Insects constitute vital components of ecosystems. There is alarming evidence for global
declines in insect species diversity, abundance, and biomass caused by anthropogenic …

Highlights•Social insects are affected by climate change just like solitary organisms.•Certain
traits allow social insects to cope better with climate change-to some extent.•Specialists will …

The evolution of eusociality is one of the major transitions in evolution, but the underlying
genomic changes are unknown. We compared the genomes of 10 bee species that vary in …

Adaptation requires genetic variation, but founder populations are generally genetically
depleted. Here we sequence two populations of an inbred ant that diverge in phenotype to …

Selection on codon usage bias is well documented in a number of microorganisms. Whether
codon usage is also generally shaped by natural selection in large organisms, despite their …

There is an urgent need for reliable data on the impacts of deforestation on tropical
biodiversity. The city-state of Singapore has one of the most detailed biodiversity records in …

Background Contamination is a well-known but often neglected problem in molecular
biology. Here, we investigated the prevalence of cross-contamination among 446 samples …

Inquiline ants are highly specialized and obligate social parasites that infiltrate and exploit
colonies of closely related species. They have evolved many times convergently, are often …

Declines in bee populations across the world threaten food security and ecosystem function.
It is currently not possible to routinely predict which specific stressors lead to declines in …

Facultatively social species exhibit behavioral plasticity in response to changes in ecological
conditions and social environment, and thus provide a natural experiment to compare …