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 Programs / Lectures of The Linnaean Society of New YorkAdmission
to all lectures* of the Linnaean Society is free.
Come join us as we listen and watch informative presentations! At
regular meetings the Society presents speakers on natural history
topics. Lectures may be popular or technical and often are illustrated
with slides. Regular meetings are at 7:30 p.m.
on the second
and fourth
Tuesday evenings, September through May. The Annual Meeting and Dinner,
with the election of officers, is held during the second week of
March. The Society may hold informal summer meetings (on the third
Tuesday of June, July or August at 7:30 p.m.); as summer meetings are scheduled they
will be announced. (*Note: The Annual Meeting and Dinner is held at a private club for members of the Society and
their guests only and is closed to the public. All other programs are
open to the public.)
Unless another venue is noted, programs are held in the American Museum of Natural History, usually in the Lindner Theater; please enter at West 77th St. between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Lectures / Programs 2008-2009EVOLUTION SERIES This year we will have five meetings on various aspects of evolution. September 9, 2008 EXOTIC BEAUTY: THE BUTTERFLIES, LANDSCAPES AND PEOPLE OF MEXICO Jeffrey Glassberg, President, North American Butterfly Association and author of A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America (2007). September 23, 2008 GENERIC RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE ACCIPTRIDAE, THE HAWKS AND EAGLES FAMILY Carole S. Griffiths, Long Island University & American Museum of Natural History Dr. Griffiths and her colleagues wrote “Phylogeny, Diversity and Classification of the Accipitridae based on DNA Sequences of the RAG-1 Exon,” Journal of Avian Biology 2007. Their findings include evidence that the Swallow-tailed Kite, for example, is more closely related to groups of African vultures than to the other North American kites. October 14, 2008 EVOLUTION SERIES I: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 150 YEARS AFTER ORIGIN OF SPECIES Douglas Futuyma, Department of Ecology and Evolution, SUNY at Stony Brook Dr. Futuyma, author of Evolution (2005), Science on Trial (1983, 1995) and many other books and papers, focuses on speciation and evolutionary interactions among species. If you would like to meet the speaker prior to the talk, join us at Pappardella's Restaurant, 75th Street and Columbus Avenue, at 6 PM. The reservation will be in the name of John. October 28, 2008 BHUTAN: BIRDING THE LAST HIMALAYAN BHUDDIST KINGDOM Tom Stephenson, Wildlife Photographer, Birdsong Recorder and Surfbirds Columnist Tom Stephenson, a Prospect Park birder, has been advising the government of Bhutan and working with local guides in developing eco-tourism policy. WORKSHOP AT 6:00 PM: Behind the Scenes in Ornithology at AMNH Mary LeCroy, American Museum of Natural History (Note: Registration for the workshop is required: Call (212) 769-5778 or email lecroy@amnh.org at least 1 and not more than 10 days prior to the workshop for meeting place and time.) November 11, 2008 Hunting with Tools: Chimpanzees in Senegal Jill Pruetz, Anthropology Department, Iowa State University Chimpanzees in Senegal are making and using spears to hunt other primates. Dr. Pruetz has been observing this for several years. See J. Pruetz & P. Bertolani, “Savanna Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus, Hunt with Tools,” Current Biology (2007). November 25, 2008 EVOLUTION SERIES II: HIND LIMB FEATHERS OF ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA: AERODYNAMICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF AVIAN FLIGHT Nick Longrich, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Nick Longrich has argued that the earliest birds—Archaeopteryx—flew by “gliding from trees using primitive feathered wings on their arms and legs.” For background information, see A. Feduccia, L. Martin & S. Tarsitano, Perspectives in Ornithology—Archaeopteryx 2007: Quo Vadis? The Auk (Vol. 124 2007). December 9, 2008 VAGRANCY AS EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR AND NOT MISORIENTATION Richard Veit, Department of Biology, College of Staten Island Dr. Veit’s research looks at bird behavior and ecology; he is interested particularly “in decisions about movement made by birds.” He has studied, for example, foraging decisions of oceanic birds in the Antarctic. January 13, 2009 WHITE NOSE SYNDROME: DARK TIMES FOR BATS Alan Hicks, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Thousands of bats in New York and neighboring states have been dying and we don’t know why. Alan Hicks is trying to find out. January 27, 2009 EVOLUTION SERIES III: PECKING AT THE ORIGIN OF AVIAN AND VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY: INSIGHTS FROM DARWIN’S FINCHES Arkhat Abzhanov, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University. Dr. Abzhanov and his group study evolutionary development (“evo-devo”) in vertebrate crania, especially beak development in Darwin’s Finches. They use molecular, cellular and developmental genetics approaches to understand skeletal differentiation in cranial cells—this is how Darwin’s finches develop different beaks for different seeds. February 10, 2009 BIRDS AND SEA LIFE OF NORTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA Michael Stubblefield, The Linnaean Society of New York Michael Stubblefield is a well-known bird photographer and frequent speaker for the Society.
February 24, 2009 STORK, IBIS AND SPOONBILL CONSERVATION IN ASIA Malcolm Coulter, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills Specialist Group Malcolm Coulter was awarded the Society’s Eisenmann Medal last year. He monitors the status of Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills in Asia and throughout the world. WORKSHOP AT 6:00 PM: Recent Ornithological Literature Joe DiCostanzo, Great Gull Island Project, American Museum of Natural History. This popular workshop discusses recent papers in The Auk and elsewhere. March 10, 2009 LINNAEAN SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING & DINNER - ELECTION OF OFFICERS BIRD CONSERVATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Dr. Rosenberg is Director of the Cornell Lab’s Conservation Science program and Co-Chair of the Partners in Flight Science Committee. He focuses on bird population trends and distributions and development of conservation priorities. (Note: This program is held for members of the Society and their guests only and is closed to the public.) March 24, 2009 EVOLUTION SERIES IV: BIRDS THROUGH TIME ON BERMUDA: A CHRONICALLY UNSTABLE ISLAND ECOSYSTEM Storrs Olson, Vertebrate Zoology Department, National Museum of Natural History Dr. Olson has studied the fossil avifaunas and paleoenvironments of Hawaii, Bermuda and the West Indies. WORKSHOP AT 6:00 PM: Behind the Scenes in Ornithology at AMNH Mary LeCroy, American Museum of Natural History (Note: Registration for the workshop is required: Call (212) 769-5778 or email lecroy@amnh.org at least 1 and not more than 10 days prior to the workshop for meeting place and time. ) April 14, 2009 EVOLUTION SERIES V: EVOLUTION OF DARWIN’S FINCHES Rosemary Grant, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University If you have read Beak of the Finch, you know of Rosemary and Peter Grant. In 2007 the Grants published How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin’s Finches. April 28, 2009 SONGS, BRAINS AND SPECIES IDENTITY IN SOCIAL FINCHES Sarah Woolley, Department of Psychology, Columbia University Dr. Woolley studies how songbird brains code vocalizations at successive neural processing stages and how that coding relates to experience, sensory design and species evolution. Song birds learn to recognize, produce and respond to the songs of other birds, and so they provide models for understanding neural coding. May 12, 2009 BLACK CAIMAN IN GUYANA — HOW A SAURIAN STUDY EDUCATES AN AMERINDIAN COMMUNITY IN MANAGING THEIR WILDLIFE RESOURCES Peter Taylor, Caiman House Field Station, Guyana Formerly a keeper and supervisor at the Bronx and St. Louis zoos, Peter Taylor studies the Black Caiman (the largest alligator) in Guyana and works with the Rupununi Learners Foundation to understand and preserve this crocodillan species. Summer Programs 2009Informal Summer meetings to be announced. |
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