A computational model of the neuronal network that recognizes mating signals reveals network properties that support and constrain behavioral diversity in a species group.

Calcium imaging is used to construct a model of Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system dynamics capable of predicting future behavioral switches on a trial by trial basis and across individual animals.

Two novel, tightly linked, and rapidly evolving genes encoding small secreted proteins are necessary for female mosquitoes to protect their retained eggs during extended periods of drought.

The brain inhibits the formation of new memories just after waking to safeguard the ongoing stabilization of existing memories during sleep.

Flies have two parallel visual pathways with specialized physiological properties to compensate for perturbations in their flight course and to saccade toward objects.

Phytoplasma effector SAP54 hijacks previously unknown MADS-box protein roles in plant-insect interactions by modulating plant biotic stress responses to male leafhoppers and facilitating female attraction and reproduction on male-exposed leaves.

Occluding-junctions form a permeability barrier around the hematopoietic niche in Drosophila that controls the production of immune cells in response to infection by shaping the signalling micro-environment produced by the niche.

Sequencing and counting RNAs from single cells can create a misleading picture of alternative splicing if too many mRNAs are lost in the process.

A comparative approach shows that developmental evolution of neuropeptidergic neuronal groups in the hypothalamus of blind cavefish drives adaptive behavioral evolution.

The cellular stress response pathway helps animals evaluate food quality and regulate feeding behavior to adapt in nutrient-deficient environments.