Bacterial anti-phage systems are frequently clustered in microbial genomes, forming
defense islands. This property enabled the recent discovery of multiple defense systems …

The movement of microorganisms is not only an essential aspect of life, it also serves as a
fruitful model for the development of synthetic microswimmers or microrobots with potential …

Spatial navigation has received much attention from neuroscientists, leading to the
identification of key brain areas and the discovery of numerous spatially selective cells …

Birds can use the geomagnetic field for compass orientation. Behavioral experiments, mostly
with migrating passerines, revealed three characteristics of the avian magnetic compass:(1) …

Magnetoreception is the sense whereby organisms geolocate and navigate in response to
the Earth's magnetic field lines. For decades, magnetotactic bacteria have been the only …

Cryptochromes are a ubiquitous group of blue-light absorbing flavoproteins that in the
mammalian retina have an important role in the circadian clock. In birds, cryptochrome 1a …

On the social scale, the blind mole rat (BMR; Spalax ehrenbergi) is an extreme. It is
exceedingly solitary, territorial, and aggressive. BMRs reside underground, in self-excavated …

This article reviews how simple heuristics–'rules of thumb'–have guided human adaptation
and the evolution of complex cultures. First, we argue that rules of thumb have been …

Birds appear to be equipped with a light-dependent, radical-pair-based magnetic compass
that relies on truly quantum processes. While the identity of the sensory protein has …

Magnetoreception is a key element in the sensory repertoire of many organisms, and it has
been shown to play a particular role in animal navigation. While the first data to demonstrate …