Sensory organs represent the interface between the central nervous system of organisms
and the environment in which they live. To date, we still lack a true integration of ecological …

Knowledge of crustacean vision is lacking compared to the more well-studied vertebrates
and insects. While crustacean visual systems are typically conserved morphologically, the …

Antipredator defenses and warning signals typically evolve in concert. However, the
extensive variation across taxa in both these components of predator deterrence and the …

Individuals of many species are considered to rely on a single type of external appearance
to escape predation but there are many notable exceptions. To develop an ecological …

Natural selection is widely noted to drive divergence of phenotypic traits. Predation pressure
can facilitate morphological divergence, for example the evolution of both cryptic and …

Animals exhibit behavioural patterns characterized by responses to information received
from internal and external stimuli. The ultimate response or decision is based on physical …

Predator–prey interactions are a cornerstone of many ecological and evolutionary
processes that influence various levels of biological organization, from individuals to …

Visual signals are often under conflicting selection to be hidden from predators while being
conspicuous to mates and rivals. Here, we investigated whether 3 different island …

The experimental integration of bioinspired robots in groups of social animals has become a
valuable tool to understand the basis of social behavior and uncover the fundamental …

The coexistence of both aposematic and cryptic morphs as different anti-predator strategies
within a species seems to be an unusual phenomenon in nature. The strawberry poison …