This is a picture of me, at age 9, in Spain. That's me in the foreground, ignoring the fabulous Spanish medieval gate in the background, peering intently at some ants.

My name is Anne Hanson. I was born in California. My parents and I moved to Southern France when I was eleven. We went for one year and stayed for eight. I did lots of traveling with them... about 25 countries in all. I attended a French school, became fluent in French, and passed the French Baccalaureat in Natural Science (Bac D) at the end of high school (lycée). I returned to California at age nineteen and went to Stanford University for my undergraduate degree. I graduated with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. From there I went into the doctoral program in Animal Behavior at the University of California at Davis. I spent seven years there and earned my M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Behavior.

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I can be reached at the email address x@y.com (where x = webmaster, y = ratbehavior).
 

• Third colony: Tucker, Bobbin and Grommet
• Second colony: Cricket, Widget and Snip
• First colony: Paint and Smudge