Animal Behavior Graduate Group Seminar Series

Brian Hare, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, presents "Survival of the Friendliest: Convergence in dog, bonobo and human mind".

Eileen Lacey, Professor of Integrative Biology and Curator of Mammals, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, presents "Bigger is bolder: predictors of natal dispersal in colonial tuco-tucos".

Jessica Stephenson, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, presents "Behaviour and infection interact across scales".

Alycia Drwencke, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Davis, presents "Does time heal all wounds? Welfare consequences of caustic paste disbudding in dairy calves".

Dr. Karen Odom, University of the Pacific, presents "Listening to Nature’s Divas: what female songbirds can tell us".

Cassandra Tucker, Professor, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, presents "Data you can trust: learnings about observer reliability and transparency".

Isabel Kier, PhD Student, UC Davis, presents "How (not) to train your titi: lessons from four months of being thwarted by a bunch of one-kilogram monkeys".

Mauricio Cantor, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, presents "Safeguarding cooperative fishing among humans and dolphins".

Darren Minier, Director of Animal Welfare and Research, Conservation Society of California, Oakland Zoo, presents "Animal Welfare and Wildlife Recover Research at Oakland Zoo".

Jacob Johnson, University of California, Davis, presents "Cinders and cites: How songbirds behave in extreme environments".

Host:  Dr. Andy Sih (asih@ucdavis.edu)