Amphibious fishes transition between aquatic and terrestrial habitats, and must therefore
learn to navigate two dramatically different environments. We used the amphibious killifish …

Background: Recently diverged populations provide a powerful model for studying trait
evolution. Benthic sticklebacks primarily occupy vegetated areas of lakes, a spatially …

Fish use spatial cognition based on allocentric cues to navigate, but little is known about
how environmental enrichment (EE) affects learning and memory in correlation with …

Invasive species can have profound impacts in non-native environments, the mechanisms
behind which are often unclear. Learning and memory are notably two traits that may …

Despite the common assumption that the brain is malleable to surrounding conditions
mainly during ontogeny, plastic neural changes can occur also in adulthood. One of the …

Flexible or innovative behavior is advantageous, especially when animals are exposed to
frequent and unpredictable environmental perturbations. Improved cognitive abilities can …

Highlights•Behavioural avoidance explains habitat use in newts.•Newts leave water for land
in the presence of fish.•Aquatic shelters favour coexistence between newts and fish.•Habitat …

The surrounding environments that animals inhabit shape their behavioral phenotypes,
physiological status and molecular processes. As one of the driving forces for the adaptation …

Different kinds of experience during early life can play a significant role in the development
of an animal's behavioural phenotype. In natural contexts, this influences behaviours from …

Several studies have demonstrated that mammals, birds, fishes and insects use comparable
spatial learning strategies. Unfortunately, few studies have investigated spatial learning …