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Genomic Signatures of Recent Adaptation in a Wild Bumblebee
(Oxford University Press, 2022)
Environmental changes threaten insect pollinators, creating risks for agriculture and ecosystem stability. Despite their importance, we know little about how wild insects respond to environmental pressures. To understand ...
Bees learn to dance
(2023)
Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidence
(2022-01-01)
The entomology literature has historically suggested insects cannot feel pain, leading to their exclusion from ethical debates and animal welfare legislation. However, there may be more neural and cognitive/behavioural ...
Bumblebees retrieve only the ordinal ranking of foraging options when comparing memories obtained in distinct settings
(eLife, 2022)
Are animals’ preferences determined by absolute memories for options (e.g. reward sizes) or by their remembered ranking (better/worse)? The only studies examining this question suggest humans and starlings utilise memories ...
Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate alone.
(2024-03)
Culture refers to behaviours that are socially learned and persist within a population over time. Increasing evidence suggests that animal culture can, like human culture, be cumulative: characterized by sequential innovations ...