Affordances are opportunities for action for a given animal (or animals) in a given
environment or situation. The concept of affordance has been widely adopted in the …

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

The astonishing behavioural repertoires of social insects have been thought largely innate,
but these insects have repeatedly demonstrated remarkable capacities for both individual …

Simple Summary Why do we need a collection of papers about the welfare of invertebrates,
and what do we need to learn from it? The most important reason is that they make up most …

A well-established field of research in vertebrates focuses on the variability of cognitive
abilities within species. From mammals to fish, numerous studies have revealed remarkable …

The transmission of complex behavior and culture in humans has long been attributed to
advanced forms of social learning, 1, 2 which play a crucial role in our technological …

Descriptions of types of intelligence or cognition that conceptualize and categorize
behavioral capabilities of workers and cooperative groups of eusocial insects have …

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the animal kingdom, and some species
exhibit complex social behaviors. Although research on insect object use is still in its early …

Many animals can guide or call other members of their group to a rich foraging site (–). By
contrast, honey bees have a distinctive form of communication that allows them to send …

Inching-locomotion caterpillars (ILAR) show impressive environmental adaptation, having
high dexterity and flexibility. To design robots that mimic these abilities, a novel bioinspired …