Nocturnal insects have evolved remarkable visual capacities, despite small eyes and tiny
brains. They can see colour, control flight and land, react to faint movements in their …

Muscle function during movement is more than a simple, linear transformation of neural
activity into force. The classic work loop technique has pioneered our understanding of …

Trade-offs between producing costly movements for gathering information ('explore') and
using previously acquired information to achieve a goal ('exploit') arise in a wide variety of …

Insect pollination is essential to many unmanaged and agricultural systems and as such is a
key element in food production. However, floral scents that pollinating insects rely on to …

Abstract Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) comprise around 1500 species, most of
which forage on nectar from flowers in their adult stage, usually while hovering in front of the …

Maintaining stable gaze while tracking moving objects is commonplace across animal taxa,
yet how diverse ecological needs impact these processes is poorly understood. During …

Locomotor biomechanics faces a core trade-off between laboratory-based and field-based
studies. Laboratory conditions offer control over confounding factors, repeatability, and …

While insects such as Drosophila are flying, aerodynamic instabilities require that they make
millisecond time scale adjustments to their wing motion to stay aloft and on course. These …

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While animals track or search for targets, sensory organs make small unexplained
movements on top of the primary task-related motions. While multiple theories for these …