Course Description

Have you ever wondered why animals behave the way they do? This course explores the remarkable strategies animals use to survive and reproduce, from the challenges of growing up, finding food, and escaping predators to migrating, navigating, communicating, building shelters, competing for mates, courting, raising offspring, and engaging in complex social interactions. Students have an opportunity to examine these behaviors through ecological and evolutionary perspectives to better understand the diversity of life and the adaptive value of behavior.