Echolocation in bats and high-frequency hearing in their insect prey make bats and insects
an ideal system for studying the sensory ecology and neuroethology of predator–prey …

In the natural world, animals make decisions on an ongoing basis, continuously selecting
which action to undertake next. In the lab, however, the neural bases of decision processes …

Background Silkmoths and their relatives constitute the ecologically and taxonomically
diverse superfamily Bombycoidea, which includes some of the most charismatic species of …

Animal coordinated movement interactions are commonly explained by assuming
unspecified social forces of attraction, repulsion and alignment with parameters drawn from …

Active echolocation enables bats to orient and hunt the night sky for insects. As a counter-
measure against the severe predation pressure many nocturnal insects have evolved ears …

Emitting ultrasound upon hearing an attacking bat is an effective defence strategy used by
several moth taxa. Here we reveal how Yponomeuta moths acquire sophisticated acoustic …

Animal vocalizations experience pressures from ecological conditions, but their
diversification may be constrained by morphology and evolutionary history. To date, the …

Body size is an important trait in predator–prey dynamics as it is often linked to detection, as
well as the success of capture or escape. Larger prey, for example, often runs higher risk of …

Insect ears evolved many times independently. As a consequence, a striking diversity exists
in the location, construction and behavioural implementation of ears. In this review, we first …

Ears evolved independently in many insect taxa due to the selection pressure of
echolocating bats. Eared moths perform evasive flight manoeuvres upon hearing …