Sexual Selection & Mating Systems
- Penis fencing in hermaphroditic flatworms video
- Hermaphroditic reproduction in slugs video
- Blue carousel bird mating dance video
- Elephant seals sexual selection video
- Mating Systems of Pinnipeds Worksheet
- Before Class Discussion Board Prompts
- Key Study: “The Sweaty T-shirt Study” (Wedekind et al. 1995)
- For gay men, an attraction to a different kind of scent
- Gene switches make prairie voles fall in love
- Queer animals are everywhere. Science is finally catching on reading
- Cuttlefish Mimics Being Female To Mate | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth
- Vogelkop bowerbird decorates his bower with flowers video
- Natural & Sexual selection: An illustrated introduction video
- Tale of the peacock video
- The Mating Game
Parenting
- Common Cuckoo chick ejects eggs of Reed Warbler out of the nest video
- Deep-sea octopus guards her eggs: Longest brooding period ever recorded video
- Jacana dad rescues his chicks video
- Before Class Discussion Board Prompts
- For gay men, an attraction to a different kind of scent
- Queer animals are everywhere. Science is finally catching on reading
- The Mating Game
Emotions
- In jumpy flies and fiery mice, scientists see the roots of human emotions
- Gene switches make prairie voles fall in love
- Animal emotions — Do animals feel as we do?
Tinbergen’s 4 Questions
- Common Cuckoo chick ejects eggs of Reed Warbler out of the nest video
- Blue carousel bird mating dance video
- NOVA: Epigenetics video
- Greylag goose egg rolling video
- Fooled by Nature – Bat vs Underwing moth video
Mechanisms of Evolution: Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, Mutations, Gene Flow
- Coevolution of toxic newts video
- Natural Selection Video Game: Catch a Mimic
- Before Class Discussion Board Prompts
- Bottlenecks and founder effects
- DNA and mutations
- Genetic Drift Simulation
- Reproductive Advantage Simulation – Rock pocket mice
- Genes & Behavior Textbook Segment
- A Quick and Simple Natural Selection Role Play
- Exploring Genetic Drift with Tuco tucos
Raw Material: Genes, DNA, Mutations, Heritability
- NOVA: Epigenetics video
- DNA and mutations
- Gene switches make prairie voles fall in love
- Gene Switches
- Genes & Behavior Textbook Segment
- Human evolutionary history impacts our covid-19 risk
- A Quick and Simple Natural Selection Role Play
Evolution Basics, History, & Darwin
- Roleplaying Game Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism, 1861-1864
- Before Class Discussion Board Prompts
- Understanding Evolutionary Relationships – Phylogenetic trees
- Understanding Evolution (Section 18.1 of Biology textbook)
- Great Minds Think Alike: Darwin & Wallace
- The Cornell Lab – Bird Academy Webpage
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