Private communication is a tricky thing to accomplish for modern humans, but some animals have solved this challenge with unique sensory adaptations. Dr. Cummings will share a few evolutionary fish tales of how some species manage to escape being noticed by their predators, while being wildly conspicuous to prospective mates.
Dr. Cummings is an evolutionary biologist who works on the brain, behavior and cognition of fishes. Her research examines signal design and sensory ecology, neural mechanisms of mate choice, and how social interactions influence cognition.
