--- title: Around Campus - Animal Behavior Lab description: Around Campus - Animal Behavior Lab image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_022-Jan-29-2025-08-06-54-7169-PM.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Around Campus - Animal Behavior Lab Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on January 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Students in [Biology and Chemistry](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/academic-schools/school-health-and-natural-sciences/biology-and-chemistry-department) Professor [Christopher Cratsley's](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/faculty-profiles/christopher-cratsley) Animal Behavior Lab work on an assignment in the Antonucci Science Complex. This course focuses on classical and current research exploring the mechanisms and evolution of Animal Behavior. 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