Insects can perform impressive feats of navigation, suggesting a sophisticated sense of
direction and an ability to choose appropriate trajectories toward ethological goals. The …

Movement is fundamental to life, shaping population dynamics, biodiversity patterns, and
ecosystem structure. In 2008, the movement ecology framework (MEF Nathan et al. in PNAS …

Abstract Changes in the abundance and diversity of neural cell types, and their connectivity,
shape brain composition and provide the substrate for behavioral evolution. Although …

Spatial memory enhances an organism's navigational ability. Memory typically resides
within the brain, but what if an organism has no brain? We show that the brainless slime …

Integrating diverse concepts from animal behavior, movement ecology, and machine
learning, we develop an overview of the ecology of learning and animal movement …

Solitary foraging insects display stunning navigational behaviours in visually complex
natural environments. Current literature assumes that these insects are mostly driven by …

Highlights•Insects perceive separately chromatic and achromatic aspects of colour
patterns.•Flowers present colour patterns as individual or shared displays.•Visual …

Insects typically use celestial sources of directional information for path integration, and
terrestrial panoramic information for view-based navigation. Here we set celestial and …

We caught solitary foragers of the Australian Jack Jumper ant, Myrmecia croslandi, and
released them in three compass directions at distances of 10 and 15 m from the nest at …

Solitary foraging ants rely on vision when travelling along routes and when pinpointing their
nest. We tethered foragers of Myrmecia croslandi on a trackball and recorded their intended …