Maternal effects, or the influence of maternal environment and phenotype on offspring
phenotype, may allow mothers to fine‐tune their offspring's developmental trajectory and …

In the current era of rapid climate change, populations are facing environments in which
food availability can quickly decline or become highly unpredictable. These conditions may …

How can the stunning diversity of social systems and behaviours seen in nature be
explained? Drawing on social evolution theory, experimental evidence and studies …

Helping by group members is predicted to lead to delayed senescence by affecting the trade-
off between current reproduction and future survival for dominant breeders. Here we …

In humans, gut microbiome (GM) differences are often correlated with, and sometimes
causally implicated in, ageing. However, it is unclear how these findings translate in wild …

Delayed dispersal is a key step in the evolution of familial animal societies and cooperative
breeding. However, no consensus has been reached on the ecological and social …

Understanding where genetic variation exists, and how it influences fitness within
populations is important from an evolutionary and conservation perspective. Signatures of …

Natal dispersal is a crucial life-history trait that affects both individual fitness and population
structure, yet drivers of variation in dispersal probability and distance are difficult to study in …

Animals explore and prospect space searching for resources and individuals may disperse,
targeting suitable patches to increase fitness. Nevertheless, dispersal is costly because it …

Understanding dispersal is central to interpreting the effects of climate change, habitat loss
and habitat fragmentation, and species invasions. Prior to dispersal, animals may gather …