American Society of Naturalists

A membership society whose goal is to advance and to diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences.

Highlighted Papers

Explosive pollination may confer a pre-pollination, male-competition advantage to plants

Explosive pollination may confer a pre-pollination, male-competition advantage to plants

Posted on by Andrea Romero, edited by Swapna Subramanian and Julia Harenčár

Read about “Pollen Wars: Explosive Pollination Removes Pollen Deposited from Previously Visited Flowers” by Bruce Anderson, Bruce Anderson, Ana Carolina Sabino-Oliveira, Carlos Andres Matallana-Puerto, César Augusto Arvelos, Cinthia Soares Novaes, Daniela Cristina de Cario Calaça, Isadora Schulze-Albuquerque, João Pedro Santos Pereira, Jordana Oliveira Borges, Lilian Rodrigues Ferreira de Melo, Patrick Menezes Consorte, Sara Medina-Benavides, Tamires de Oliveira Andrade, Thainã Resende Monteiro, Vanessa Gonzaga Marcelo, Victor H. D. Silva, Paulo Eugênio Oliveira, and Vinícius Lourenço Garcia de Brito (Dec 2024)

Infidelity, divorce, and real-estate drama in the Alpine swift

Infidelity, divorce, and real-estate drama in the Alpine swift

Posted on by Diana Aguilar Gómez, edited by Juan D. Carvajal-Castro

Read about “Who keeps the house after divorcing? Partner and nest fidelity in the long-lived Alpine swift” by Michela N. Dumas, Christoph M. Meier, Pierre Bize, and Julien G. A. Martin (Feb 2025)

Parasite party: how inbreeding begets a complex life cycle

Parasite party: how inbreeding begets a complex life cycle

Posted on by Faye Romero, edited by Genrietta Yagudayeva

Read about “Testing the Mating System Model of Parasite Complex Life Cycle Evolution Reveals Demographically Driven Mixed Mating” by Jenna M. Hulke and Charles D. Criscione (December 2024)

Running against time: How energy constraints shape mate selection in termites

Running against time: How energy constraints shape mate selection in termites

Posted on by Purbayan Ghosh, edited by Julia Harenčár and Swapna Subramanian

Read about “Wasted Efforts Impair Random Search Efficiency and Reduce Choosiness in Mate-Pairing Termites” by Nobuaki Mizumoto (水元 惟暁), Naohisa Nagaya (永谷 直久), and Ryusuke Fujisawa (藤澤 隆介) (December 2024)