Recently, there has been a surge in cognition research using non‐avian reptile systems. As
a diverse group of animals, non‐avian reptiles [turtles, the tuatara, crocodylians, and …

The pace-of-life syndrome (POLS) is a framework that attempts to explain empirically
observed covariation between physiological, behavioral, and life history traits, whereby …

A key goal in the study of animal personalities is to determine their adaptive potential and
importance for behavioral evolution. Behavioral syndromes are evolutionarily intriguing …

Animals exhibit considerable and consistent among-individual variation in cognitive abilities,
even within a population. Recent studies have attempted to address this variation using …

Balancing foraging gain and predation risk is a fundamental trade-off in the life of animals.
Individual strategies to acquire, process, store and use information to solve cognitive tasks …

Environmental challenges early in development can result in complex phenotypic trade-offs
and long-term effects on individual physiology, performance and behavior, with implications …

Invasive species are a global conservation problem that have an enormous economic cost.
Understanding the attributes of invasive species and what makes them successful at …

A major focus of research in behavioural ecology involves testing whether behaviour, on
average, is adaptive. Here, we note that although studies often find that individuals differ in …

Animals raised in captivity go through drastically different life experiences compared with
those raised in the wild. The captive environment is usually characterised by highly stable …

Heatwaves and droughts are becoming more intense and frequent with climate change.
These extreme weather events often occur simultaneously and may alter organismal …