American Society of Naturalists

Featured Photographs

"Higher Mortality Is Not a Universal Cost of Dispersal: A Case Study in African Wild Dogs" (Photo: Dominik M. Behr)

“Information gathering is associated with increased survival: a field experiment in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)” (Photo: Jan J. Wijmenga)

“What can evolutionary history tell us about the functioning of ecological communities? ASN Presidential debate” (Photo: Sharon Strauss)

“Five decades of data yield no support for adaptive biasing of offspring sex ratio in wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus)” (Photo: Courtney L. Fitzpatrick)

Special Announcements

Nominations for the ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Jeff Conner

The Conceptual Unification 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 2024 Award are due January 15, 2024

Nominations for the Distinguished Naturalist Award

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Jeff Conner

The ASN Distinguished 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 2024 award are due January 15, 2024

Applications for the 2024 ASN Early Career Investigator Award

Posted on November 9, 2023

Nominations/Applications for the 2024 Young Investigator Award are due January 30, 2024

2023 ASN Early Career Investigator Awards

Posted on May 12, 2023

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 ASN Early Career Investigator Award, Julia Kreiner, Heng Huang, Thomas Scott, and Dakota McCoy!

Results of the 2023 Election

Posted on April 12, 2023

Congratulations to Dan Bolnick (2025 ASN President) and Amy Angert (2025 ASN Vice President)

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Forthcoming Papers

"The Contribution of Mutation to Variation in Temperature-Dependent Sprint Speed in Zebrafish, Danio rerio"

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Julia Dovi

Christina L. Miller, Derek Sun, Lauren H. Thornton, and Katrina McGuigan (October 2023)

Revisiting the Role of Genetic Variation in Adaptation

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Haoran Cai

Deepa Agashe, Mrudula Sane, and Shivansh Singhal (October 2023)

Disentangling Positive Selection from Relaxed Selection in Animal Mitochondrial Genomes

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Genrietta Yagudayeva

Kendra D. Zwonitzer, Erik N. K. Iverson, Jess E. Sterling, Ryan J. Weaver, Bradley A. Maclaine, and Justin C. Havird (October 2023)

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Announcements

Applications for the 2024 Student Research Awards

Posted on January 25, 2024

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. Applications are due March 15.