Climate change is driving both higher mean temperatures and a greater likelihood of
heatwaves, which are becoming longer and more intense. Previous work has looked at …

In light of the increased frequency of heatwaves due to climate change, it is crucial to better
understand their potential effects on animal reproduction. Heat stress can affect all aspects …

Phenotypic plasticity enables animals to adjust their behavior flexibly to their social
environment—sometimes through the expression of adaptive traits that have not been …

Recent studies have shown that intraspecific patterns of phenotypic plasticity can mirror
patterns of evolutionary diversification among species. This appears to be the case in …

Through the effort required to construct them, the microenvironmental conditions they
impose on the family and their indirect influence on posthatching care, nests play a key role …

Ovarian development in r-selected species is a highly dynamic process widely studied in
various insect groups. An array of biotic and abiotic factors may influence it. So, the present …

The overproduction of offspring is commonly associated with high hatching failure and a
mechanism for dispensing with surplus young. We used experimental evolution of burying …

Inbreeding depression occurs when individuals who are closely related mate and produce
offspring with reduced fitness. Although inbreeding depression is a genetic phenomenon …

In a climatically and structurally changing world, it is important to understand how different
thermal and social environments influence the behavior and physiology of the pillars of …

Across the animal kingdom, social behaviour has been shown to be both a driver of and a
response to selection. The question of how social interactions within the family contribute to …