Sperm is a nearly universal cell type among animals, yet its evolutionary origins remain unclear. Using comparative proteomics and phylogenomics across 32 species, we reconstruct the 700+ million year...

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social Fluids Laboratory (https://leboeuflab.com) led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf in the Department of Zoology

Ants rose by favoring the power of many over the might of few.

Ants with lots of workers tend to put less energy into making them armored.

Analysis of the DNA and proteins of a range of animals has revealed that sperm’s molecular toolkit arose in our single-celled ancestors, perhaps more than a billion years ago

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Social control drove ant evolution

Hemiptera, the fifth most diverse insect order, have often been overlooked in macroevolutionary studies. In this study, the authors analyse its fossil record and show that global flora changes through...

Picture credit: François Brassard Ants are among the most successful creatures on Earth, thriving in ecosystems worldwide. But what drives their extraordinary social complexity and division of labour?