A primitive fish from the Cambrian of North America

…the earliest story of the vertebrates as a whole. This research paper is published in the scientific journalNature (June 11, 2014) For summary and video see ROM web site (www​.rom​.on​.ca/​en/​blog/​metaspriggina)…

Michelle Afkhami awarded NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology

…in Biology FY 2014 awarded to Michelle Afkhami who is an EEB Postdoctoral Fellow in Prof. John Stinchombe’s lab. See abstract on National Science Foundation web site www​.nsf​.gov/​awardsearch/​showAward?​AWD​_ID=1401840 Congratulations Michelle….

New perspectives on the origin of turtles

Speaker: Tyler Lyson, Denver Museum of Natural History www​.dmns​.org/​science/​museum-​scientists/​tyler-​lyson/​ Host: David Evans…

Nicholas Mrosovsky 1934-2015

Nicholas Mrosovsky (photo from www​.seaturtle​.org/​blog/​mgodfrey/​2005​_11​.shtml) Professor Emeritus, FRSC Nicholas Mrosovsky died in Toronto at Kensington Gardens Long Term Care on February 22, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Born in Rumania…

Tropical Field Biology course in Peru

See News Item on the Arts & Science web site www​.artsci​.utoronto​.ca/​news/​undergraduate-​students-​get-​taste-​biological-​research-​peru/​ See Course description on EEB web site eeb​.utoronto​.ca/​education/​undergraduate/​field-​courses…

Whither goest though, Gaia? Mechanistic approaches to predicted the ecological impacts of climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances

Peter Molnar EEB Candidate for faculty position in Ecology and Evolution of Disease and/or Biodiversity and Conservation Peter’s website: www​.princeton​.edu/​~dobbler/​People​.htm…

Science News is highlighting 10 early- and mid-career scientists on their way to widespread acclaim

Congratulations to Aneil Agrawal Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Genetics for making Science News’ top ten Science News top 10: www​.sciencenews​.org/​article/​sn-​10-​scientists-​to-​watch-​2016?​mode=pick&context=172&tgt=nr Aneil Agrawal Evolutionary geneticist Aneil Agrawal is equally at home…

Darkening Waters: Assessing the effects of brownification at the Experimental Lakes Area.

About Host: C. Rochman IISD-Experimental Lakes Area Website: www​.iisd​.org/​people/​michael-​paterson…

Microplastics found in supermarket fish & shellfish

…found. (Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press) Photo and legend from CBC website www​.cbc​.ca/​news/​technology/​microplastics-​fish-​shellfish-​1​.3954947 ‘It (microplastic) has infiltrated every level of the food chain in marine environments … and so now we’re seeing…

Evening Primroses - A model for cytoplasmic speciation barriers and functional asexuality

Speaker: Stephan Greiner, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Web page: www​.mpimp-​golm​.mpg​.de/​11105/​Stephan​_Greiner Hosts: Stephen Wright and Marc Johnson…