Behavioral Ecology Blog

Are you as pumped about Just Science 2008 as I am?? I hope so, cause I expect to see some really nice, well thought out posts on science i the next few days…
I’ll have to admit that my effors will be severely hampered by Jury Duty (I’m on a jury), but we’ll see what I [...]

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It’s always coolto hear about a new species discovery, especially when it’s a mammal. Unlike other taxa (thinking insects and “bugs”) there are probably very few new species left to discover.. Those new species are usually from relatively unexplored regions of the world. Particularly troubling is the fact that these areas are extremely threatened by [...]

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I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention this very nice study by a fellow IB grad student and associate of the MVZ published this month in the Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. It represents the bulk of the dissertation research of Chris Clark, who has studied sound production in The Anna’s Hummingbird.
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For the practicing scientist readers. you know that feeling of excitement you get when you read a paper sometimes… That “Holy Shit, this is one of the nicest papers I’ve read in a long time” feeling.. Well hold on, cause if your interested in behavioral ecology, sexual selection, mate choice, birds, biology, ect, this paper [...]

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Is up over at Aardvarchology. A few of my favorites include a post from GrrlScientist on parental investment, and something about Herpes in clams.

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The Monterey Bay Aquarium is always  a family favorite- and last weeks trip was no exception. Here are some photos that show off the Aquarium’s fantastic collection.

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For FREE, at the NAS website. Here is the HTML table of contents.  While the more militant science bloggers will surely take offense by their “soft” statement on religion (”…the evidence for evolution can be fully compatible with religious faith. Science and religion are different ways of understanding the world”), this is not a [...]

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.. and sorry your dead. John Maynard-Smith was one of the major players in the formation of the modern synthesis. He applied the principals of game theory to evolutionary biology which allowed us to make quantitative predictions about outcomes… Here is a video from 2002 where he discusses the science, his life, and other things..

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Although its practice has been questioned, partly because of its abuse in the EvoPsych world- the analysis of human behavior in an evolutionary framework is super interesting and is one of my favorite things to think about. Within the realm of human behavior, particularly interesting are the selective pressures surrounding human mate choice and [...]

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