American Society of Naturalists

Featured Photographs

“Australian rodents reveal conserved Cranial Evolutionary Allometry across 10 million years of murid evolution” (Illustration by Alison K. Carlisle, Papadore Illustrations)

“Miniaturization, genome size, and biological size in a diverse clade of salamanders” (Photo: Sean M. Rovito)

“Proximate causes of infertility and embryo mortality in captive zebra finches” (Drawing by Yifan Pei)

“Propensity for risk in reproductive strategy affects susceptibility to anthropogenic disturbance” (Photo: Enrico Pirotta)

Special Announcements

Applications for the 2021 Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Awards

Posted on October 16, 2020

Nominations/Applications for the 2020 Young Investigator Award are due January 15, 2021

Nominations for the Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award

Posted on October 15, 2020

The Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award is given to an active investigator in mid-career who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of a particular ecosystem or group of organisms. Nominations for the 2021 award are due January 15, 2021

Call for Nominations for ASN President, Vice President, and Secretary

Posted on October 15, 2020

Nominations are due December 1, 2020

Nominations for the Sewall Wright Award

Posted on October 15, 2020

The Sewall Wright Award is given annually and honors a senior but active investigator who is making fundamental contributions to the Society's goals in promoting the conceptual unification of the natural biological sciences. Nominations for the 2021 Award are due January 15

Nominations for the IDEA Award

Posted on October 12, 2020

American Society of Naturalists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Society of Systematic Biologists are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the annual Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award.

Nominations are due January 15.

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Forthcoming Papers

“The evolution of egg trading in simultaneous hermaphrodites”

Posted on November 8, 2019

Jorge Peña, Georg Nöldeke, and Oscar Puebla (March 2020)

Researchers study the evolutionary dynamics of egg trading in simultaneous hermaphrodites by means of a mathematical model

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Announcements

Applications for the 2021 Student Research Awards

Posted on October 16, 2020

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.