Insects feature some of the most complex societies in the animal kingdom, but a historic
perception persists that such complexity emerges from interactions between individuals …

In evolutionary terms, life is about reproduction. Yet, in some species, individuals forgo their
own reproduction to support the reproductive efforts of others. Social insect colonies for …

The rapid conversion of natural habitats to anthropogenic landscapes is threatening insect
pollinators worldwide, raising concern regarding the negative consequences on their …

Brain evolution is hypothesized to be driven by behavioral selection on neuroarchitecture.
We developed a novel metric of relative neuroanatomical investments involved in …

What happens when organisms actively modify their environment? Clarifying the role of
construction behavior on a macroevolutionary scale is crucial to interpreting phenotypic …

When it comes to the brain, bigger is generally considered better in terms of cognitive
performance. While this notion is supported by studies of birds and primates showing that …

Factors regulating larval growth and determinants of adult body size are described for
several holometabolous insects, but less is known about brain size scaling through …

The evolutionary transition from solitary life to group‐living in a society with cooperative
brood care, reproductive division of labor and morphological castes is associated with …

Diet and social complexity are hypothesized to drive the evolution of the neuroarchitecture of
the brain, but the relative impacts of foraging ecology and social organization have not been …

Metabolism, a metric of the energy cost of behavior, plays a significant role in social
evolution. Body size and metabolic scaling are coupled, and a socioecological pattern of …