- American Society of Naturalists

Featured Photographs

“Differential survival between visual environments supports a role of divergent sensory drive in cichlid fish speciation” (Photo: D. Shane Wright)

“Disentangling genetic and prenatal maternal effects on offspring size and survival” (Photo: Dennis Hansen)

“Color change for thermoregulation versus camouflage in free-ranging lizards” (Photo: Kathleen R. Smith)

“Naïve juveniles are more likely to become breeders after witnessing predator mobbing” (Photo: Michael Griesser)

Special Announcements

ASN Awards for Support of Regional Meetings in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Posted on Jan 6, 2017

ASN seeks proposals from Regional Meetings in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior for meeting support, especially to support attendance of ASN members at the meetings. Deadline February 15

Applications for the 2017 ASN Student Research Awards, due January 31

Posted on Nov 14, 2016

The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a $2,000 check to the candidate. Deadline for submission of all materials is January 31, 2017. See rest of announcement for details.

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Forthcoming Papers

“Shaping the latitudinal diversity gradient: New perspectives from a synthesis of paleobiology and biogeography”

Posted on Dec 9, 2016

David Jablonski, Shan Huang, Kaustuv Roy, and James W. Valentine (Jan 2017)

Latitudinal diversity gradient is shaped by interaction of in-situ factors and spatial dynamics, modern and fossil data show

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Announcements

New ASN Honorary Lifetime Members

Posted on Oct 7, 2016

The ASN Executive Council is pleased to announce two new Honorary Lifetime Members: Johanna Schmitt and Robert Ricklefs

Countdown to 150

Posted on Jun 19, 2015

The first American Naturalist appeared in March 1867. In a countdown to the 150th anniversary, the editors have solicited short commentaries on articles from the past issues that deserve a second look.

See them all here.

ASN Graduate Council Webpage

Posted on Oct 29, 2015

The graduate student council has a webpage: http://asngrads.com/asn-graduate-student-council/

The purpose of this site is to facilitate interaction within the ASN graduate student community and, in particular, to provide a message board to coordinate room sharing and events at ASN meetings.

American Society of Naturalists Store

Posted on Nov 2, 2015

All the ASN/Am Nat bling you could want and you support the Graduate Student Council

http://www.cafepress.com/americansocietyofnaturalists

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Meetings

Evolution 2017

Posted on July 12, 2016

June 23-27, 2017

ASN/SSB/SSE Joint Meeting, Portland, Oregon

ASN Stand-Alone Meeting

Posted on October 14, 2016

January 2018

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Why I Am a Naturalist

Daniel I. Bolnick

Posted on Jul 12, 2013

I've long been a naturalist, in the general sense of enjoying birdwatching or botanizing: in high school I was a naturalist for the Appalachian Mountain Club and helped the Zambian Ornithological Society's bird atlas mapping project. The American Society of Naturalists is the natural home for cross-cutting work, particularly work that tries to fuse an expansive theoretical view of biology with some solid empirical data. I also really appreciate the long history of the ASN as the seminal biological research society of our country.

♦ University of Texas at Austin, Associate Professor