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Gallery | September 2019 cover

Analysis of how the moon cycle affects foraging and reproduction shows that moonlight impairs performance of the reddest but not the whitest barn owls, whose more reflective plumage might exploit light aversion in prey to improve hunting success under full-moon conditions.

San-Jose et al. Differential fitness effects of moonlight on plumage colour morphs in barn owls. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 3, 1331-1340 (2019).