Protein‐metal interactions—traditionally regarded for roles in metabolic processes—are now
known to enhance the performance of certain biogenic materials, influencing properties …

1. Numerous cladistic analyses have converged: termites are a monophyletic clade
embedded within the paraphyletic cockroaches, and sister group to the biparental, wood …

Termites are fully social insects, with an extraordinary range of morphological forms. It is
now clearly established that they are a very specialised form of cockroach, with far more …

We measured hardness, modulus of elasticity, and, for the first time, loss tangent, energy of
fracture, abrasion resistance, and impact resistance of zinc-and manganese-enriched …

Spider silk has been drawing much attention as a great biomaterial having many
applications in biotechnology and biomedicine owing to its several desired material …

Whereas the soldier caste is clearly ancestral to all extant termite lineages and constitutes
the hallmark of termite eusociality, the origin and evolution of workers is much more difficult …

Leafcutter ant colonies are divided into castes with the individuals performing different tasks,
based mostly on size. With the mandibles, the small minims care for the brood or the fungus …

The diversity of insects can be explained by their ability to fill various ecological niches,
which includes the foraging from diverse sources. The cuticle-based feeding structures …

Polyaramides, such as Kevlar, are of great technological importance for their extraordinary
mechanical performance. As fibers, they are used in personal safety, for reinforcement of …

Background Foraging in group living animals such as social insects, is collectively
performed by individuals. However, our understanding on foraging behavior of subterranean …