The wide variety of animal behaviours that can be observed today arose through the
evolution of their underlying neural circuits. Advances in understanding the mechanisms …

Natriuretic peptides are a family of three structurally related hormone/paracrine factors. Atrial
natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are secreted from the cardiac …

The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve presents a road map for an
evolutionary psychology of the twenty-first century. It brings together theory from biology and …

Life history theory seeks to explain the evolution of the major features of life cycles by
analyzing the ecological factors that shape age-specific schedules of growth, reproduction …

Insects in diapause characteristically feed very little or not at all, thus they are largely or
totally dependent on energy reserves sequestered prior to the entry into diapause. Fats are …

What genes and regulatory sequences contribute to the organization and functioning of
neural circuits and molecular pathways in the brain that support social behavior? How does …

Animal personalities or behavioural syndromes are consistent and/or correlated behaviours
across two or more situations within a population. Social insect biologists have measured …

Temporal division of labor and foraging specialization are key characteristics of honeybee
social organization. Worker honeybees (Apis mellifera) initiate foraging for food around their …

In this article, we address a number of issues surrounding biological models of personality
traits. Most traditional and many contemporary biological models of personality traits assume …

We show that the age-related transition by adult honey bees from hive work to foraging is
associated with changes in messenger RNA abundance in the brain for 39% of∼ 5500 …