Adaptive trade-offs between foraging and social behavior intuitively explain many aspects of
individual decision-making. Given the intimate connection between social behavior and …

Investigating fundamental processes in biology requires the ability to ground broad
questions in species‐specific natural history. This is particularly true in the study of behavior …

Grapholita molesta, a worldwide fruit-boring pest, is difficult to be effectively controlled due to
the larvae feeding habit inside fruits. Neuropeptide F (NPF) is the crucial molecule …

Family life forms an integral part of the life history of species across the animal kingdom and
plays a crucial role in the evolution of animal sociality. Our current understanding of family …

Highlights•The origin of care is not the same as its subsequent evolution and diversification.•
Biparental care primarily evolves when males join caring females.•Male (biparental) care …

The interaction of animals with conspecifics, termed social behaviour, has a major impact on
the survival of many vertebrate species. Neuropeptide hormones modulate the underlying …

Parenting behavior comprises a variety of adult-infant and adult-adult interactions across
multiple timescales. The state transition from nonparent to parent requires an extensive …

Highlights•Eusociality evolved multiple times in insects, either via the brood care or the nest
defense route.•There are several confounding factors in molecular studies of brood care or …

Neuropeptide F (NPF) is an important signaling molecule that acts as a neuromodulator to
regulate a diversity of physiological and behavioral processes from vertebrates to …

Social isolation has profound impacts. Most animal research focuses on negative
phenotypic consequences of social isolation within individual lifetimes. Less is known about …