We are super-excited that our proposal to host a one-day session entitled Mechanical Ecology – Taking Biomechanics to the Field at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) got approved! The session brings researchers across the traditional plant-animal divide together to explore common interests in field biomechanics, showcase recent scientific and technological advances, and highlight the importance of putting biomechanical mechanisms into a biologically relevant real-world context. Ulrike will organise and host this session together with Simon Poppinga from University of Freiburg / Freiburg Botanic Garden in Southern Germany.