Welcome to Treehopper!
While I originally envisioned a career delving into the origins of consciousness as a cognitive neuroscientist, I realized very early on in my undergraduate career that cognitive neuroscience is actually boring. Animal behaviour and behavioural ecology (basically understanding animal behaviour from an evolutionary perspective) is way cooler. I took a field entomology course on a whim after hearing that the instructor was amazing and subsequently fell in love with the adaptability, diversity, intense behaviour, and pure charisma of insects.
My passion for insects combined with my experience with, and enjoyment of, science communication are what sparked the creation of this blog!
I’ve bounced around in a few different areas since diving into entomology, and I hope to write about all of the interesting things I’ve learned about along the way, so stay tuned!