Motion perception is a critical capability determining a variety of aspects of insects' life,
including avoiding predators, foraging, and so forth. A good number of motion detectors …

A compact genome and a tiny brain make Drosophila the prime model to understand the
neural substrate of behavior. The neurogenetic efforts to reveal neural circuits underlying …

In order to detect the presence of a living creature in the environment, an organism can rely
on several types of features, or cues, that trigger the automatic detection of animacy. These …

Highly active insects and crabs depend on visual motion information for detecting and
tracking mates, prey, or predators, for which they require directional control systems …

Although predators and floral herbivores can potentially decrease plant fitness by changing
pollinator behaviors, studies comparing the strength of these factors as well as their additive …

Highlights•In insects, specialized looming-detector neurons warn of an approaching
predator.•In locusts and grasshoppers, local increases in image size and speed trigger rapid …

Insect larvae clearly react to visual stimuli, but the ability of any visual neuron in a newly
hatched insect to respond selectively to particular stimuli has not been directly tested. We …

We presented a pair of locusts flying loosely tethered with laterally looming discs. Two
experiments tested whether looming-evoked flight behaviour was affected by the presence …

The ability to detect and effectively escape from predators is critical to an animal's survival,
and the ability to do so effectively depends on its sensory system. Vision is the dominant if …

It has recently been reported that individual animals, ranging from insects to birds and
mammals, exhibit a special class of random walks, known as Lévy walks, which can lead to …