Ecology and evolution seminars

Ecology and evolution seminars

Royal Society Publishing

This series features a selection of seminars covering outstanding contributions to the fields of ecology and evolution based on articles published in the Royal Society journals Proceedings B, Philosophical Transactions B, Biology Letters, Interface and Royal Society Open Science. Each talk is associated with a recent paper or theme issue, selected by the journal's editors as being particularly innovative or having had significant recent impact.

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Diego Vázquez
Professor Marcel Dorken
Dr Elizabeth A. Sinclair
Miss Jane Edgeloe
Asst. Prof. Michael G. Bertram
Audrée Lemieux
Dr Kristian Forbes
Dr Ingela Alger
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Diego Vázquez
Prof. Peter Vincent
Dr. Michael Roast
Prof Mirco Musolesi
Prof Christine Miller
Dr Pedro Vale
PhD Carlos Bautista
Nichola Hill
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Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions
Oct 14 @ 4pm
Keynote
University of California, Santa Barbara
Emory University

Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions

Dr. Laura Simone Lewis
Laura Simone Lewis
University of California, Santa Barbara
Chaired by Elizabeth Lonsdorf
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:00 PM (UTC)
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Seminars in preparation

Rebuilding the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise population: successful release from an ex situ conservation programme
In preparation
Institute of Hydrobiology

Rebuilding the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise population: successful release from an ex situ conservation programme

Jiansong Qiu, Institute of Hydrobiology
Old but attuned: The ability to decode babies’ cries does not decline with age
In preparation
University of Clermont Auvergne

Old but attuned: The ability to decode babies’ cries does not decline with age

Siloé Corvin, University of Clermont Auvergne
A Holocene bat colony collapse highlights the importance of hot caves in the Caribbean
In preparation
American Museum of Natural History

A Holocene bat colony collapse highlights the importance of hot caves in the Caribbean

J Angel Soto-Centeno, American Museum of Natural History

Published seminars

Exceptional fossils from Peru and an integrative phylogeny reconcile the evolutionary timing and mode of Gavialis and its kin
Aug 4
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Exceptional fossils from Peru and an integrative phylogeny reconcile the evolutionary timing and mode of Gavialis and its kin

Camila Zamora-Vega, Museo de Historia Natural (UNMSM)
Arms race of physical defences: hooked trichomes of Macaranga ant-plants kill lycaenid caterpillars, but one specialist has a counter-defence
Jun 26
University of Cambridge

Arms race of physical defences: hooked trichomes of Macaranga ant-plants kill lycaenid caterpillars, but one specialist has a counter-defence

Ritabrata Chowdhury, University of Cambridge
New insights on sea turtle behaviour during the ‘lost years’
Jun 4
Keynote
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Lund University

New insights on sea turtle behaviour during the ‘lost years’

Katrina Phillips, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Eric Warrant, Lund University
River dolphin cochlea has not evolved convergently
May 22
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

River dolphin cochlea has not evolved convergently

Mariana Viglino, Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología
Recognition of predator cues hinders social communication
May 14
Universidad de Costa Rica

Recognition of predator cues hinders social communication

Gloriana Chaverri, Universidad de Costa Rica
Spider Venom Potency Exhibits Phylogenetic Prey Specificity but Does Not Trade-off With Body Size or Silk Use in Prey Capture
May 12
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

Spider Venom Potency Exhibits Phylogenetic Prey Specificity but Does Not Trade-off With Body Size or Silk Use in Prey Capture

Keith Lyons, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
Hosts eject conspecific parasitic eggs according to the egg size in a passerine
Mar 19
Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

Hosts eject conspecific parasitic eggs according to the egg size in a passerine

Alaïs Liénard, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Transient cognitive impacts of oxygen deprivation caused by catch-and-release angling
Feb 28
Linnaeus University

Transient cognitive impacts of oxygen deprivation caused by catch-and-release angling

Henrik Flink, Linnaeus University
Phylogenomics supports a single origin of terrestriality in isopods
Feb 26
Keynote
Wellcome Sanger Institute
University of Leicester

Phylogenomics supports a single origin of terrestriality in isopods

Jessica Thomas Thorpe, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Roberto Feuda, University of Leicester