Abstract Behavioural biology often focuses on identifying general patterns, yet unusual or rare behaviours at both the population and individual level can provide insight into animal behaviour. Here, ...

A most thoughtful book titled 'Sensoria' helps us delight in our sensual engagements and moral imaginations and appreciate and absorb the magnificent world we cohabit with others.

Four of the Linnean Society’s Fellows have been elected to the Royal Society in their 2026 intake.

Insects join list of species capable of solving simple ‘box-and-banana’ problem that demonstrates basic intelligence

Una serie de experimentos muestra que son capaces de idear estrategias para conseguir agua azucarada que no pueden alcanzar volando

Like humans, bumble bees can plan ahead when working through a problem, even pausing to consider the solution

Problem-solving using novel solutions without explicit training is often considered a hallmark of cognitive flexibility. We investigated whether bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) could solve a novel obj...

Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

📖 Read: https://helioxpodcast.substack.com/archive?sort=newThrough self-motion, flies efficiently translate image motion into temporally-precise, predictive high-speed vision.The humble, infuriating, ...

Male bumblebees keep searching for mates even when food is scarce, adjusting how they forage to conserve energy. Using 3D tracking in a controlled environm

Bloom is the biggest nature and science festival in Denmark with over 20.000 participants each year. The festival has free entrance and takes place in…

David Stern, Ph.D., and Lars Chittka, Ph.D., speakers at the Stowers Institute’s Spring 2026 BIG IDEAS lecture series, reveal how aphids and bees are…

Male bumblebees keep searching for mates even when food is scarce, adjusting how they forage to conserve energy. Using 3D tracking in a controlled environm

Insects' lightning-fast reactions could transform AI and robotics, Sheffield researchers say.

The secret behind insects' lightning-fast reactions could offer a blueprint for more energy-efficient robots and self-driving cars, according to a new study challenging our understanding of how brains...

How insects maintain precise vision during rapid motion remains unclear. Here, the authors show that motion-driven photoreceptor dynamics and synaptic high-frequency jumping enable hyperacute, minimal...

This three-day workshop is a follow-up to the April 2024 event, “Imagining Criteria and Frameworks for Decoding Communication in Other Species.” Whereas that meeting was largely aimed at developing cr...

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Many animals, such as birds and bats, are capable of migrating over vast distances to specific destinations. Remarkably, even insects such as the Nort…

Summary: Honeybees increased their dietary energy intake following long-term memory formation, but no corresponding increase in metabolic rate was detected when measured in a group-level protocol.

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David Stern, Ph.D., and Lars Chittka, Ph.D., speakers at the Stowers Institute’s Spring 2026 BIG IDEAS lecture series, reveal how aphids and bees are…

Flexible, abstract rhythm perception underpins human music, dance, and speech, but thus far, it has only been demonstrated in a few birds and mammals. In this work, we show that bumble bees also form ...