For infectious-disease outbreaks, clinical solutions typically focus on efficient pathogen
destruction. However, the COVID-19 pandemic provides a reminder that infectious diseases …

Within animal populations there is variation among individuals in their tendency to be social,
where more sociable individuals associate more with other individuals. Consistent inter …

The use of social and contact networks to answer basic and applied questions about
infectious disease transmission in wildlife and livestock is receiving increased attention …

Evidence for innate immune memory (or 'priming') in invertebrates has been accumulating
over the last years. We here provide an in-depth review of the current state of evidence for …

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

Social interactions help group-living organisms cope with socio-environmental challenges
and are central to survival and reproductive success. Recent research has shown that social …

The evolutionary transition from a solitary to a social lifestyle entails an elevated parasite
cost because the social proximity associated with group living favors parasite transmission …

Sociality has profound evolutionary roots and is observed from unicellular organisms to
multicellular animals. In line with the view that social principles apply across levels of …

The history of life is punctuated by evolutionary transitions which engender emergence of
new levels of biological organization that involves selection acting at increasingly complex …

The ability to maintain health, or recover to a healthy state after disease, is an active process
involving distinct adaptation mechanisms coordinating interactions between all …