Patterns of ageing across the tree of life are much more diverse than previously thought. Yet,
we still do not adequately understand how, why and where across the tree of life a particular …

In human populations, women consistently outlive men, which suggests profound biological
foundations for sex differences in survival. Quantifying whether such sex differences are also …

The magnitude of many kinds of biological structures and processes scale with organismal
size, often in regular ways that can be described by power functions. Traditionally, many of …

Comparative studies of mortality in the wild are necessary to understand the evolution of
aging; yet, ectothermic tetrapods are underrepresented in this comparative landscape …

Senescence—the decline in age‐specific contribution to fitness with increasing age—has
been widely investigated in evolutionary ecology. A tremendous amount of detailed …

Habitat anthropization is a major driver of global biodiversity decline. Although most species
are negatively affected, some benefit from anthropogenic habitat modifications by showing …

The slow–fast continuum is a commonly used framework to describe variation in life-history
strategies across species. Individual life histories have also been assumed to follow a …

Variation in temperature is known to influence mortality patterns in ectotherms. Even though
a few experimental studies on model organisms have reported a positive relationship …

Ageing and sexual selection are intimately linked. There is by now compelling evidence
from studies performed across diverse organisms that males allocating resources to mating …

Senescence patterns are highly variable across the animal kingdom. However, while
empirical evidence of actuarial senescence in vertebrates is accumulating in the wild and …