Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidence

M Gibbons, A Crump, M Barrett, S Sarlak, J Birch… - Advances in Insect …, 2022 - Elsevier
The entomology literature has historically suggested insects cannot feel pain, leading to
their exclusion from ethical debates and animal welfare legislation. However, there may be …

Experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster and other insects

B Fabian, S Sachse - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
It is long known that the nervous system of vertebrates can be shaped by internal and
external factors. On the other hand, the nervous system of insects was long assumed to be …

Emotion recognition based on brain-like multimodal hierarchical perception

X Zhu, Y Huang, X Wang, R Wang - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2024 - Springer
Emotion recognition has gained prominence in diverse applications ranging from safe
driving and e-commerce to healthcare. Traditional approaches have often relied on single …

Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants

MA Caminer, R Libbrecht, M Majoe, DV Ho… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Division of labor (DOL) is a characteristic trait of insect societies, where tasks are generally
performed by specialized individuals. Inside workers focus on brood or nest care, while …

Recent advances on the influence of fipronil on insect behavior

ME Rosa, RS Oliveira, R de Faria Barbosa… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fipronil, a pesticide widely used to control agricultural and household insect pests, blocks
insect GABA A and glutamate (GluCl) ionotropic receptors, resulting in uncontrolled …

Animal welfare science: an integral piece of sustainable insect agriculture

M Barrett, SJJ Adcock - Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2023 - brill.com
The insects as food and feed (IAFF) industry represents one of the largest undertakings of
industrial livestock rearing in human history, with at least a trillion animals reared each year …

A scientist's guide to Solifugae: How solifuges could advance research in ecology, evolution, and behaviour

EA Hebets, M Oviedo-Diego… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Despite having> 1200 described species and despite their nearly worldwide distribution and
prevalence in many xeric ecosystems, relative to many other arachnid groups, we know little …

Organization of the parallel antennal-lobe tracts in the moth

JH Kymre, X Chu, E Ian, BG Berg - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2022 - Springer
The olfactory pathways of the insect brain have been studied comprehensively for more than
40 years, yet the last decade has included a particularly large accumulation of new …

Uncovering 'hidden'signals: previously presumed visual signals likely generate air particle movement

P Kundu, N Choi, AS Rundus, RD Santer… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Wolf spiders within the genus Schizocosa have become a model system for exploring the
form and function of multimodal communication. In terms of male signaling, much past …

The brain atlas of a subsocial bee reflects that of eusocial Hymenoptera

BC Pyenson, JL Huisken, N Gupta… - Genes, Brain and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary transition from solitary life to group‐living in a society with cooperative
brood care, reproductive division of labor and morphological castes is associated with …