Papers on sexual selection often highlight the incredible diversity of sexually selected traits
across animals. Yet, few studies have tried to explain why this diversity evolved. Animals use …

The scientific study of networks-computer, social, and biological-has received an enormous
amount of interest in recent years. However, the network approach has been applied to the …

Translocations to restore populations of endangered species are an important conservation
tool, but a reliable diagnosis is needed to assess their success. We used capture-recapture …

The high frequency of same-sex sexual behaviors (SSB) in free-ranging animals is an
evolutionary puzzle because fitness benefits are often unclear in an evolutionary context …

Recent studies have shown that acoustic signals play an important role in turtle social
behavior and reproduction. We recorded embryos and hatchlings of Lepidochelys kempii …

Mate-searching success is a critical precursor to mating, but there is a dearth of research on
traits and tactics that confer a competitive advantage in finding potential mates. Theory and …

Recently it was discovered that freshwater turtles communicate underwater by sound. The
vocal repertoire of the Western Australian longneck turtle Chelodina colliei includes complex …

Sexual signals can be evolutionarily stable if they are honest and condition dependent or
costly to the signaler. One possible cost is the existence of a trade-off between maintaining …

Individual recognition (IR) plays an important role in modulating social interactions of
several animal species. IR may work at two fundamental levels: at class-level (CIR), if it …

Territorial animals lay scent marks around their territories to broadcast their presence, but
these olfactory signals can both attract and repel conspecifics. Attraction or aversion can …