Life is full of challenges, such as finding food, avoiding predators, and choosing mates. Solving these challenges involves information acquisition, decision-making and context-specific behavioral responses. How do animals make such decisions? What is the role of experience in behavioral development? Which behaviors influence survival and reproduction in different contexts? How do animals influence each other’s behavior when they have conflicting interests? At EPB, we study these questions in diverse species and using a range of methods, including experimental evolution in the lab, observations in the field, and mathematical and statistical modelling.