American Society of Naturalists

Featured Photographs

“Resistance Correlations Influence Infection by Foreign Pathogens” (Photo: Michael E. Hood)

“Habitat specialization by wildlife reduces pathogen spread in urbanizing landscapes” (Photo: Richard Hall)

“Effects of phylogenetic relatedness on fluctuation-dependent and independent coexistence mechanisms in multispecies communities” (Photo: Carlos Martorell)

“Nesting synchrony and clutch size in migratory birds: Capital versus income breeding determines responses to variable spring onset” (Photo: Anna Ejsmond)

Special Announcements

Nominations for the Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award

Posted on January 21, 2022

DEADLINE EXTENDED! The ASN, SSE, and SSB are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the annual Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award.

Nominations are due February 1.

Applications for the 2022 ASN Early Career Investigator Award

Posted on January 14, 2022

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Nominations/Applications for the 2022 Young Investigator Award are due January 31, 2022

Nominations for the Distinguished Naturalist Award

Posted on January 13, 2022

DEADLINE EXTENDED! 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 2022 award are due January 31, 2022

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

Posted on January 13, 2022

DEADLINE EXTENDED! 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 2022 Award are due January 31, 2022

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

Posted on October 27, 2021

Nominations are due December 1, 2021

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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

ASN Diversity Committee Call for Members

Posted on December 3, 2021 by ASN Diversity Committee

The ASN Diversity Committee seeks to add 2-4 new members. Applicants should apply by Dec 10. Terms start January 2022.

For more information about the ASN Diversity Committee, see https://www.amnat.org/about/governance/Diversity.html

Applications for the 2022 Student Research Awards

Posted on October 27, 2021

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 February 1.