Light represents one of the most reliable environmental cues in the biological world. In this
review we focus on the evolutionary consequences to changes in organismal photic …

The Springer Series in Vision Research is a comprehensive update and overview of cutting-
edge vision research exploring current breakthroughs at a conceptual level. It details the …

Visual navigation is a benchmark information processing task that can be used to identify the
consequence of being active in dim-light environments. Visual navigational information that …

For most model organisms in neuroscience, research into visual processing in the brain is
difficult because of a lack of high-resolution maps that capture complex neuronal circuitry …

The striking structural variation seen in arthropod visual systems can be explained by the
overall quantity and spatio-temporal structure of light within habitats coupled with …

Ant colonies are organized similarly to those of wasps and bees: reproductive altruism, age
polyethism, and complex communication. Yet ants exhibit more species, much higher total …

Our understanding of how sensory structure design is coupled with neural processing
capacity to adaptively support division of labor is limited. Workers of the remarkably …

Associating morphological features with ecological traits is essential for understanding the
connection between organisms and their roles in the environment. If applied successfully …

We review here what is known from behavioural, anatomical and physiological studies
about polarisation sensitivity in the hymenopteran insect groups of ants, wasps and bees …

The environment is thought to strongly shape the ecology and evolution of species. Similar
environments may cause species to look the same or converge upon particular traits …