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Overview: This news brief from May of 2008 describes new research on octopus mating and reveals how evolution can favor some surprising courtship behaviors. Author/Source: UC Museum of Paleontology Grade level: 13-16 Time: 20 minutes Teaching tips: Use this resource to relate evolutionary concepts to the topics of animal reproduction and animal behavior (or get more suggestions for incorporating evolution throughout your biology syllabus). This article includes a video podcast, a set of discussion and extension questions for use in class, and hints about related lessons that might be used in conjunction with this one. Get more tips for using Evo in the News articles in your classroom. Concepts: Inherited characteristics affect the likelihood of an organism’s survival and reproduction. Over time, the proportion of individuals with advantageous characteristics may increase (and the proportion with disadvantageous characteristics may decrease) due to their likelihood of surviving and reproducing. Traits that confer an advantage may persist in the population and are called adaptations. Teacher background: Adaptation Natural Selection

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