Abstract Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are a conspicuous group of ectotherms whose
behavior, distribution, physiology, and fitness are regulated by temperature. Consequently …

Thermal stress is a major driver of population declines and extinctions. Shifts in thermal
regimes create new environmental conditions, leading to trait adaptation, population …

The Hymenoptera are one of the largest orders of insects, comprising almost 160,000
described extant species with a true total of possibly over one million species. Most species …

Critical thermal limits (CTLs) constrain the performance of organisms, sha** their
abundance, current distributions, and future distributions. Consequently, CTLs may also …

The climatic variability hypothesis (CVH) is a cornerstone of thermal ecology, predicting the
evolution of wider organismal thermal tolerance ranges in more thermally variable …

Social insects are among the most abundant arthropods in terrestrial ecosystems, where
they provide ecosystem services. The effect of subterranean activity of ants on soil is well …

The similarities between the structures built by social insects and by humans have led to a
convergence of interests between biologists and architects. This new, de facto …

As global temperatures rise, the mechanistic links between temperature, physiology and
behaviour will increasingly define predictions of ecological change. However, for many taxa …

A textile material that can dynamically adapt to different environments while serving as an
immediate alert system for early detection of life‐threatening factors in the surroundings, not …

During their lifetime, superorganisms, like unitary organisms, undergo transformations that
change the machinery of their collective behaviour. Here, we suggest that these …