Behavioral ecology investigates how natural selection shapes animal behavior in ecological contexts. From a bee choosing which flowers to visit to a lion defending its territory, organisms constantly make strategic decisions that affect survival and reproduction. Game theory, optimization models, and evolutionary dynamics provide the mathematical backbone for understanding why animals behave the way they do.
These simulations let you explore optimal foraging decisions, play hawk-dove evolutionary games, model kin selection and Hamilton's rule, simulate predator-prey behavioral arms races, and calculate territory defense trade-offs — all with real-time interactive controls and biologically grounded equations.