The human body carries vast communities of microbes that provide many benefits. Our
microbiome is complex and challenging to understand, but evolutionary theory provides a …

Growing evidence indicates that the mammalian microbiome can affect behaviour, and
several symbionts even produce neurotransmitters. One common explanation for these …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• A “brilliant [and] entrancing”(The Guardian) journey into
the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and …

Social insect colonies have evolved many collectively performed adaptations that reduce the
impact of infectious disease and that are expected to maximize their fitness. This colony …

The rich variety of biological forms and behaviours results from one evolutionary history on
Earth, via frozen accidents and selection in specific environments. This ubiquitous baggage …

Many taxa of parasites modify the behavior of their hosts in ways that improve their
probability of transmission. Regardless of its evolutionary origins or underlying mechanisms …

The entomopathogenic fungi are organisms that evolved to exploit insects. They comprise a
wide range of morphologically, phylogenetically, and ecologically diverse fungal species …

Fifteen years ago, on a cross-country drive, I stopped to visit Graceland. By the time my tour
hit the Jungle Room, it was obvious that the thirty-odd people walking through Elvis …

Lineages of insect pathogenic fungi are concentrated in three major clades: Hypocreales
(several genera), Entomophthoromycota (orders Entomophthorales and Neozygitales), and …

Fungi share a diverse co-evolutionary history with animals, especially arthropods. In this
review, we focus on the role of secondary metabolism in driving antagonistic arthropod …