Patterns of ageing across the tree of life are much more diverse than previously thought. Yet,
we still do not adequately understand how, why and where across the tree of life a particular …

An enormous amount of work has been done on aging in Drosophila melanogaster, a
classical genetic and molecular model system, but also in numerous other insects. However …

Senescence—the decline in age‐specific contribution to fitness with increasing age—has
been widely investigated in evolutionary ecology. A tremendous amount of detailed …

DNA methylation‐based biomarkers of ageing (epigenetic clocks) promise to lead to new
insights into evolutionary biology of ageing. Relatively little is known about how the natural …

The age of individuals has consequences not only for their fitness and behaviour but also for
the functioning of the groups they form. Because social behaviour often changes with age …

Social traits are expected to experience highly context-dependent selection, but we know
little about the contextual factors that shape selection on social behaviours. We …

Maternal senescence is the detrimental effect of increased maternal age on offspring
performance. Despite much recent interest given to describing this phenomenon, its …

The body temperature of mosquitoes, like most insects, is dictated by the environmental
temperature. Climate change is increasing the body temperature of insects and thereby …

It is increasingly clear that social environments have profound impacts on the life histories of
'non-social'animals. However, it is not yet well known how species with varying degrees of …

Male reproductive traits such as ejaculate size and quality, are expected to decline with
advancing age due to senescence. It is however unclear whether this expectation is upheld …