Big Cats, Bigger Question

Much of what we know about lion behavior comes from resource-rich systems such as the Serengeti. Yet lions inhabit an extraordinary diversity of environments ranging from productive savannas to semi-arid deserts, forests, and coastal ecosystems, and these contrasting systems can impose fundamentally different ecological and social pressures. By expanding investigations across these systems, her research explores how ecological constraints influence behavior, cognition, and social organization.