Investigating fundamental processes in biology requires the ability to ground broad
questions in species‐specific natural history. This is particularly true in the study of behavior …

Epigenetic modifications, such as 5-methylcytosine (5mC), can sometimes be transmitted
between generations, provoking speculation that epigenetic changes could play a role in …

Parental care can be partitioned into traits that involve direct engagement with offspring and
traits that are expressed as an extended phenotype and influence the developmental …

Both local adaptation and adaptive phenotypic plasticity can influence the match between
phenotypic traits and local environmental conditions. Theory predicts that environments …

Transgenerational plasticity can help organisms respond rapidly to changing environments.
Most prior studies of transgenerational plasticity in host–parasite interactions have focused …

There is tantalizing evidence that phenotypic plasticity can buffer novel, adaptive genetic
variants long enough to permit their evolutionary spread, and this process is often invoked in …

Small vertebrate carcasses represent critical resources for many terrestrial organisms,
including burying beetles, which rely on carcasses for survival and breeding. Carcass …

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 …

The burying beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) is thought to be predominantly sexually
monomorphic. Males carry an additional abdominal segment and produce pheromones, but …

Levels of parental care critically influence the developmental environment with the capacity
to impact the growth, survival, physiology, and behaviour of offspring. Plastic changes in …