Anophelesgambiae, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
disease and, [>]–[>]
genome sequencing, [>]–[>], [>]
moths
mating, [>], [>]
odor and, [>]
Munz, Tania, [>]
myrmecology, [>], [>]
National Geographic, [>]
nematodes, Caenorhabditis elegans, [>]
New York Times, [>], [>]
Nieh, James, [>]–[>]
Nietzsche, Friedrich, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Nowbahari, Elise, [>]
Origin of Species, The (Darwin), [>], [>], [>]
Papaj, Dan, [>]
parasitism
mate calling in crickets and, [>]–[>]
slave-making ants analogy to, [>]–[>]
social vs. internal parasitism, [>]
See also brood parasitism
parasperm, [>]–[>]
parenting
confidence of paternity, [>]–[>]
examples, [>]–[>]
human children's care, [>]–[>]
infanticide, [>]
infanticide with cannibalism, [>]
male/female parental investment, [>]–[>]
mammals' milk and, [>], [>]
parent-offspring conflict, [>]–[>]
self-sacrificing spider example, [>]–[>]
See also evolution of parenting/family
parenting in insects
biparental care example, [>]–[>]
burying beetles use of carcasses, [>]–[>]
burying beetles use of snake eggs, [>]–[>]
costs/benefits of brood numbers, [>]–[>]
earwigs, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
egg dumping, [>]–[>]
environmental conditions and, [>], [>]
infanticide with cannibalism, [>]–[>]
intelligence and, [>]
peripheral eggs and, [>]–[>]
preconditions/preadaptations, [>]–[>]
predation and, [>], [>]
siblicide and, [>]–[>]
sibling cooperation, [>]–[>]
single father example, [>]–[>]
treehoppers, [>], [>]
trophic eggs, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
See also social insects
Parker, Geoff
sperm competition, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
sperm morphology, [>]
Passino, Kevin, [>]–[>]
Pepperberg, Irene, [>]
Peretti, Alfredo, [>]
personality
defining/describing, [>]–[>]
descriptors in humans, [>]
evolution and, [>]–[>]
genetics/environment and, [>]–[>]
hormones of mammals, [>]
independent repeating evolution, [>]
maintaining variability of, [>]–[>]
origins, [>]–[>]
temperament and, [>]
personality in insects
ants, [>]
backbone and, [>]
crickets, [>]–[>]
facial immobility and, [>]
humanlike emotions and, [>]–[>], [>]
individual identity/recognition, [>]–[>]
origins, [>], [>]–[>]
scientists beliefs (overview), [>]–[>], [>]
tent caterpillars, [>]–[>]
water striders, [>]
personality in non-human animals
anthropomorphism and, [>], [>], [>]
behavioral syndrome, [>]
bold-shy continuum, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
consciousness and, [>]–[>]
consequences, [>], [>]
Darwin on, [>]–[>]
domestic breeds and, [>]
fishing spiders, [>]
Horse Personality Questionnaire, [>]
implications for scientific research, [>]
research on, [>]–[>]
suites of traits, [>]
sunfish, [>], [>], [>]
See also personality in insects
pheromones, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
"physics envy," [>]
Pieridae, [>]
Pitnick, Scott, [>]–[>]
Planqué, Robert, [>]
pollination and insects, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Pope, Alexander, [>]
Preston-Mafham, Ken, [>]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, [>]
prosopagnosia (face blindness), [>]
Psychological Experiments with Ants (Kolozsvary), [>]
Pulteney, William, [>]
Ratnieks, Francis, [>], [>], [>], [>]
rats
infanticide with cannibalism, [>]
naked mole rats, [>]
red viscacha rats, [>]
Remnant, Richard, [>]
Richardson, Thomas, [>]
Rittschof, Clare, [>]–[>]
Robinson, Gene
background, [>]
honeybees, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
paper wasps, [>], [>]
Rossellini, Isabella, [>]
rover-sitter gene dichotomy, [>]–[>], [>]
royal jelly, [>], [>], [>]
Russell, Bertrand, [>]
same-sex behavior in insects
advantages, [>]–[>]
African bat bugs, [>]–[>]
basis of, [>]
"curing" human homosexuality and, [>], [>]–[>]
damselflies, [>]–[>], [>]
"declining moral standards" and, [>]–[>]
dopamine and, [>]
dragonflies, [>]
examples, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
fruit flies, [>]–[>]
nerve cells and, [>]–[>]
switching behavior, [>], [>]–[>]
synapses and glutamate, [>]–[>]
same-sex behavior in non-human animals
debates and, [>]–[>]
examples, [>], [>], [>], [>]
gay marriage and, [>]
public interest in, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
scientists "moral" responses, [>]–[>]
spiders, [>]
See also same-sex behavior in insects
Satyridae, [>]
Schneirla, Theodore, [>], [>]
Schultz, Kevin, [>]
Science (journal), [>]
scorpionflies, [>], [>]
Seeley, Tom, [>]–[>]
Seinfeld, Jerry, [>], [>]
selfish DNA (transposable elements), [>]–[>]
serotonin, [>]
sex chromosomes, [>], [>]–[>]
sex determination
social insects, [>]–[>]
temperature and, [>]
sex ratio
about, [>]–[>]
condition of mother/offspring and, [>]–[>]
determination, [>]–[>]
energy investment and, [>]–[>]
equal sex ratios, [>]–[>]
frequency-dependent selection, [>]–[>]
gene perpetuation and, [>], [>]–[>]
insects, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
parasitic wasps and, [>]–[>], [>]
queen vs. worker control, [>]–[>]
sex chromosomes and, [>]–[>]
social insects, [>]–[>]
unequal sex ratios, [>], [>]–[>]
Sex Wars (Majerus), [>]
Shakespeare, [>]
sheep, bighorn, [>]
Sherman, Gavin, [>]
siblicide, [>]–[>]
Siebert, Charles, [>]
Sih, Andy, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
silkworm genes, [>]
silverfish
genome size, [>]
mating strategy, [>]
as pest, [>]
Simmons, Leigh
dung flies/beetles, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
experimental evolution, [>]–[>]
Six Chix cartoon, [>]
Sleigh, Charlotte, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Smith, Adrian, [>], [>]–[>]
Snook, Rhonda, [
>]–[>]
social insects
altruism, [>], [>], [>]
ancient/early gender misconceptions on, [>]–[>]
detecting reproductive cheaters, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
division of labor, [>]–[>]
genetic payoff, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
movie inaccuracies about, [>]–[>]
origin of social behavior, [>]–[>]
other insects with social behavior, [>]–[>]
parenting and, [>], [>]
"piping" queens, [>]
queen determination, [>]–[>], [>]
queen's role, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
role determination, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
sex determination, [>]–[>]
sex ratio, [>]–[>]
sisters genetic closeness/effects, [>]–[>], [>]
worker policing, [>]–[>]
workers, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
workers and egg production, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
See also specific insects
Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, [>]
Society for the Study of Evolution meeting, Hawaii, [>]
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (Wilson), [>]
sociogenomics, [>]
Sokolowski, Marla, [>], [>]
Solomon, [>], [>]
Soul Made Flesh (Zimmer), [>]
"Soup in My Fly, The" (Chapman), [>]
sperm
morphology, [>]–[>]
size, [>], [>]–[>]
spermatophores, [>]–[>]
spermatophylax, [>]
Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects (Simmons), [>]–[>]
sperm competition in insects
chemicals (seminal products), [>]–[>]
description, [>]
ejaculate size, [>]
eusperm/parasperm and, [>]–[>]
male genitalia structures and, [>], [>]
overview, [>]–[>]
sperm morphology, [>]–[>], [>]
sperm viability, [>]
testes size and, [>], [>]–[>]
spiders
fishing spiders, [>]
mating behavior, [>]–[>]
parenting example, [>]–[>]
same-sex behavior, [>]
short-bodied cellar spiders, [>]
Srinivasan, Mandyam, [>]–[>], [>]
Stamps, Judy, [>]
Star Trek, [>]
"stigmergy," [>]
"streaker bees," [>]
"Surf City," [>], [>]
Su, Songkun, [>]
Swammerdam, Jan, [>]–[>]
Sword in the Stone, The (White) and ants, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
synapse strength, [>]
Tallamy, Doug, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
tandem running, [>], [>], [>], [>]
teaching
defining, [>]
feedback and, [>]
in non-human animals, [>]–[>]
Tennessee Williams paradigm, [>], [>]
termites
queens, [>]
See also social insects
Thomas, Lisa, [>]
Thompson, Graham, [>]
Thornhill, Randy, [>]
thymine (T), [>]
Tibbetts, Liz, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Tinbergen, Niko, [>]
To Know a Fly (Dethier), [>]
Tompkins, Laurie, [>]
tool use, [>], [>]
Toth, Amy, [>], [>], [>]
transposable elements (selfish DNA), [>]–[>]
Travis the pet chimp, [>]–[>]
treehoppers, [>], [>]
Trivers, Bob
parent-offspring conflict, [>], [>]
sex ratios, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
trophic eggs, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
turtles, [>]
Van Gossum, Hans, [>], [>], [>]
Vaughn, Mace, [>]–[>]
Visscher, Kirk
as honeybee expert, [>], [>]
honeybee site selection, [>]–[>]
waggle dance importance, [>]–[>]
worker policing in honeybees, [>], [>]
von Frisch, Karl, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
waggle dance. See honeybees dance communication
Wang, Qiao, [>]–[>]
Washoe the chimp, [>]
wasps
Cunningham's "jokes" on, [>]–[>]
fig wasps, [>]
sphecid wasps, [>]
wasps, paper wasps
evolution and, [>]
individual recognition, [>]–[>]
individual types/roles, [>]–[>]
life history, [>]–[>]
mushroom body in brain, [>]
Polistes fuscatus, [>]–[>]
social behavior basis, [>]–[>], [>]
social ranking, [>], [>], [>]
wasps, parasitic wasps
caterpillar defending developing wasps and, [>]
checkerspot butterfly eggs and, [>]
exploiting provisioning wasps, [>]
inbreeding, [>]
jewel wasps, [>]–[>], [>]
life history, [>]–[>]
sex ratio, [>]–[>], [>]
wasps, provisioning wasps
description, [>], [>]
insect intelligence, [>]–[>]
moving landmarks and, [>]–[>]
moving "nest" and, [>]–[>], [>]
parasitic wasps exploiting, [>]
provisioning description, [>]
water striders, [>]
Watters, Jason, [>]
Ways of the Ant (Crompton), [>]–[>]
Wenner, Adrian, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Wenseleers, Tom, [>], [>], [>]
Wessnitzer, Jan, [>]–[>]
Wheeler, William Morton, [>]
White, T. H., [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Wild, Alex, [>