Animals travelling through the world receive input from multiple sensory modalities that
could be important for the guidance of their journeys. Given the availability of a rich array of …

Animals moving through the world are surrounded by potential information. But the
components of this rich array that they extract will depend on current behavioral …

Desert ants (Cataglyphis) are famous insect navigators. During their foraging lives, the ants
leave their underground colonies for long distances and return to their starting point with fair …

Panoramic views offer information on heading direction and on location to visually
navigating animals. This review covers the properties of panoramic views and the …

The use of information provided by the geomagnetic field (GMF) for navigation is
widespread across the animal kingdom. At the same time, the magnetic sense is one of the …

Eavesdropping has evolved in many predator–prey relationships. Communication signals of
social species may be particularly vulnerable to eavesdropping, such as pheromones …

Homing–the incredible ability of animals to navigate back to their homes from unfamiliar
places is surprisingly widespread and crucial for their survival. However, the physical …

Many animal species rely on the Earth's magnetic field during navigation, but where in the
brain magnetic information is processed is still unknown. To unravel this, we manipulated …

Desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, forage for dead arthropods in the Tunisian salt pans. Both the
unpredictable food distribution and the high surface temperatures might account for the fact …

Central place foragers are faced with the challenge to learn the position of their nest
entrance in its surroundings, in order to find their way back home every time they go out to …