Groups of animals inhabit vastly different sensory worlds, or umwelten, which shape
fundamental aspects of their behaviour. Yet the sensory ecology of species is rarely …

Sexual selection has been studied as a major evolutionary driver of animal diversity for
roughly 50 years. Much evidence indicates that competition for mates favors elaborate …

The information an animal gathers from its environment, including that associated with
signals, often varies continuously. Animals may respond to this continuous variation in a …

'Accounting for the sensory abilities of animals is critical in experimental design.'No
researcher would disagree with this statement, yet it is often the case that we inadvertently …

To camouflage themselves on the seafloor, European cuttlefish Sepia officinalis control the
expression of about 30 pattern components to produce a range of body patterns. 1 If each …

Enactivism and ecological psychology converge on the relevance of the environment in
understanding perception and action. On both views, perceiving organisms are not merely …

Abstract Research Summary The search for new resources is costly and difficult within the
resource‐based view. Because search is costly, a common prescription is for firms to focus …

We explore the limitations of the adaptationist view of evolution and propose an alternative.
While gradual adaptation can explain some biological and economic diversity, it cannot …

Visual complexity is ubiquitous in nature. Drivers of complexity include selection in
coevolutionary arms races between antagonists. However, the causes and consequences of …

Background To facilitate background matching in heterogenous environments, some
animals rapidly change body colouration. Marine predatory fishes might use this ability to …