Originally a genetic model organism, the experimental use of Drosophila melanogaster has
grown to include quantitative behavioral analyses, sophisticated perturbations of neuronal …

Insects can perform impressive feats of navigation, suggesting a sophisticated sense of
direction and an ability to choose appropriate trajectories toward ethological goals. The …

Flexible behaviors over long timescales are thought to engage recurrent neural networks in
deep brain regions, which are experimentally challenging to study. In insects, recurrent …

Deciphering how neuronal diversity is established and maintained requires a detailed
knowledge of neuronal gene expression throughout development. In contrast to mammalian …

Many animals use visual information to navigate,,–, but how such information is encoded
and integrated by the navigation system remains incompletely understood. In Drosophila …

The Drosophila central brain consists of stereotyped neural lineages, developmental-
structural units of macrocircuitry formed by the sibling neurons of single progenitors called …

Many insects use patterns of polarized light in the sky to orient and navigate. Here, we
functionally characterize neural circuitry in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, that …

Diurnal and nocturnal African dung beetles use celestial cues, such as the sun, the moon,
and the polarization pattern, to roll dung balls along straight paths across the savanna …

Vision provides animals with detailed information about their surroundings, conveying
diverse features such as color, form, and movement across the visual scene. Computing …

The visual ecology of flies is outstanding among insects due to a combination of specific
attributes. Flies' compound eyes possess an open rhabdom and thus separate rhabdomeres …