This seminar is designed to facilitate critical discussion of research projects at various stages of development and to help colleagues work through problems they have encountered in their research (such as the formulation of hypotheses, synthesis of existing research, design of experiments, analysis of experimental and comparative data, interpretation of complex data). We meet for 2 hours at my home, one evening each week. Although much like a "lab meeting", it is designed to provide a broader base of critical feedback and to include more novel perspectives than you might get from a smaller group of "like-minded" peers. Although strongly ecological, I welcome participants with any interests in ecology, environmental science, comparative biology, or evolutionary biology.