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Stacy Rosenbaum  University of Chicago & Lincoln Park Zoo presenting “Dads and cads? Parenting, testosterone, and reproductive success in male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei)”  Wednesday, May 25th  at 12pm in the Biopsychological Sciences Building (BPSB)  Room 122 940 E 57th … Continue reading →

UPDATE: THIS TALK HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED (SEE BELOW) Roberto Marquez graduate student in Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago “How and Why Did Phyllobates Frogs Get Yellow?” Wednesday, MAY 18 12pm Biopsychological Sciences Building (BPSB) Room 122 ABSTRACT: Coloration is … Continue reading →

Comparative Behavioral Biology is proud to welcome: Anna Czupryna  from the Lincoln Park Zoo presenting “Tails from the Serengeti: Domestic dog demography in rural villages in Tanzania”  On Wednesday, May 4th at 12pm in Biopsychological Sciences Building (BPSB) Room 122 … Continue reading →

Denise Herzing  Wild Dolphin Project Dolphin Behavior and Communication: Tools, Technology, and Time Wednesday, April 20 @12pm  Biopsychological Sciences Building (BPSB) Room 122  940 E 57th St Abstract: Since 1985 a resident community of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), and bottlenose … Continue reading →

Comparative Behavioral Biology Presents MARLENE ZUK University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences Giving TWO talks: “Rapid Evolution in Silence: Adaptive signal loss in the Pacific field cricket”  on Tuesday, April 5th at 12pm in BSLC 115  and “Gender, Science, and … Continue reading →

Comparative Behavioral Biology Presents: Katherine A. Cronin  Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes; Lincoln Park Zoo  Integrating cognitive and behavioral research to evaluate the welfare of primates in sanctuaries and zoos Wednesday, March 9 @ 12pm … Continue reading →

Comparative Behavioral Biology Presents: Jason Wark  Lincoln Park Zoo  The Influence of the Sound Environment on Zoo-housed Callitrichine Monkeys Wednesday, February 24 @ 12pm in Biopsychological Sciences Building (BPSB), 940 E 57th St., Seminar Room 122 ABSTRACT: Animals in the … Continue reading →

Comparative Behavioral Biology Presents: Teri Orr  The University of Massachusetts, Amherst & University of Utah From form to function: female sperm storage and male anatomy Wednesday, February 10 @ 12pm in Biopsychological Sciences Building (BPSB), 940 E 57th St., Seminar … Continue reading →

Comparative Behavioral Biology Presents: Z Yan Wang University of Chicago Neurobiology, Ragsdale Lab Sex, death & bioinformatics: Tales from the Octopus Genome & Transcriptomes Wednesday, February 3rd @12pm Biopsychological Sciences Building (BPSB), 940 E 57th St, Seminar Room 122 ABSTRACT: Octopuses … Continue reading →

Comparative Behavioral Biology presents DEEANN REEDER Professor of Biology at Bucknell University; Research Associate at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Ecophysiology, Disease, and Biodiversity in North American and African Bats Wednesday, January 27 @12pm Biopsychological Sciences Building (BPSB), 940 E. … Continue reading →