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Decisions,
Decisions -- to land or not to land, that is the question! Bumblebees
must decide which flowers to land on. Find out how they make their choices
in the Bumblebee Decisions module.
"Red
Alert!" caterpillars cry out for help from their ant protectors.
Find out how in the Talking Caterpillars
module.
Citius,
Altius, Fortius* -- see how the logic of game theory can help explain
the bizarre "boxing" behavior of walnut flies, in the Fighting
Walnut Flies module.
*The (Latin) motto of the Olympic Games, this means "faster, higher, stronger"
Mother
Knows Best -- now that you've got a bunch of babies riding on your
back, how will you as a scorpion need to change your behavior? Weigh the
costs and benefits of parental care in the Scorpion
Races module.
Buff
Lizards -- why would a lizard do pushups? Investigate territorial
behavior in the Lizard Pushups module.
Dirty Dancing -- what makes spiders
dance? Learn about sexual selection in the Jumping
Spider Dances module.
This Magic Moment -- why are walnut fly matings sometimes brief, sometimes long? Uncover a key factor influencing copulation duration in the Mating Walnut Flies module.
Battle
of the Sexes -- can sexual selection lead to an arms race between
males and females? Find out in the "chase-away"
sexual selection module.
Photo Credits:
Bumblebee: copyright © Cedar Creek Natural History Area
Lycaenid caterpillar with ants © Greg
and Mary Beth Dimijian
Jumping Spider: copyright © 2001 Susan Masta.
Scorpion with babies: copyright © 1999 W. D. Sissom
Boxing walnut flies: copyright © Charles Hedgcock
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