Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series


2007-06-13 11:00: fabulous careers in cornwall ()

2007-09-25 17:00: Dynamics of ecological speciation: case studies and mathematical models (Sergey Gavrilets, University of Tennessee)

2007-10-02 17:00: Impact of genetic factors on extinction risk and implications for conservation management in New Zealand. (Ian Jamieson, University of Otago, NZ)

2007-10-16 17:00: Do hawk cuckoo chicks simulate larger broods? (Dr Keita Tanaka, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan)

2007-10-23 17:00: Distributed intelligence in ants: how information is regulated through quorum sensing and teaching with evaluation. (Nigel Franks, University of Bristol)

2007-10-30 17:00: Why are extreme sex ratios so rare? (Ido Pen, University of Groningen.)

2007-11-06 17:00: Baboon Metaphysics (Dorothy Cheney, University of Pennsylvania)

2007-11-13 17:00: Global patterns of diversity in birds (Ian Owens, Imperial College London)

2007-11-20 17:00: Life history strategies in free ranging ungulates (Kelly Moyes, University of Cambridge)

2007-11-27 17:00: Capturing the super-organism (Andy Gardner, University of Oxford)

2007-12-06 17:00: Testing hypotheses about sexual selection and species recognition in Australian Bowerbirds using principles from sensory ecology (John Endler, University of California, Santa Barbara (TBC))

2007-12-11 17:00: The private life of malaria parasites: reproductive decisions and mating strategies (Sarah Reece, University of Edinburgh)

2008-01-22 17:00: Synergistic food and predator effects on demography: working backwards from population to individual (Liana Zanette, University of Western Ontario)

2008-01-29 17:00: The peppered moth: The proof of Darwinian evolution (Mike Majerus, University of Cambridge)

2008-02-05 17:00: The importance of individual differences in the interaction between animals (John McNamara, University of Bristol)

2008-02-12 17:00: The link between melanism and immunity in insects (Sheena Cotter, University of Cambridge)

2008-02-19 17:00: Monkeys seeing red: Signal content of red coloration in mandrills (Jo Setchell, Durham University)

2008-02-26 17:00:  Sperm competition and speciation in mammals (Montserrat Gomendio,  National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid)

2008-03-04 17:00: The evolution of sinistral snails (Angus Davison, University of Nottingham)

2008-03-11 17:00: Does limited dispersal favour cooperation? (Stu West, Edinburgh University)

2008-04-15 17:00: The evolution, function and meaning of alarm communication in marmots (Dan Blumstein, University of California Los Angeles)

2008-06-17 17:00: Mutualism and competition structure neotropical butterfly communities (Marianne Elias, University of Edinburgh)

2008-10-07 17:00: Mutualistic mimicry drives ecological niche convergence in a butterfly community (Marianne Elias, University of Cambridge)

2008-10-14 17:00: Exploring evolution in morphospace for mycalesine butterflies (Paul Brakefield, University of Sheffield)

2008-10-21 17:00: Breeding ecology of the Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens): a journey into the unknown world of a tropical, understory furnariid (Harold Greeney, Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador)

2008-10-28 17:00: Harmless nectar source or deadly trap - wetness-based activation of traps in carnivorous pitcher plants (Ulrike Bauer, Department of Zoology, Cambridge)

2008-11-04 17:00: Evolution in the fast lane: the tempo of co-evolution in a male-killer/butterfly conflict revealed using museum specimens (Emily Hornett, University of Liverpool/University of Cambridge)

2008-11-11 17:00: Birdsong singing flexibility under noisy conditions (Hans Slabbekoorn, Leiden University)

2008-11-18 17:00: Heterozygosity and fitness in seals (Joe Hoffman, Department of Zoology, Cambridge)

2008-11-25 17:00: Diversity and diversification in the islands of the Macaronesian region (Brent Emerson, University of East Anglia)

2008-12-16 17:00: Genetics of Cooperation and Competition in Chimpanzees (Linda Vigilant, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany)

2009-01-20 17:00: Evolutionary variability of avian eggshell colours (Phillip Cassey, Centre for Ornithology, University of Birmingham)

2009-01-27 17:00: Experimental sexual selection, sexual conflict and reproductive isolation (Rhonda Snook, University of Sheffield)

2009-02-03 17:00: Barriers to gene exchange in a field cricket hybrid zone (Luana Maroja, Department of Zoology, Cambridge)

2009-02-10 17:00: Sympatric Speciation (Vincent Savolainen, Imperial College London, and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

2009-02-17 17:00: Protective coloration and avian vision (Martin Stevens, Department of Zoology)

2009-02-24 17:00: Sex differences in cognition (Sue Healy,  University of St Andrews)

2009-03-03 17:00: Reproductive conflicts in social insects (Andrew Bourke, UEA)

2009-03-17 17:00: Why is sex determination in reptiles so diverse? (Tobias Uller, Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology)

2009-04-28 17:00: Title to be confirmed (Charles Godfray, Department of Zoology, Oxford)

2009-05-05 17:00: Biodiversity, pollination and biological control in changing landscapes (Teja Tschantka)

2009-05-08 16:00: The evolution of mutualism and the role of mutualism in evolution (Egbert Leigh, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)

2009-10-13 17:00: Sexual conflict over parental investment and the evolution of personality (Dr. Nick Royle, University of Exeter)

2009-10-27 17:00: Watch what you eat: the function of male aggression within pairs of cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus (Dr. Nichola Raihani, Institute of Zoology, London)

2009-11-03 17:00: Cultural transmission in meerkat societies (Dr. Alex Thornton, University of Cambridge)

2009-11-10 17:00: Co-evolutionary interactions between cuckoos and their hosts (Dr. Bård Stokke, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway)

2009-11-17 17:00: The MHC, sexual selection and parasites; insights from avian populations (Dr. David Richardson, University of East Anglia)

2009-11-24 17:00: Mate choice, colouration and immunocompetence in the ostrich (Prof. Michael Cherry, University of Stellenbosch)

2009-12-01 17:00: 'Hookworm-driven selection on otariid haemostasis – getting to the bloody point (Dr. Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse, Institute of Zoology)

2010-01-19 17:00: Title to be confirmed (Dr. Matthew Bell, University of Cambridge)

2010-01-26 17:00: Conflict and co-adaptation in the evolution of family life (Professor Mathias Kölliker, University of Basel)

2010-02-02 17:00: Dispersal, kinship and cooperative breeding in long-tailed tits (Dr. Stuart Sharp, University of Cambridge)

2010-02-09 17:00: Interacting genotypes and the evolution of social environments (Dr. Alastair Wilson, University of Edinburgh)

2010-02-16 17:00: Detecting social transmission of behaviour in the wild (Dr William Hoppitt, University of St. Andrews)

2010-02-23 17:00: Sperm, fertility and antlers: determinants of reproductive success in a polygynous ungulate (Dr. Aurelio Malo, Imperial College, London)

2010-03-03 17:00: Disentangling sexual behaviour to understand evolutionary patterns across populations and species (Dr. Charlie Cornwallis, Oxford University)

2010-03-09 17:00: Evolutionary dynamics and origins of industrial melanism in peppered moths (Ilik Saccheri)

2010-05-11 17:00: The evolution of mutualism (between species) and the role of mutualism in evolution (Egbert Leigh)

2010-10-05 16:00: Getting a sense of time for massive radiations in Lepidoptera (Niklas Wahlberg, University of Turku)

2010-10-12 16:00: Dimming of the Garden State: An ecological unravelling (Professor Ralph Mac Nally)

2010-10-19 16:00: Sympatric speciation on islands (Vincent Savolainen, Imperial College London & Royal Botanic Gardens Kew)

2010-10-26 16:00: The theory of signals selection as a distinct selection mechanism and its implications for altruism (Amotz Zahavi)

2010-11-02 16:00: Evidence of sexual selection on olfactive communication by means of male sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana (Caroline Nieberding, Académie Louvain (UCL))

2010-11-09 16:00: Understanding Primate Signaling (James Higham, University of Chicago)

2010-11-16 16:00: What can a computer tournament tell us about the evolution of human culture? (Dr. Luke Rendell, University of St. Andrews)

2010-11-23 16:00: The long march of the human genes. (Dr. Andrea Manica, Dept. of Zoology, Cambridge University)

2010-11-30 16:00: The evolution of helpful wasps: comparing direct and indirect fitness benefits (Dr. Elli Leadbeater, University of Sussex)

2010-12-07 16:00: What drives the extraordinary diversification in lemurs ? - When ecology meets genetics (Ute Radespiel, TiHo, Hannover)

2011-01-25 16:00: Predicting the Genetic, Phenotypic, life history and Demographic Consequences of Environmental Change for Yellowstone Wolves (Prof. Tim Coulson, Imperial College London, Silwood Park)

2011-02-01 16:00: The evolution of culture (Prof. Kevin Laland, University of St. Andrews)

2011-02-15 16:00: Can we have our tropical biodiversity and eat it too? (Dr. Ben Phalan, Dept. Of Zoology, Cambridge University)

2011-02-22 16:00: How does an individual’s early social environment influence their morphology and behaviour? (Dr. Joah Madden, School of Psychology, University of Exeter)

2011-03-01 16:00: Coupled Dynamics of Populations and Phenotypic Traits in Changing Environments (Arpat Ozgul, University of Cambridge)

2011-03-08 16:00: Ecological changes in modified landscapes (Dr. Rob Ewers, Imperial College, Silwood Park)

2011-03-21 13:00: Department of Zoology Seminar Day (Various)

2011-08-15 16:00: Experimental and comparative studies of innovation in birds (Professor Louis Lefebvre, McGill University)

2011-10-04 16:00: Butterflies on steroids: hormones, gene expression and how to deal with fluctuating environments (Vicencio Oostra - Leiden University, The Netherlands)

2011-10-11 16:00: Life-history, group dynamics and intra-sexual competition in monogamous owl monkeys of Argentina (Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, University of Pennsylvania)

2011-10-18 16:00: Magic traits, sensory drive and local adaptation: modelling the ecological context of divergent sexual selection (Sander van Doorn - University of Bern)

2011-10-25 16:00: A bitter prey to swallow: investigating avian responses to bitter tastes and the implications for antipredator defences (Hannah Rowland - University of Cambridge)

2011-11-01 16:00: Animal collective decision making in conflict situations (Larissa Conradt - University of Sussex)

2011-11-08 16:00: Queens, workers, and working queens: morphological adaptations related to caste-specific behaviours in ants (Roberto A. Keller - Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal)

2011-11-15 16:00: Colours of speciation in fish and frogs (Martine Maan - University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

2011-11-22 16:00: Significance of the matriline for Mammalian Brain evolution (Barry Keverne - University of Cambridge)

2011-11-24 13:00: Tackling big questions with meta-analysis: a case study of life-extension via dietary restriction (Shinichi Nakagawa - Department of Zoology, University of Otago)

2011-11-29 16:00: The fate of Sundaland's degraded forests (David P Edwards - James Cook University, Cairns, Australia)

2012-01-24 16:00: Freshwater fliers in changing landscapes: Diversity and evolution of African dragonflies and damselflies (Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra - NCB-Naturalis, The Netherlands)

2012-01-31 16:00: The genetics of dispersal variation: integrating functional genomic insights from larvae and adults of the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) (Chris Wheat - University of Helsinki, Finland)

2012-02-07 16:00: Why are defensive toxins so variable? (Johanna Mappes - University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

2012-02-14 16:00: Life-history responses to environmental stress in butterflies (Marjo Saastamoinen - University of Helsinki, Finland)

2012-02-17 15:00: Climate-change velocity since the Last Glacial Maximum: Implications for modern distributions and communities (Brody Sandel - Aarhus University, Denmark)

2012-02-21 16:00: How good is your molecular clock? - evidence for variation in evolutionary rate at many unexpected levels (William Amos - University of Cambridge)

2012-02-28 16:00: Avian Archimedes? How does the Eurasian Jay learn the Aesops Fable task, and how does this compare to Human Children? (Lucy Cheke - University of Cambridge)

2012-03-06 16:00: There and back again; the migration of the garden warbler (Ulf Ottosson - A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, Jos, Nigeria)

2012-03-13 16:00:  Unraveling the dynamics of rapid species diversification in Cymothoe butterflies (Robin van Velzen - Wageningen University, The Netherlands)

2012-04-10 16:00: How Can We Lose a Bus-Sized Fish? Exploring the Hidden Life of the Whale Shark (Simon Pierce - Marine Megafauna Association, Mozambique)

2012-05-01 16:00: Exploring limits to adaptation in response to ecological change (Jon Bridle, University of Bristol)

2012-05-17 14:30: The lek paradox and gene-environment interactions (Andrew Cockburn - The Australian National University)

2012-09-25 16:00: Target-based systematic conservation planning and alternative strategies for conservation (Atte Moilanen - University of Helsinki, FInland)

2012-09-27 13:00: The role of avian vision in predator-prey interactions: integrating physiological and behavioural perspectives (Esteban Fernandez-Juricic - Purdue University, USA)

2012-10-09 16:00: MAD World (Alasdair Houston - University of Bristol, UK)

2012-10-16 16:00: Markets, social opportunities, and the evolution of fairness (Jean-Baptiste André - Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris, France)

2012-10-23 16:00: Ecological genetics of life history and host plant adaptation in the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Maaike de Jong - University of Helsinki, Finland)

2012-10-30 16:00: Unraveling the role of natural selection and sexual selection in shaping in the color vision systems of mimetic butterflies (Adriana Briscoe, University of California at Irvine)

2012-11-06 16:00: Inference of population structure and admixture history using haplotype data in humans and other creatures (Daniel Falush)

2012-11-13 16:00: Phenology and evolution in the wild - lessons from long term studies (Anne Charmantier - CNRS Montpellier, France)

2012-11-20 16:00: Body temperature regulation in passerines (Jan-Åke Nilsson - University of Lund, Sweden)

2012-11-27 16:00: Butterfly defense against predation (Christer Wiklund - Stockholm University, Sweden)

2013-01-15 16:00: Fledging mass and survival in a wild bird population: contributions of multi-level processes and selection by a top predator (Sandra Bouwhuis and Oscar Vedder - University of Oxford, UK)

2013-01-22 16:00: Inclusive fitness versus multi-level selection: equivalent approaches to social evolution? (Samir Okasha -  University of Bristol, UK)

2013-01-29 16:00: The role of recombination and rearrangement in the diversity and evolution of Heliconius butterflies (John Davey - University of Cambridge, UK)

2013-02-05 16:00: Deconstructing visual signals in social butterflies (Susan Finkbeiner - University of California, Irvine, USA)

2013-02-12 16:00: Constraints on adaptations during the evolution of mammalian social systems (Dieter Lukas - Cambridge University)

2013-02-19 16:00: How identification of the causative mutations illuminates our understanding of evolution: Drosophila pachea ecological specialization and other cases. (Virginie Orgogozo, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Diderot)

2013-04-16 16:00: The evolution of left-right asymmetry in snails and other animals (Menno Schilthuizen - Naturalis NBC, The Netherlands)

2013-04-23 16:00: Mate choice and visual illusions in great bowerbirds (Laura Kelley, Anglian Ruskin University)

2013-05-06 16:00: Mate choice, sexual selection, and the evolutionary dynamics of magic traits (Eva Kisdi - University of Helsinki, Finland)

2013-08-02 16:00: Episodic Memory and the Sense of Time: Some Conceptual and Empirical Constraints. (Carl Craver, Washingon University in St. Louis)

2013-10-08 16:00: The Rhythm of Africa: how life history traits affect dynamics of a fruit-feeding butterfly community (Freerk Molleman - University of Rennes, France. WEBSITE:)

2013-10-15 16:00: Fishy cognition (Culum Brown (Macquarie University))

2013-10-22 16:00: Conflict, coadaptation, and the emergence of reproductive isolation in a placental fish (Matt Schrader, University of Cambridge)

2013-10-29 16:00: When the cat's away the mice will play, but what about the rats? Introduced mammal interactions on islands (James Russell, University of Auckland)

2013-11-05 16:00: Population divergence and reproductive isolation in an Anolis lizard (Jessica Stapley, University of Sheffield)

2013-11-12 16:00: Maternal and paternal effects on offspring behavior and survival (Katie McGhee, University of Illinois)

2013-11-19 16:00: Bacteria-phage interactions within their long-lived tree host (Britt Koskella, University of Exeter)

2013-11-26 16:00: Colour evolution in insects: from polymorphisms to speciation (Erik Svensson (Lund University))

2014-01-21 16:00: Family life of birds: sex, conflicts and cooperation  (Tamas Szekely (University of Bath))

2014-01-28 16:00: Begging, vigilance and interspecies interactions in pied babblers (Alex Thompson (University of Cambridge))

2014-02-04 16:00: Loud calls or big balls? Tradeoff between vocal tract and testes dimensions reflect different male reproductive strategies in howler monkeys, Alouatta spp. (Jacob Dunn (Bioanthropology, University of Cambridge))

2014-02-11 16:00: Distributed Decisions: new insights from radio-tagged ants (Elva Robinson, University of York)

2014-02-18 16:00: Family life: the evolution of social organisation and prosociality in primates and cetaceans (Susanne Shultz, University of Manchester)

2014-03-05 12:00:   What and where is the information on animal vocalisations? (Arik Kershenbaum (NIMBS Tennessee))

2014-03-11 16:00: The wandering Irish badger – contrasts with the GB stereotype (Nicola Marples, Trinity College, Dublin)

2014-03-18 16:00: From Individuals to Populations: Decision-making, Social Networks, and Population Processes in wild songbirds (Damien Farine - Oxford University, UK)

2014-04-29 16:00: What Biologists can learn from bats (Egbert Leigh, Smithsonian Tropical research Institute)

2014-05-19 13:00: Evolution of behavior through niche construction: architect crabs, cultured monkeys, and gossipy humans (Mark Laidre (Dartmouth College))

2014-10-14 16:00: The Assembly of Coevolving Interactions (Prof. John N Thompson, University of California, Santa Cruz)

2014-10-21 16:00: Cultured Birds? Social networks, personality and social learning in parids. (Dr Lucy Aplin, University of Oxford)

2014-10-28 15:00: How does a bird know what nest to build? (Dr Sue Healy, University of St Andrews)

2014-11-04 16:00: Competition, cooperation and the evolution of weapons (Dr John Fitzpatrick, University of Manchester)

2014-11-11 16:00: Variation in the anti-predator defences of aposematic organisms (Dr Bibiana Rojas Zuluaga, University of Jyvaskyla)

2014-11-18 16:00: Of ducks and men – ecology and evolution of influenza A virus in waterfowl (Dr Jonas Waldenström - Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden)

2014-11-25 16:00: Behavioural Ecology meets Chemical Ecology: The role of chemical communication in mate choice and family life (Dr Sandra Steiger, University of Ulm)

2014-12-02 16:00: Colony personalities and the importance of behavioral variance for insect societies (Prof. Dr. Susanne Foitzik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz )

2014-12-09 16:00: Population genetics of host-parasite coevolution (Professor Dieter Ebert, Universität Basel)

2015-01-13 16:00: Genetic, neuronal and experiential influences on olfactory perception in mice (Dr Darren Logan ( Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute))

2015-01-20 16:00: The diversification of birds (Dr Gavin Thomas, University of Sheffield)

2015-01-27 16:00: Cooperation under the bark: Understanding sociality and symbioses in ambrosia beetles (Dr Peter Biedermann, Max Planck Research Group Insect Symbiosis)

2015-02-03 16:00: Evolution of social behaviour in wild populations: European badgers & Seychelles warblers (Dr Hannah Dugdale, University of Sheffield)

2015-02-10 16:00: The adaptive use of information within and across generations (Dr Sinead English, University of Oxford)

2015-02-17 16:00: From species to individuals, a survey of variation in the immune function of birds. (Dr Kevin Matson, University of Groningen)

2015-02-24 16:00: Does swimming behind get you ahead?: The energetic benefits of moving in fish schools (Dr Shaun Killen, University of Glasgow)

2015-03-03 16:00: Social Learning Strategies & Cumulative Culture (Dr Rachel Kendal, University of Durham)

2015-03-10 16:00: Balancing selection in Müllerian mimicry: causes and consequences (Dr Violaine Llaurens, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité )

2015-10-13 16:00: Clever frogs? Behavioural flexibility and strategic planning during parental care in a poison frog (Eva Ringler, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)

2015-10-20 16:00: Evolution of visual pigments in New and Old World warblers: from genes to function (Natasha Bloch, UCL)

2015-10-27 16:00: Genomics of Recent, Rapid Evolution: Examining the Role of Behavioural Flexibility (Nathan Bailey, University of St Andrews)

2015-11-03 16:00: Behavioral flexibility is not predicted by innovation or brain size in great-tailed grackles, New Caledonian crows, and Western scrub jays (Corina Logan, University of Cambridge)

2015-11-10 16:00: Adaptive immunity of wild songbirds; how to handle pathogens and maximize fitness. (Helena Westerdahl, Lund University)

2015-11-17 16:00: The valence of experience: learning and the directionality of preferences (Machteld Verzijden, Aarhus University)

2015-11-19 16:00: How social interactions shape the genome. (Jenny Tung, Duke University)

2015-11-24 16:00: Artificial selection reveals the costs and benefits of large brain size (Alexander Kotrschal, Stockholm University)

2015-12-01 16:00: Genetics and genomics of lifespan in the short-lived African turquoise killifish (Dario Riccardo Valenzano, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing)

2016-01-19 16:00: You, tree, and me make me me: biotic environments and the expression of genetic variation (Darren Rebar, Zoology Cambridge)

2016-01-26 16:00: What chickens and dogs can teach us about genetics and epigenetics of domesticated behaviour (Per Jensen, Linköping University)

2016-02-02 16:00: The Causes and Consequences of Selection at the Gametic Level in Animals (Simone Immler, Uppsala University)

2016-02-09 16:00: Far from the deafening crowd: the effects of noise pollution on songbirds (John Swaddle, University of Exeter and College of William & Mary)

2016-02-16 16:00: Does colour and colour change matter for thermoregulation in animals? (Devi Stuart-Fox, University of Melbourne)

2016-02-23 16:00: Zebra stripes: testing old stories with new data (Tim Caro, UC Davis)

2016-03-01 16:00: Genome packaging: is that enough to explain the caste plasticity in social insects? (Solenn Patalano, Babraham Institute Cambridge  )

2016-03-08 16:00: A sting in the tail: evolutionary consequences of chemical anti-predator defence in animals (Kevin Arbuckle, University of Liverpool)

2016-06-07 16:00: Meta-(DNA)barcoding & the ecology of coral-reef fish (Moshe Kiflawi (Ben Gurion University, Israel))

2016-06-21 16:00: A global perspective on conflict and cooperation in animal mating systems (Simon Griffith, Macquarie University, Sydney)

2016-10-11 16:00: Non-genetic inheritance in mice (Rahia Mashoodh (University of Cambridge))

2016-10-18 16:00: Evolution of butterfly brains (Stephen Montgomery (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge))

2016-10-25 16:00: Oral transfer of chemical cues, growth proteins and hormones: crowdsourcing development in social insects (Adria Le Boeuf, University of Lausanne)

2016-11-01 16:00: Host-parasite coevolution (Kayla King (University of Oxford))

2016-11-08 16:00: Evolution of the sexual genome (Alison Wright (UCL))

2016-11-15 16:00: Evolutionary ecology and conservation of freshwater fishes (Stephanie Carlson (Berkeley))

2016-11-22 16:00: The evolutionary ecology of innovativeness and personality in the wild (John Quinn (Cork))

2016-11-29 16:00: Dispersal evolution (Jean Clobert (Station d’Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS Moulis))

2017-01-17 16:00: Conservation ecology of West African's montane forest habitats - primary seed dispersers and their substitutes. (Hazel Chapman (University of Canterbury))

2017-01-24 16:00: Information gaps in ecology and conservation (Tatsuya Amano (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk / Department of Zoology University of Cambridge))

2017-01-31 16:00: The Behavioural Ecology of Mosquitoes (Lauren Cator (Imperial College London))

2017-02-07 16:00: Genetic evolution of humans and closely related species (Aida Andres (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology))

2017-02-13 13:00: Inter-group tolerance in humans and other primates (Anne Pisor (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

2017-02-14 16:00: Parasites, Immune Function, and Human Life Histories (Aaron Blackwell (University of California, Santa Barbara))

2017-02-21 16:00: Eco-evolutionary dynamics  (Andrés López-Sepulcre (IEES CNRS Paris))

2017-02-28 16:00: Global questions about parenting and movement ecology in the world’s biggest tern (David Craig (Willamette University))

2017-03-07 16:00: From collective animal behaviour to collective motion of football teams (David Sumpter (Uppsala University))

2017-03-14 16:00: Neural basis of mating behaviour (Carolina Rezaval (University of Oxford))

2017-06-06 13:00: Group living – causes and consequences: lessons from the biology of social spiders (Prof Leticia Aviles (University of British Columbia))

2017-09-05 13:00: Bringing Partula  up to date: from Captain Cook to the 2017 search for lost snails. (Dr. Justin Gerlach)

2017-09-08 15:00: Big Data Meets Geo-Computation: Combining Research Reproducibility and Processing Efficiency in High-performance Computing (Giuseppe Amatulli (Yale University))

2017-09-26 14:00: Complex Homology and the Neuromolecular Evolution of Social Behavior (Hans Hoffmann (University of Texas at Austin))

2017-10-10 13:00: You are what you eat? Gut bacteria and mating preferences in Drosophila (Zenobia Lewis (University of Liverpool))

2017-10-17 13:00: Rapid host and pathogen co-evolution following a severe emerging infectious outbreak (Camille Bonneaud (University of Exeter))

2017-10-24 13:00: Adaptive radiations and species(?) diversity (Per Lundberg (Lund University))

2017-10-31 13:00: When males lose their fathers genome: the why and how of a remarkable reproductive system (Laura Ross (University of Edinburgh))

2017-11-07 13:00: Can social networks explain why females cheat? (Julia Schroeder (Imperial College London))

2017-11-14 13:00: Neurophysiology in the field: What can it tell us about the ecology of acoustic communication? (Heinrich Römer (University of Graz))

2017-11-21 13:00: Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Parental Care (Chris Cunningham (Swansea University))

2017-11-28 13:00: Growing old yet staying young: do bats hold the secret of extended longevity? (Emma Teeling (University College Dublin))

2018-01-23 13:00: Neural circuitry of a polycystin-mediated hydrodynamic startle response in Platynereis: from genes to ecology (Gáspár Jékely (University of Exeter))

2018-01-30 13:00: Paleogenomics beyond humans (Michi Hofreiter (University of Pottsdam))

2018-02-06 13:00: Evolution in island colonising birds: silvereyes of the south Pacific (Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford))

2018-02-13 13:00: Benefits of social relationships in carrion crows (Claudia Wascher (Anglia Ruskin University))

2018-02-20 13:00: Cognition in the wild: foraging hummingbirds and building nests (Sue Healy (University of St. Andrews))

2018-02-27 13:00: CANCELED DUE TO USS PENSIONS STRIKE. (Helen Leggett (University of Cambridge))

2018-03-06 13:00: CANCELED DUE TO USS PENSIONS STRIKE. (Yannick Wurm (Queen Mary University of London))

2018-03-13 13:00: CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION   (Jennifer Perry (University of Oxford))

2018-04-24 13:00: On the origin of human sociality: Ape minds and the evolution of Homo sapiens (Christopher Krupenye (University of St. Andrews))

2018-05-01 13:00: Neuroethology of a striking crustacean, the mantis shrimp (Dr Kate Feller, Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (University of Cambridge))

2018-05-08 13:00: Fuxianhuiids and their exceptional contribution to the early evolution of Cambrian euarthropods (Javier Ortega Hernandez (Dept of Zoology, Cambridge))

2018-05-15 13:00: Illuminating the start of complex life: Spatial analysis of Ediacaran ecosystems (Dr Emily Mitchell, Earth Sciences (University of Cambridge))

2018-05-22 13:00: Sexual selection and trait investment in a dynamic world (Christine Miller (University of Florida))

2018-05-29 13:00: The evolution of color vision in Heliconius butterflies. (Adriana Briscoe (University of California at Irvine))

2018-07-13 13:00: THE CHEMICAL WARFARE BETWEEN PLANTS AND INSECTS: From pathway discovery to  functional diversification of  toxins (Professor Søren Bak , University of Copenhagen)

2018-09-04 13:00: What genes made us human, and how much did they cost? (James Sikela, UC Denver)

2018-10-09 13:00: Timing and pattern of tooth eruption – Investigation of their evolution in wild and domestic mammals (Madeleine Geiger (University of Cambridge))

2018-10-16 13:00: Epigenetics and social insects (Eamonn Mallon (University of Leicester))

2018-10-23 13:00: Evolution of ant social chromosomes and bumblebee diversity (Yannick Wurm (Queen Mary University of London))

2018-10-30 13:00: Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony. How culture made the human mind (Kevin Laland (University of St. Andrews))

2018-11-06 13:00: The tension between generality and diversity: what makes biology so cool (Hanna Kokko (University of Zurich))

2018-11-13 13:00: Sexual conflict in ecological context (Jen Perry (University of Oxford))

2018-11-20 13:00: Social learning? So what! Looking for evolutionary consequences of social information use. (Rose Thorogood (University of Cambridge and University of Helsinki))

2018-11-27 13:00: Evolution on the wing (Owen McMillan, STRI)

2018-12-11 13:00: Alarm calls and interspecific eavesdropping (Robert Magrath (Australian National University))

2019-01-22 13:00: Pleiotropy, chance and predictability in the genetic paths of evolution (Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo (Institute Jacques Monod))

2019-01-29 13:00: High-throughput synchrotron X-ray imaging of extant and fossil insects (Thomas van de Kamp (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology))

2019-02-05 13:00: Through a glass darkly - interpreting animal behaviour with the aid of machines (Alex Jordan (Max Planck Institute for Ornithology))

2019-02-12 13:00: Speciation, horizontal transfer and the evolutionary genomics of bdelloid rotifers (Tim Barraclough (Imperial College London))

2019-02-19 13:00: Why do females fight? (Eleanor Bath (University of Oxford))

2019-02-26 13:00: Linking all the things: towards a biodiversity knowledge graph (Roderick Page (University of Glasgow))

2019-03-05 13:00: The evolution of recombination rate variation in the wild (Susan Johnston (University of Edinburgh))

2019-03-12 13:00: Microbial evolution in the human gut (Pauline Scanlan (University College Cork))

2019-03-15 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Cosima Porteus (University of Exeter))

2019-03-19 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Alexandra K. Schnell (University of Cambridge))

2019-10-15 13:00: How coordinated behaviour is achieved through selection, synchrony and sex (James Herbert-Read (University of Cambridge))

2019-10-22 13:00: Phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of eusociality: How does the queen control reproduction in her workers? (Elizabeth Duncan (Leeds University))

2019-10-29 13:00: Why do organisms age? Beyond energy trade-offs (Alexei Maklakov (University of East Anglia))

2019-11-05 13:00: Linking patterns and processes across scales: a case study with Andean hummingbirds (Catherine Graham (Swiss Federal Institute WSL))

2019-11-12 13:00: Causes and consequences of social evolution in spiders (Trine Bilde (Aarhus University))

2019-11-19 13:00: Tracking trade in underground symbioses (Toby Kiers (VU Amsterdam))

2019-11-26 13:00: CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION: The complex consequences of simple sociality in wild populations (Josh Firth (Oxford))

2020-01-14 13:00: Ode to the masalai: New Guinea as a crucible for evolution in plants and insects (Simon Segar (Harper Adams University))

2020-01-21 13:00: Origins and extinctions of early vertebrates: a story of ecology, phylogeny, and the fossil record (Rob Sansom (University of Manchester))

2020-01-28 13:00: A deeper take on our sexual nature: Importance of cellular sex and underlying mechanisms (Bruno Hudry (Institute de Biologie Valrose))

2020-02-04 13:00: It's about time: The evolutionary ecology of circadian rhythms during infections (Sarah Reece (University of Edinburgh))

2020-02-11 13:00: The evolution of plasticity for life cycle regulation in seasonal environments (Karl Gotthard (Stockholm University))

2020-02-18 13:00: Longevity, senescence and reproductive variation in wild African elephants. (Phyllis Lee (University of Stirling))

2020-02-25 13:00: Drivers of seabird movements and their fitness consequences (Annette Fayet (Oxford))

2020-10-11 13:00: Bird migration: evolutionary genetics of migratory behaviour (Speaker to be confirmed)

2020-10-13 13:00: Replaying the tape of life: how predictable is evolution? (Katie Peichel (Bern))

2020-10-20 13:00: Do fish have necks? How fish use the axial muscles and skeleton to power suction feeding (Ariel Camp (Liverpool))

2020-10-27 13:00: The late, great bilaterians: hunting down the first animals in the fossil record (Graham Budd (Uppsala))

2020-11-03 13:00: Convergent Evolution of a Social Symbiosis (Joe Parker (Caltech))

2020-11-10 13:00: Bird migration: evolutionary genetics of migratory behaviour (Miriam Liedvogel (Max Planck))

2020-11-17 13:00: The complex consequences of simple sociality in wild populations (Josh Firth (Oxford))

2020-11-24 13:00: How a year-round breeding tropical songbird copes with seasonal aridity (Chima Nwaogu (Fitzpatrick Inst))

2021-01-19 13:00: Genome duplication, gene dosage, and evolution (Aoife McLysaght - University of Dublin)

2021-01-26 13:00: The mind of the bee (Lars Chittka - Queen Mary University of London)

2021-02-02 13:00: Extreme Weapons: A Natural History (Doug Emlen - University of Montana)

2021-02-09 13:00: Problem solving in slime molds (Audrey Dussutour - Universite Paul Sabatier)

2021-02-16 13:00: The links between sensory and motor systems: from cells to organisms (Natasha Mhatre - University of Western Ontario)

2021-02-23 13:00: Biotic Diversification in Southeast Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago in the Era of NGS (Frank Rheindt - National University of Singapore)

2021-03-02 13:00: Multiple determinants maintain diversity in nature (Swanne Gordon - Washington University)

2021-03-09 13:00: Nature’s information networks: from collective behavior to ecosystem dynamics (Andrew Hein - University of California)

2021-10-12 13:00: Distribution and ecology of albatrosses and petrels; underlying drivers and implications for conservation (Richard Phillips, British Antarctic Survey)

2021-10-19 13:00: The honeybee waggle dance: evolutionary marvel but modern-day relic? (Elli Leadbeater, Royal Holloway University of London)

2021-10-26 13:00: Genomic and developmental drivers of color pattern diversification (Claudius Kratochwil, University of Helsinki)

2021-11-02 13:00: Is telomere length a useful biomarker in ecology and evolution? (Dan Nussey, University of Edinburgh)

2021-11-09 13:00: Y haplotype diversity and male phenotypes (Judith Mank, University of British Columbia)

2021-11-16 13:00: Quantitative studies of rapid evolutionary adaptation (Dmitri Petrov, Stanford University)

2021-11-23 13:00: The functional consequences of extinction and the evolution of gigantism (Catalina Pimiento, Swansea University)

2021-11-30 13:00: Phylodynamic tools for quantitative palaeobiology (Rachel Warnock, Geozentrum Nordbayern)

2022-01-14 13:00: Behavior is a motor and a brake for evolution (Dr Martha Munoz, Yale)

2022-01-25 13:00: Birdwatching on a cosmic scale: The avian fossil record and the origin of modern bird diversity (Daniel Field (University of Cambridge))

2022-02-01 13:00: Impacts and mitigation of anthropogenic noise (Sophie Nedelec (University of Exeter))

2022-02-08 13:00: Using experimental evolution to tackle questions in speciation research (Isobel Eyres (University of Sheffield))

2022-02-15 13:00: Liquid Brains: searching the cognition space (Ricard Solé (Universitat Pompeu Fabra))

2022-02-22 13:00: Differentiation, Communication, and Collective Behavior in Ant Societies (Daniel Kronauer (The Rockefeller University))

2022-03-01 13:00: Evolution, ecology, and genetics of live-bearing and egg-laying reproduction (Speaker to be confirmed)

2022-03-08 13:00: Tracking oceanic sharks’ ups and downs in a changing world (David Sims (Marine Biological Association))

2022-03-15 13:00: An ancient DNA perspective on the Ice Age megafauna (Pete Heintzman (The Arctic University of Norway))

2022-03-22 13:00: DNA methylation changes at major animal evolutionary transition (Alexandre de Mendoza Soler)

2022-10-08 13:00: Exploring the origin of multicellularity in real time: what we've learned from 5,000 generations of laboratory evolution (William Ratcliff, Georgia Tech)

2022-10-11 13:00: Environment-neuroendocrine interactions regulating larval settlement in the marine worm Platynereis (Elizabeth Williams, University of Exeter)

2022-10-18 13:00: The dynamics of predators in a novel world (Robert Fletcher, University of Florida)

2022-11-01 13:00: Microbial Communities in an Ever-Changing World (Alex Dumbrell, University of Essex)

2022-11-01 13:00: Tree islands enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in oil palm landscapes (Clara Zemp)

2022-11-08 13:00: The evolution and assembly of a complex weapon system (Christine W Miller, University of Florida)

2022-11-22 13:00: The hidden depths of avian genomes (Alex Suh, UEA)

2022-11-29 13:00: Olfactory cues in a changing world (Jorg Hardege, University of Hull)

2023-01-17 13:00: Mexican Waves: The Adaptive Value of Collective Behaviour (Jens Krause, IGB Berlin)

2023-01-24 13:00: Heads and shoulders: progress on the origin of the modern vertebrate body plan (Dr Martin D Brazeau, Imperial College London)

2023-01-31 13:00: Seeing through the noise: how fish use visual information to navigate in challenging conditions (Cait Newport, University of Oxford)

2023-02-07 13:00: Is it the weather or the neighbours? The role of the physical and biotic environment in determining biodiversity distributions.  (Regan Early, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, UK)

2023-02-14 13:00: The evolution of a sexually selected syndrome in Mediterranean wall lizards (Dr Nathalie Feiner, Lund University)

2023-02-21 13:00: The evolution of reproductive isolation: insights from swordtail fish ( Molly Schumer, Stanford)

2023-02-21 13:00: The evolution of reproductive isolation: insights from swordtail fish ( Molly Schumer, Stanford)

2023-02-28 13:00: Modern views on the diversity, functional disparity, and structure of Cambrian ecosystems (Karma Nanglu, Harvard University)

2023-03-07 13:00: Birds on a tree: Progress and challenges of whole-genome phylogenomics (Josefin Stiller, University of Copenhagen)

2023-03-14 13:00: Freshwater salinization: From Ecology & Evolution to Real-World Solutions (Dr Rick Relyea, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI))