Highlights•The social environment shapes the sensory systems of social Hymenoptera.•
Sensory modality trade-offs may compensate for social context changes.•Novel approaches …

Highlights•Integrated omics facilitate neuropeptide identification and spatiotemporal
analysis.•Social behavior complexity involves regulatory network of multiple neuropeptides.• …

Spiders are renowned for their efficient capture of flying insects using intricate aerial webs.
How the spider nervous systems evolved to cope with this specialized hunting strategy and …

Ecdysone signaling plays central roles in morphogenesis and female ovarian development
in holometabolous insects. In the European honey bee (Apis mellifera L.), however …

Glia have an emergent role in brain aging and disease. In the Drosophila melanogaster
brain, ensheathing glia function as phagocytic cells and respond to acute neuronal damage …

Highlights•Social organization is considered to impact brain evolution, but defining its
specific role can be challenging.•Predictions about brain size and structure vary across …

Highlights•Phenotypic diversity within species arises through variation in gene expression.•
Technological advances have greatly advanced the study of gene expression in …

Some plant essential oils (EOs) are environmentally friendly insecticides because they can
kill insects by manipulating the social behaviour of the red imported fire ants. In this study …

Insects show highly complicated adaptive and sophisticated behaviors, including spatial
orientation skills, learning ability, and social interaction. These behaviors are controlled by …

The diversity of cell types in the brain and how these change during different developmental
stages, remains largely unknown. The life cycle of insects is short and goes through 4 …