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Don Owings on Safari Don Owings on Safari
ABS May 2011 Vol. 56, No. 2 Newsletter now online
 
A Tribute to Don Owings (1943-2011)
On April 9 our good friend and colleague passed away after a 24-year battle with metastatic prostate cancer. Don died peacefully in his home surrounded by family. We were fortunate ourselves to have been able to visit with Don within a week of his passing.
ABS August 2011 Vol. 56, No. 3 Newsletter now online
 
Animal behaviorist named top influential Hispanic academic in nation
UMSL animal behaviorist Zuleyma Tang-Martinez was named one of the top eight Hispanic academics in the nation.
49th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society - June 10-14 2012 (Joint HBES)
The 49th Annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society will be held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico from June 10 to 14 2012, hosted by Steven Gangestad. This meeting features a special joint meeting day with the Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES) meeting (June 13-17) which promises to be a unique opportunity for cross-fertilization of ideas relating to overlapping areas of interest. The joint meeting day will include plenary talks, symposia and talk sessions open to members of both societies.
Call for Nominations: Most Influential Papers in Animal Behaviour
In honor of the upcoming 60th anniversary of Animal Behaviour, we are seeking nominations of those papers published over the history of the journal that have had the greatest impact on the field of animal behaviour or any of its sub-disciplines. Consensus choices will be featured in essays in the journal to be published in the anniversary year (2013). Nominations can be as brief as a citation, but may also include a justification for the choice.
ABS Meeting 2012: NSF-Funded Travel Awards Newly Available
The Animal Behavior Program at NSF has just recommended funding for the symposium Behavioral Plasticity and Evolution: Theory and Responses to Human Induced Rapid Environmental Change: Animal Behavior Society Symposium June 13-14, 2012.
Schedule and Speakers for Behavioral Plasticity and Evolution: Theory and Responses to Human Induced Rapid Environmental Change
 
ABS Meeting 2012 - Feline Social Behavior: An Animal Behavior Society Public Symposium
Open to the public: Free of charge, attendees do not need to register for the Animal Behavior Society Meeting to attend this symposium
Joint ABS/HBES Meeting 2012: Program guide as of May 15th now online
The program is now online here at ABS and at the meeting website. The program is subject to changes and additions so check back often. See the end of this posting for a link to a pdf of the program.