Behavioural disruptions are sensitive indicators of alterations to normal animal physiology
and can be used for toxicity assessment. The small vertebrate zebrafish is a leading model …

Recent advances in Virtual Reality (VR) technology, such as larger fields of view, have
made VR increasingly immersive. However, a larger field of view often results in a user …

Through natural selection, many animal organs with similar functions have evolved different
macroscopic morphologies and microscopic structures. Here, we comparatively investigate …

Honey bees are critical pollinators in ecosystems and agriculture, but their numbers have
significantly declined. Declines in pollinator populations are thought to be due to multiple …

Simple Summary When we think of social insects, we mostly neglect males and their
biology. Honeybee males or drones are an example. Like queens, drones are founders of …

Behavioural studies provide insights into normal and disrupted biological mechanisms. In
many research areas, a growing spectrum of animal models—particularly small organisms …

Upon their first introduction to Americas in 1956, African honey bees (Apis mellifera
scutellata) hybridized with the previously introduced and already established European …

18.1 Background It is estimated that well over 50 per cent of extant species have a parasitic
lifestyle, for at least some stage of their life cycle (Schmid-Hempel 2011). For example …

Daily activities within an ant colony need precise temporal organization, and an
endogenous clock appears to be essential for such timing processes. A clock drives …

Circadian patterns of activity are considered ubiquitous and adaptive, and are often invoked
as a mechanism for temporal niche partitioning. Yet, comparisons of rhythmic behavior in …