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My research addresses the mechanism and function of prenatal learning. Specifically, I test how birds learn in the egg and why mothers teach embryos in eggs. When I am not in Australia studying communication in eggs, I study host-parasite coevolution on the Galapagos Islands. Darwin's finches are evolving to deal with the impacts of a lethal parasitic fly whose larvae consume the chicks alive. After 15 years, the newly introduced parasite appears unbeatable and most finch nestlings die. Many Darwin's finch species are declining but some are hybridising to survive. Our research focuses on the evolution of host-parasite behaviour and life history traits.