Palaeobiology of ammonoids 4th June 2026, 4PM CEST/10 AM EST (check here other time zones) Link: https://phbern.zoom.us/j/66766939712?pwd=7zkIvhaaPOpYyxEzrdtSBTH2AQjfwo.1 Ammonoids are extinct cephalopods with a history of about 340 million years. Although they are regionally very common and highly diverse, we only slowly begin to understand their biology. Because of their external shell, fossilized soft parts may…

How do museums and science centres promote evolution education? 4th May 2026, 4PM CEST/10 AM EST (check here other time zones) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAUDlMsd5CI&t=159s Science centres and museums play a key role in the promotion of scientific literacy, acting as venues for non-formal and informal learning, and often supporting formal education by working collaboratively with schools….

Evolution Education and GreenComp: Building Sustainability Competences through Evolutionary Thinking 16th April 2026 4PM CEST/10 AM EST (check here other time zones) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJfHTu53XBs&t=8s Evolution education provides a powerful conceptual framework for understanding the complexity of life and the dynamic relationships between organisms and their environments across time and space. Evolutionary thinking emphasises long-term processes,…

To mate or not to mate, that is (one of) the question(s)! 6th June 2025 4PM CET/10 AM EST CE3C – Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, University of Lisbon. See the webinar at https://youtu.be/dY3GSMZGBJA In spider mites, small herbivorous arthropods, multiple mating is prevalent, but the…

Biodiversity for Belonging5 years of multisensory outreach challenging ableist barriers to evolution literacy 2nd May 2025 4PM CET/10 AM EST Informal Educator See this webinar at https://youtu.be/vX3ISOXVCPg The under representation of people with disabilities in ecology & evolution research is deeply linked with vision-centric teaching modalities lacking multisensory alternatives. The pervasive assumption is that, overall, life…

Understanding and acceptance of evolution and its teaching among biology teachers in an Arab context April 4th, 2025 4 PM CET/10 AM EST Al-Mawred School, Amman (Jordan) See the webinar at https://youtu.be/H2LXP34_EMk Teachers’ knowledge and acceptance of evolution affect their evolution teaching. However, research on the relationship between teachers’ knowledge about and acceptance of evolution is ambiguous….