What is in store?

The major topics that will be covered include:

1. Natural selection and behavior
   
2. Levels of selection and analysis
   
3. Genes and behavior
4. Communication
   
5. Sexual selection
   
6. Mating systems
7. Parental care
8. Social behavior and group living
9. Kin selection and reciprocity
10. Reproductive skew & game theory
    
11. Habitat selection
    
12. Neurobiology and behavior
    
13. Hormones and behavior
14. Feeding and foraging
15. Defensive behavior
16. Evolution of human behavior

My research focuses on foraging ecology and self organization in ants. I'm currently working with the ant Messor pergandei, which is a gorgeous big black ant found in the Sonoran desert.
Posts will be tagged with the topic titles, concepts, and species names so that it's easy to navigate. I will include lots of links to multimedia.