Social insects, including ants, bees and wasps, epitomise advanced collective organisation, characterised by overlapping generations, cooperative brood care and a reproductive division of labour.

A bush cricket nymph grooming its feet. Source: Ross Piper, with permission. Although I've spent many years studying various aspects of social behavior and the cognitive and emotional lives of mammals ...

This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Insect Behaviour. Narrative review articles are also welcomed, to our sister journal Scientific Reviews. For further information, ...