Dr. Carin Bondar - Biologist with a Twist

Animal Parenting

How Is Parental Involvement Affected By The Presence of Predators?

In the animal kingdom, high numbers of predators will inevitably cause some altered behaviour when it comes to parental involvement. Some Parents Choose To Decrease Their Involvement In several nesting bird species, parents decrease their [...]
Animal Parenting

Adoptive Mothers In The Animal Kingdom

When a non-biological mother takes over complete care of an orphaned infant, it represents a great commitment. Biologically speaking, it doesn’t make sense for a mother to provide an abundance of care to an unrelated [...]
Animal Parenting

Brood Parasitism

Brood parasitism is a parenting strategy in which birds do not brood their own eggs or tend to their own offspring once those eggs hatch. The eggs are deposited into the nests of other females [...]

Why Humans Need A Food Pyramid

February 27, 2019 1

Do Humans Really Need A Food Pyramid? Humans are introduced to the food pyramid at a very early age. It tells us the approximate percentage of fruits, vegetables, dairy, grains, and meat we should eat. […]

How Do Primates Deal With Parasitic Infections?

February 20, 2019 0

Parasitic infections are an unfortunate part of life for most animals, humans included. Without the (unnaturally sterile) human standards of hygiene, our primate cousins contract parasites much more commonly. Humans treat parasitic infections with vaccinations […]

Wild Sex On Valentines Day

February 14, 2019 0

Can you think of a better way to spend Valentines Day? This morning I was in Vancouver on Breakfast TV to talk about “romance” in the animal kingdom. We discussed stickleback fish, foam nesting tree […]