American Society of Naturalists

The ASN will be returning to the Asilomar Conference Center for its (mostly) biennial stand-alone meeting from January 3-7, 2025

The Joint ASN/SSB/SSE council is currently seeking an Assistant Meeting Officer who will help the Chief Meeting Officers with organization, including interfacing with society councils and other stakeholders, producing the scientific program, and providing academic insight to help guide the work of the PCO.

Congratulations to the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Naturalist Award, Rachel Page!

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 ASN Early Career Investigator Award, Stepfanie M. Aguillon, Kyle David, Valentina Gómez-Bahamón, Chloé Schmidt, and Sheela P. Turbek!

Congratulations to the recipient of the 2024 ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences, Anurag Agrawal!

The recipient of the 2024 Student Paper Award is Gregor-Fausto Siegmund for his paper “Bet Hedging Is Not Sufficient to Explain Germination Patterns of a Winter Annual Plant”

The Presidential Award is chosen by the President of the American Society of Naturalists from all of the papers published in The American Naturalist during the preceding calendar year. The winner of the award for 2024 is “Evolution of a Mosquito’s Hatching Behavior to Match Its Human-Provided Habitat” by Hillery C. Metz, Alexandra K. Miller, Janet You, Jewelna Akorli, Frank W. Avila, Eva A. Buckner, Philomina Kane, Samson Otoo, Alongkot Ponlawat, Omar Triana-Chávez, Katie F. Williams, and Carolyn S. McBride. Congratulations!

Do you want to create interdisciplinary teaching resources for inclusive undergraduate evolution education? The Resources for Inclusive Evolution Education (#RIE2) working group is looking for participants to do just that! Apply now by filling out this Google form! Deadline is 5 p.m. PT on May 28, 2024.

Please contact inclusive.evoedu@gmail.com with any questions or suggestions, or if you'd like to contribute further to this effort.

Congratulations to Becky Fuller (2026 ASN President), Renée Duckworth (2026 ASN Vice President), and Katie Lotterhos (2025-27 ASN Secretary)

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.