Highlights•Anthropogenic noise is a ubiquitous and expanding global pollutant.•Noise
affects sensory environments, interferes with acoustic cues and signals, and alters …

This paper posits that universal atomic elements exist that underlie complex cognition. At its
core, constructs are born of the dynamics of thinking operating on information. This …

Some animal species shift their activity towards increased nocturnality in disturbed habitats
to avoid predominantly diurnal humans. This may alter diel overlap among species, a …

Net-casting spiders (Deinopidae) comprise a charismatic family with an enigmatic
evolutionary history. There are 67 described species of deinopids, placed among three …

DSRP Theory is now over 25 years old with more empirical evidence supporting it than any
other systems thinking framework. Yet, it is often misunderstood and described in ways that …

The transdisciplinary importance of distinctions is well-established as foundational to such
diverse phenomena as recognition, identification, individual and social identity …

Hearing is a fundamental sense of many animals, including all mammals, birds, some
reptiles, amphibians, fish, and arthropods. The auditory organs of these animals are …

Scorpions' sensory abilities are intriguing, especially the rather enigmatic ventral comb‐like
chemo‐and mechanosensory organs, the so‐called pectines. Attached ventrally to the …

We examine the distributed visual system of spiders, an ancient and diverse lineage of
predators. Across families, prey-capture strategies include active pursuit, sit-and-wait …

Highlights•Image forming compound eyes were present in Cambrian predatory arthropods
(~ 520 mya).•Several arthropod predators have evolved high-resolution single-chamber …