When faced with potential predators, animals instinctively decide whether there is a threat
they should escape from, and also when, how, and where to take evasive action. While …

All animals face the essential task of extracting biologically meaningful sensory information
from the 'noisy'backdrop of their environments. Here, we examine mechanisms used by …

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 …

Group‐hunting is ubiquitous across animal taxa and has received considerable attention in
the context of its functions. By contrast much less is known about the mechanisms by which …

Flying insects have evolved the ability to evade looming objects, such as predators and
swatting hands. This is particularly relevant for blood-feeding insects, such as mosquitoes …

Inferring the functional shape of ecological and evolutionary processes from time‐series
data can be challenging because processes are often not describable with simple …

Intercepting and avoiding collisions with moving targets are crucial skills for survival.
However, little is known about how these behaviors are implemented when the trajectory of …

Individual and species traits may determine the functional relationships between predators
and their prey, with clear consequences for the ecosystem services potentially associated …

To increase their chances of survival, prey often behave unpredictably when escaping from
predators. However, the response of predators to, and hence the effectiveness of, such …

The rates of interactions between predators and prey are fundamental to population and
food web dynamics. Yet, most ecological theory of predator–prey interaction rates deals …