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This semester I am doing fieldwork at the Trevor Zoo and thinking about how zoos are related to behaviour and conservation. The Trevor Zoo is a small but diverse and well-run collection of animals located at the Millbrook School in … Continue reading
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The Gall Lab, in association with Dr. Alejandro Velez (currently at Washington University) and Dr. Jeffrey Lucas (Purdue University), has published a new article in the journal Animal Behaviour. In the article we investigate how the ability to process frequency … Continue reading
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Sea lions may possess a special power. A new study recently published in The Journal of Experimental Biology shows five California seal lions (Zalophys califonianus) exhibiting extremely slower heart rates during deep dives. We know that oxygen must be stored … Continue reading
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In the world of frog communication, it has been demonstrated that visual signals provide important cues for recognizing conspecifics during both mate selection and aggressive territorial behaviors. In the case of similar-looking ‘doppelganger’ frog species, however, it is reasonable to … Continue reading
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As humans, we have all experienced deception at some point in life. When my sister was six, she tried cutting her bangs to look more like “Belle” from Beauty and the Beast. Failing miserably, she was left to explain to … Continue reading
Roses are red, violets are blue… stingless bees have color vision too! A group of researchers at the University of Würzburg in Germany and Monash University in Australia have discovered that stingless bees have the ability to discriminate … Continue reading
Playing it cool helps rattlesnakes find prey – at least according to a recent paper in the Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Researchers from Brock University in Canada in collaboration with researchers in Brazil found that South American rattlesnakes (Crotalus … Continue reading
Welcome to the Sensory Ecology Blog at Vassar College! Here you will find posts about current research in sensory ecology (including physiology, behavior, and evolution) that has caught our eye. These posts are contributed by guest writers from the Sensory … Continue reading
