DNA barcoding to identify 12 species and strengthen the molecular reference library for seagrasses of the Western Indian Ocean.
Cover | Social Lives of Solitary Rhinos
Periodic social interactions are important to animal fitness, even in solitary species. For solitary species, these interactions can be unexpected and shaped by previous encounters. Photo by Jenny Hishin
Cover | The Complex Menu of Coastal Chile
The photo features a Subtidal kelp forest of Lessonia trabeculata with fish assemblage, representative of the rocky reefs from the Chilean coast, where the study was conducted.. Photo credit: Alejandro Perez-Matus.
Cover | Taxonomic reappraisal of the mangrove genus Avicennia
The cover image shows the mangrove species Avicennia marina from the Sundarbans. The new species was characterzied together with two other Avicennia species in the article by Mondal & Naskar. The Sundarbans mangrove forest accounts for approximately 42.5% of India's mangrove area.
Cover | Przewalski's Horse: A Conservation Success with a Genetic Cost
The newborn foal Snowflake Princess, born on January 30, 2021, was the first foal born in winter in the breeding center’s 40-year history. Unlike foals born during the normal breeding season, she required intensive care and veterinary assistance. Photo by Qing Cao
Cover | What does the white-tipped sicklebill tell us about connectivity and gene flow across the Andes?
Our 2026 issue 3 cover depicts a white-tipped sicklebill, photographed by Paula Carrera Levy.
Cover | A Century of Declining Survival in Shorebirds
A global review of more than 100 shorebird species reveals that annual survival has declined significantly since 1980, particularly among adults, highlighting growing conservation concerns and the need for long-term monitoring. Photo by Veronika Švestková.
Cover | Climate in the Hills, People in the Plains
The photo features an endemic damselfly (Archineura incarnata) of eastern China, and the largest species within its family in Odonata, perching at the water's edge and waiting for a mate. Photo credit: Haomiao Zhang and Ruibin Song.
Cover | Three new deciduous species of Berberis from India
The cover image shows the inflorescence of Berberis tawangensis B.Hajong & P.Bharali. It is one of three new Berberis species described in the article by Hajong et al.