Inland waters cover less than 1% of Earth's surface but harbor more than 6% of all insect
species: Nearly 100,000 species from 12 orders spend one or more life stages in freshwater …

Butterfly wings harbor highly diverse phenotypes and are involved in many functions. Wing
size and shape result from interactions between adaptive processes, phylogenetic history …

Prey transmit sensory illusions to redirect predatory strikes, creating a discrepancy between
what a predator perceives and reality. We use the acoustic arms race between bats and …

Migration is a significant trait of the animal kingdom that can impose a strong selective
pressure on several structures to overcome the amount of energy that the organism invests …

Flight has conferred an extraordinary advantage to some groups of animals. Wing shape is
directly related to flight performance and evolves in response to multiple selective pressures …

Traits that increase mating success in males may come at a cost, such as an increased risk
of predation. However, predator-mediated selection is challenging to document in natural …

Female mate preferences for ecologically relevant traits may enhance natural selection,
leading to rapid divergence. They may also forge a link between mate choice within species …

Wings are a key trait underlying the evolutionary success of birds, bats, and insects. For over
a century, researchers have studied the form and function of wings to understand the …

Geographical patterns in body size have been described across a wide range of species,
leading to the development of a series of fundamental biological rules. However, shape …

Background Wing size and shape have important aerodynamic implications on flight
performance. We explored how wing size was related to wing shape in territorial males of 37 …