ecology, evolutionary biology

A conference, started 10 years ago partly as a disease ecologist’s birthday party, has become one of the most valued meetings in the field.

Snapshots from an annual meeting that celebrates the birth of a prominent biologist

Scientists ask the NSF to reconsider a granting mechanism they say could hurt junior faculty.

At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.

Meet some of the people featured in the January 2012 issue of The Scientist.