Supercolonies of ants are perhaps the largest non-human animal societies, at their largest
spanning several millions of individuals and thousands of nests and in invasive species …

Behaviour is a response of organisms to internal and external stimuli and comprises various
activities such as searching for food. Aggression is important in such activities, for example …

Invasive species are a global threat to biodiversity, and understanding their history and
biology is a major goal of invasion biology. Population‐genetic approaches allow insights …

Understanding how organisms adapt to extreme environments is fundamental and can
provide insightful case studies for both evolutionary biology and climate-change biology …

The pavement ant Tetramorium immigrans is a widespread and prevalent species in
temperate urban areas. Yet, despite this commonness, it was only in 2017 that T. immigrans …

Aggression has multiple benefits and is often coupled with other behaviors (“behavioral
syndromes”). The level of aggressiveness is influenced by an adaptive benefit–cost ratio …

Due to particular vulnerabilities and environmental constraints, Alpine faunas are exposed
to significant threats from climate change. However, baseline diversity and distribution data …

The recent discovery of multiple viruses in ants, along with the widespread infection of their
hosts across geographic ranges, provides an excellent opportunity to test whether viral …

Animal behaviour often is characterised by standardised assays. In social insects such as
ants, behaviour assays are for example used to characterise aggressive and peaceful …

Standardised assays are often used to characterise aggression in animals. In ants, such
assays can be applied at several organisational levels (eg, colony, population) and at …