A wide variety of insects use spatial memories in behaviours like holding a position in air or
flowing water, in returning to a place of safety, and in foraging. The Hymenoptera, in …

Animals travelling through the world receive input from multiple sensory modalities that
could be important for the guidance of their journeys. Given the availability of a rich array of …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

The ability to learn the location of places in the world and to revisit them repeatedly is crucial
for all aspects of animal life on earth. It underpins animal foraging, predator avoidance …

Unlike any other group of animals, all ant species are social: individual ants share the food
they gather with their nestmates and as a consequence they must repeatedly leave their …

Panoramic views offer information on heading direction and on location to visually
navigating animals. This review covers the properties of panoramic views and the …

Many insects display lateral oscillations while moving, but how these oscillations are
produced and participate in visual navigation remains unclear. Here, we show that visually …

In order to protect their food from competitors, ball-rolling dung beetles detach a piece of
dung from a pile, shape it into a ball, and roll it away along a straight path [1]. They appear to …

Background Insects are known to rely on terrestrial landmarks for navigation. Landmarks are
used to chart a route or pinpoint a goal. The distant panorama, however, is often thought not …

Animals use information from multiple sources in order to navigate between goals [1]. Ants
such as Cataglyphis fortis use an odometer and a sun-based compass to provide input for …