Abstract Males of the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica, often perform male–male competitions for food to offer to females as a nuptial gift. Previous studies have suggested that the behavior of …
Abstract Many species of birds emit mobbing calls to recruit prey to join mobbing events. This anti-predator strategy often involves several species and, therefore, implies heterospecific communication. Some species of …
Abstract On the basis of what is known about the biology and the cognitive abilities of the workers of the ant Myrmica sabuleti studied at a collective level, we wondered …
Abstract Water strider (Gerridae) morphology and behavior have become the focus of interdisciplinary research in biological diversification and bio-inspired technology. However, the diversity of behaviors and morphology of the large-sized …
Abstract Small herbivores, such as meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), have high metabolic requirements but small gut capacities. Therefore, they should prefer food high in macronutrients, like protein, and low in …
Abstract Protogynous sex change has been widely reported as a life-history strategy in polygynous reef fish. Dascyllus reticulatus is known to form haremic colonial groups on branching corals and is …
Abstract The role of microbiome in shaping animal’s behavior is well established. Accordingly, the use of antibiotics may have profound effects on behavior, which are seldom examined. Recently, the symbiotic …
Abstract Spined loaches, Cobitis spp., have been studied in broad fields of research. Particularly, this taxon has attracted attention because of sexual interactions, such as reproductive interference and hybrid speciation, …
Abstract Eastern spotted skunks are of conservation concern, where competition and predation are possible causes of their decline. Using camera traps at a food subsidy, we investigated nocturnal temporal overlap …
Abstract Predators, such as spiders, may modulate their predatory behavior according to the defensive mechanisms of their prey. This study analyzed the prey capture behavior of Latrodectus geometricus spiders, specifically …
