Starvation is defined as a failure to consume food following an extrinsic limitation. By
focusing on arthropods, I provide here a detailed review of how starvation affects foraging …

Slavery in ants involves robbing of brood of host ant species and rearing captured
individuals in the enslaver's nest. Whereas slaves of facultative slave-makers increase the …

Tandem‐running is a recruitment behaviour in ants that has been described as a form of
teaching, where spatial information possessed by a leader is conveyed to following …

Adjusting to low temperatures is important for animals living in cold environments. We
studied the chill–coma recovery time in temperate ant workers (Temnothorax nylanderi) from …

The transition to parasitism is a drastic shift in lifestyle, involving rapid changes in gene
structure, function, and expression. After the establishment of antagonistic relationships …

In social insects, workers of different morphological castes and age are known to act
differently. Yet, it is unclear how body size and ovarian development influence worker …

Parasites with complex life cycles regularly alter host traits in their own interest. In social
hosts, phenotypic alterations induced by parasites can also affect uninfected group …

The evolution of complex societies with obligate reproductive division of labor represents
one of the major transitions in evolution. In such societies, functionally sterile individuals …

In the slave-making ant Protomognathus americanus, scout workers leave their colony,
discover host colonies, and initiate slave raids. Captured host pupae subsequently emerge …

Parasites have developed a number of fascinating strategies to infect, thrive and reproduce
within their hosts (Moore 2002). Among these strategies is the manipulation of host …