Urban ecology is a rapidly growing research field that has to keep pace with the pressing
need to tackle the sustainability crisis. As an inherently multi‐disciplinary field with close ties …

Urbanization drastically transforms landscapes, resulting in fragmentation, degradation, and
the loss of local biodiversity. Yet, urban environments also offer opportunities to observe …

Locomotor biomechanics faces a core trade-off between laboratory-based and field-based
studies. Laboratory conditions offer control over confounding factors, repeatability, and …

Simple Summary Positional behaviors comprise the entirety of animals' locomotion and
posture. Often, these positional behaviors are paired with information about sußbstrate …

Human activity drastically transforms landscapes, generating novel habitats to which
species must adaptively respond. Consequently, urbanization is increasingly recognized as …

Wall-following behavior is the movement along a wall exhibited by various animals. It is a
conserved behavior among taxa, from unicellular organisms to humans, prone to selection …

Habitat selection plays a critical role in the survival and reproduction of animals, with
implications for all important behaviours. Animals are often limited in their familiarity with …

Simple Summary Wormlions are small fly larvae that dig pit-traps in loose soil to hunt ants
and other prey. Their natural habitat is caves, but they are also abundant in Mediterranean …

Organisms facing anthropogenic activities usually exhibit phenotypic responses assumed to
enhance co** with disturbance. These responses include a decreasing degree of reaction …

The biological structures that fill the environment around us are derived from materials
produced by organisms. These biological materials are key to the mechanical function of …