Darwin Day

Darwin Day Celebration
2024-02-03 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Avenue, Teaneck, 07666, United States
Drop in for our Darwin Day Celebration. The event includes readings from The Origin of Species, a Phylum Sustainability Café with free tastings of sustainable and earth-friendly ingredients, a group art event called “Evolution,” an evolution children’s book store, and games.

10th Annual Darwin Day Celebration
2024-02-04 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip Street , Liverpool, NY, 13088, United States
Join us for our 10th(!!) Annual Darwin Day Celebration!
We’ll meet up in the Sargent Room at the Liverpool Public Library to watch some videos and discuss some topics related to evolution.
Feeling creative? Bring your best Science-themed edible creation to share. Coffee will be provided.
Afterward, all who want to can head around the block to the Retreat restaurant to continue the discussion.
See you there!

15h Annual Forum on Science and Religion at Shippensburg University
2024-02-05 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Old Main Chapel, Shippensburg, PA, 17257, United States

Darwin Day 2024
2024-02-05 15:30 - 17:30 UTC
We are celebrating the 5th conference of the Darwin Day in Iran. The presentations are both in Persian and English and we are glad to have distinguished speakers from Iran and around the world. The following is the schedule of our Darwin Day:
Monday Feb 12
19:00 to 19:10 Opening (in Persian), M. Reza Memar-Sadeghi, Kargadan Publications
19:10 to 19:30 “The Origin of The Descent of Man” (in Persian), Arash Raeisbahrami, independent researcher
19:30 to 19:50 “A Historical Review of the Sci-Rel Relation: Human Evolution” (in Persian), Amir-Mohammad Gamini, University of Tehran
19:50 to 20:10 “Historical Study of Human Evolution in Iranian Textbooks” (in Persian), Mohammad Masumi, independent researcher of history and philosophy of science.
20:10 to 20:30 “Darwin’s Mistakes” (in Persian) , Hamed Vahdatinasab, Tarbiat Modares University
20:30 to 21:00 “Charles Darwin and Human Evolution”, Donald Johanson, Arizona State University
Tuesday Feb 13
19:00 to 19:20 “Human Evolution from a Genomic Perspective” (in Persian), Jalal Soltani, Bu-Ali Sina University
19:20 to 19:40 “Biological Evolution and the Symbolic Register: intersectionality of genes and language”, Mehrdad Arabestani, University of Tehran
19:40 to 20:10 “Insights into Human Evolution from Archaic Genomes”, Mark Stoneking, Max Planck Institute
20:10 to 20:40 “Relatives and Ancestors”, Bernard Wood, George Washington University
20:40 to 21:10 “The Evolution of Human Behavior: 21st Century Perspectives from Chimpanzees.”, Craig Stanford, University of Southern California
Wednesday Feb 14
19:00 to 19:20 “Brain and Consciousness in terms of Neuroevolutionary Mythology” (in Persian), Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
19:20 to 19:50 “The Evidence and Polemic of Hominine Origins”, David Begun, University of Toronto
19:50 to 20:20 “How did humans evolve? All species are different, we are as well. My question is about what we can learn if we ask “why””, Milford Wolpoff, University of Michigan
20:20 to 20:50 “Human Evolution and Human Races”, Alan Templeton, Washington University
20:50 to 21:10 “Evolutionary Views in Anthropology and Archeology” (in Persian) , Kamyar Abdi, Shahid Beheshti University
*All times are Tehran Time (GMT+3:30).

Un primat estudiant primats per entendre què ens fa primats. El poder de la genòmica evolutiva aplicada a la biomedicina
2024-02-07 18:00 UTC | Sala Charles Darwin, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100, Spain
Lecture by Tomàs Marqués-Bonet (ICREA Professor, IBE UPF-CSIC)

Bar de Ciències
2024-02-07 18:00 UTC | Octubre Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Sant Ferran 12, Valencia, 46001, Spain
Presentació de la traducció al català de “El viatge del Beagle” de Charles Darwin, amb Oriol Ràfols (traductor), Xavier Bellés (prologuista) i Reis Juan (moderadora).

Darwin Day at Duquesne University
2024-02-07 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Pappert Lecture Hall (Bayer Learning Center), Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, 15282, United States
Duquesne University’s annual celebration of the life and work of Charles Darwin will feature Dr. Simon Garnier of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and his talk “Of Swarms and Slimes”. Nature produces an incredible array of intelligent behaviors— some that go beyond a single brain, and some without a brain at all. Join us, as Dr. Garnier explores the evolutionary origins of of cognition, from ants cooperating as a “superorganism” to the amazing feats of the brainless slime molds.
The talk will be presented in person, and also available as a live-stream Zoom webinar.

Darwin Festival
2024-02-08 07:50 - 2024-02-12 16:00 UTC | Salem State University, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
week-long event of daily lectures and videos related to evolution

2024 Darwin Day with NABT & NCSE
2024-02-08 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Online
Sixty-six million years ago, “an asteroid some seven miles across slammed into the Earth, leaving a geologic wound over 50 miles in diameter.” Approximately 75% of known species vanished. Yet many life forms managed to survive the catastrophe, from feathered dinosaurs to our primate ancestors.
Join us for a special encore presentation of the popular “Road to Extinction” Evolution Symposium that was presented at the 2023 NABT Conference in Baltimore. The webinar will feature Riley Black, the award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, who will replay what made the difference between survival and extinction as the Age of Dinosaurs ended and the Age of Mammals began.
NABT will be using Zoom Webinar for this event and login instructions will be sent via email from conference@nabt.org. 7:00PM – 8:00PM ET (6:00PM CT / 5:00PM MT / 4:00PM PT). Please register on-line!

Science in the Virtual Pub - Darwin Days
2024-02-08 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Online, N/A, Anywhere, NY, 14850, United States
Join the Paleontological Research Institution virtually for Science in the Virtual Pub to celebrate Darwin Days.
The talk, the Late Devonian Mass Extinction: the view from New York, will be given by Andrew Bush, Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut.
If we didn’t have fossils, we wouldn’t know much about extinction: fossils were key evidence in convincing scientists that species actually do go extinct and that many species go extinct at the same time during global catastrophes. As we approach the “Sixth Mass Extinction”, what else can fossils tell us? I’ll talk about lessons from the Late Devonian mass extinction in New York and northern Pennsylvania, with a focus on animals living in shallow marine habitats. Why did some species live and others die, and what happened to the survivors after the extinction?

Darwin Day in Tyler, Texas: An East Texas Celebration of Evolutionary Biology
2024-02-10 08:00 - 2024-02-16 17:00 UTC | Tyler, TX, Tyler, TX, United States
The University of Texas at Tyler and Tyler Junior College are pleased to announce the 2024 Darwin Day celebration for Tyler, Texas! Events will be held February 10th – 16th, 2024. Similar events are held worldwide on the birthday of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin, and seek to recognize the benefits of scientific exploration and discovery. This year’s Darwin Day celebration features two different public science lectures and a book signing by the speaker, evolutionary themed video screenings, and interactive booths with fossils and live animals.

Darwin Devonian Family Day at Museum of the Earth
2024-02-10 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY, 14850, United States
Celebrate the birthday and works of Charles Darwin with fun activities for the whole family. Come to the Museum of the Earth for family-friendly activities about ancient marine fossils we can find right here in Central New York.
Schedule of Activities:
10:00 am – 5:00 pm: Fossil Identification: Bring your fossils from Upstate New York to be identified by a staff paleontologist.
11:00 am: Learn about the rocks and fossils of Upstate New York in a tour of the New York Rocks! temporary exhibit and Age of Fishes permanent exhibit
12:00 pm: Rocks and fossils of ancient seas over New York: Handle and ask questions about fossils from PRI’s education collection.

Darwin Discovery Day
2024-02-10 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Michigan State University Museum, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI, 48824, United States
Join us for a celebration of the world around us at the 20th annual Darwin Discovery Day, an opportunity for hands-on exploration and discovery. Michigan State University Museum natural science curators, faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students from across campus will be on hand to share their expertise and enthusiasm with inquiring minds of all ages.
Also, see Natural Selection a film about Charles Darwin’s life and scientific contributions at Abrams Planetarium at 10:00 AM.

Community Wide Darwin Day
2024-02-10 13:30 - 16:30 UTC | Neutra House, 81 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos, CA, 94022, United States
Join us for our celebration of Charles Darwin’s work and the theory of evolution. The event will include readings from The Origin of Species, a Sustainability Cafe with food tastings of earth-friendly ingredients, a group art project, and evolution games.

Balena o balenottera?
2024-02-10 15:00 - 16:20 UTC | MuMAB – Museo Mare Antico e Biodiversità, San Nicomede, 29, Salsomaggiore Terme, Parma, 43039, Italy
Anche se tutti la chiamano “Balena”, la nostra Giorgia è una Balenottera.
Ma quali sono le differenze tra “Balena” e “Balenottera”? E tra Cetacei e Pesci? E gli Squali?
Questo laboratorio pensato per bambini dai 6 agli 11 anni, permetterà loro di capire che un corpo a forma di pesce nasconde tante differenze. Attraverso attività pratiche faranno un viaggio nell’evoluzione degli animali a pochi giorni dal “Darwin Day”, apprenderanno quali sono le caratteristiche anatomiche che differenziano Balene e Balenottere e impareranno a osservare in modo consapevole.

16th Annual Darwin Day Dinner - Saturday, Feb 10, 2024, Westport CT
2024-02-10 18:00 - 21:30 UTC | The Inn at Longshore, 260 Compo Road S, Westport, CT, 06880, United States
“Using the Oceans to Address Climate Change” Join us for cocktail hour, dinner, science quiz (with prizes!), and a presentation by Yale Professor Matthew Eisaman at the 16th Annual Darwin Day Dinner Saturday, February 10, 2024, 6:00pm
There is scientific consensus that, in addition to emissions reduction, limiting global warming to acceptable levels will also require the active removal of billions of tons of carbon dioxide per year from the air. Is it possible to speed up the Earth’s processes for regulating carbon dioxide from their natural timescale of hundreds of thousands of years to decades? Professor Eisaman will introduce us to the burgeoning field of “carbon dioxide removal” and describe efforts in his lab to accelerate the natural role of the oceans in regulating the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Matthew Eisaman is an Associate Professor at Yale University in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture. His current research is focused on novel methods of electrochemical ocean carbon dioxide removal, including its commercialization, effects on marine ecosystems, the importance of social license, and the potential for colocation and co-benefits with other carbon capture approaches. He has worked on a wide range of climate change solutions, and is broadly interested in how Earth’s natural processes can be leveraged and accelerated to minimize the worst effects of the climate crisis.
Reserve/pay online at DarwinDayCT.org or mail a check.

Darwin Day 2024 at the University of Oslo
2024-02-12 10:15 - 14:50 UTC | Helga Engs hus, Aud. 1, Blindern, Sem Sælands vei 7, Oslo, Norway
This year’s Darwin Day event at the University of Oslo will cover the impact of ancient DNA and the enabling technologies. Open lectures by Anders Götherström, Greger Larson, Christina Warinner, and Phil Slavin.

2024-02-12 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Miller Science Building, room 139, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, 75962, United States
In a celebration of scientific curiosity and the contributions of biologists, Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Biology is set to celebrate Darwin Day Feb. 12 with special guest speaker Dr. David Hillis from The University of Texas at Austin.

Embracing the spirit of inquiry that defines Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking contributions to evolutionary theory, Hillis will give his talk on Darwin’s “Tree of Life” hypothesis.
Hillis is the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor in Natural Sciences at UT Austin, where he studies molecular evolution and biodiversity in the Department of Integrative Biology. He is the director of UT Austin’s Biodiversity Center and also directs the Dean’s Scholars Program of the College of Natural Sciences.
“We are delighted to have Dr. Hillis on the SFA campus to speak at this special event as we gather together to celebrate, remember and reflect on not only the contributions of Darwin but also the contributions of many scientists in general,” said Dr. Carmen Montaña, assistant professor of biology.
Hillis’ research is focused on the tree of life and how we can use it to understand processes of evolution. He is one of the foremost evolutionary biologists today investigating the evolutionary relationships among living organisms. His work has helped the study of the evolutionary development of a species or a group of organisms throughout most fields of molecular biology in recent years, from studies of the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency viruses to studies of the origin of life.
Hillis’ research appears in over 200 scientific publications, and he has authored numerous books, including his most recent: “Armadillos to Ziziphus: A Naturalist in the Texas Hill Country.” In recognition of his contributions to evolutionary biology, he has received many honors, including being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the National Academy of Sciences. He has served as president of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society of Systematic Biologists.
Hillis will give his featured talk, “Applications of the Great Tree of Life,” from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Miller Science Building, Room 139, on the SFA campus.

Heroes of Evolution Darwin Day Talk: Francis Arnold — When Engineering Meets Evolution
2024-02-12 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Online, AtoZ Compliance. 2754 80th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY, 11040, United States
Lecture Presentation in Second Life
Long gone are the days of dustry textbooks filled with examples of evolution seeking to capture the hows and whys of species came to be on the planet. Modern biology is progressing forward MAKING evolution happen. Genes and whole organisms are made to be evolved in a flask or test tube and modern computational methods can both guide and explain the complexity that is happening.
The primary revolutionary in this change was the scientist Francis Arnold. In her seminal work she adapted an enzyme that worked well in an aqueous environment to work well in an organic solvent by creating mutations, picking the best working ones, and mutating those, and repeating the process. This is a technique called directed evolution and has found its way into engineering in many sectors from agriculture, pharmaceuticals, environmental remediation, and chemical synthesis just to name a few.
For this seminal contribution she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018.
Come to this Darwin Day talk in which we celebrate the professional achievements of Francis Arnold and have an introduction to the world of directed evolution and synthetic biology.
By Dr. Stephen L. Gasior

Using Science Fiction Depictions to Teach Real-World Evolution Concepts
2024-02-12 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Mohamed Noor of Duke University will deliver the Clemson University College of Science annual Darwin Day Lecture on Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. Eastern via Zoom. The lecture, “Using Science Fiction Depictions to Teach Real-World Evolution Concepts,” is open to the public and can be accessed at https:[REDACTED]

Wellcome Sanger Institute’s Mark Blaxter on Sequencing All of Earth’s Species—NYU’s Darwin Lecture, Feb. 12
2024-02-12 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | NYU CGSB Auditorium, 12 Waverly Place, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Lecture centers on the “endless forms” in Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”

New York University will host evolutionary genomics researcher Mark Blaxter for “Sequencing Endless Forms, Most Beautiful and Most Wonderful: The Earth Biogenome Project,” its annual Darwin Lecture, on Mon., Feb. 12, 4 p.m., at NYU’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology auditorium (12 Waverly Place [at Mercer Street]).
Blaxter leads the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life Program, which aims to sequence all of Earth’s species—linked through the common thread of DNA. His lecture will consider how determining the DNA sequences of all species on Earth will enable us to both understand Darwin’s “endless forms”—as famously conveyed in On the Origin of Species—and promote their conservation.
This event will be both on Zoom and in-person. To receive a webinar link and to RSVP for in-person attendance, please visit the event’s registration page.
Before joining the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Blaxter was a professor of evolutionary genomics at the University of Edinburgh, where his research portfolio focused on the genomics of neglected, non-model organisms and the interpretation of those genomes in ecological and evolutionary contexts. Blaxter, a highly cited author with over 250 refereed papers, is a fellow of the Linnaean Society of London, the Helminthological Society of Washington, the Royal Society for Biology, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
For questions about the lecture, sponsored by NYU’s Dean for Science and Department of Biology, please email biology@nyu.edu.
Subways: 6 (Astor Place); R, W (8th Street)

Darwin day 2024 (Slovenia)
2024-02-12 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | online, United States
Welcome to this year’s Darwin Day, which will take place on Monday, February 12. at 5 p.m., ONLINE at the link attached below. The lecturer will be Anja Palandačić, PhD (from the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria). The title of the lecture will be: Museum collections in modern times: researching the treasures of the past for a better future.
Meeting link:
https://bf-uni-lj-si.webex.com/bf-uni-lj-si/j.php?MTID=mf8b0f70a4614b0b021036f6e88f85a97
Meeting number:
2791 114 1861
Meeting password:
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Celebrate Darwin Day with Dr. Kenneth Miller
2024-02-12 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Zoom Webinar, NY, United States
The Human Difference: How Evolution Fashioned the Earth’s Most Extraordinary Creature
Kenneth Miller is Professor of Biology, Emeritus, at Brown University and recipient of the Stephen J. Gould Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution. He has written extensively on Evolution, and was the lead witness in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover trial in 2005 on the teaching of “Intelligent Design.” Together with Joseph S. Levine, he is the author of the nation’s leading high school biology textbook. He also serves as President of the National Center for Science Education.

Annual Darwin Day Lecture: Using science-fiction depictions to learn real-world evolution concepts
2024-02-14 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | North Carolina Botanical Garden, 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, 27517, United States
Annual Darwin Day Lecture: Using science-fiction depictions to learn real-world evolution concepts
With Mohamed Noor, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Interim Vice Provost, Duke University

Moderated by Damon Waitt, NCBG Director
Date: Monday, February 12, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM-8:00 PM EST; followed by a reception, sponsored by the Carolina Biodiversity Collaborative, in the Pegg Exhibit Hall
Venue: Reeves Auditorium and Virtual*
*Note: You can attend this event on Zoom, but it will not be recorded.
Free; preregistration required
Register here
Celebrate Darwin’s birthday by joining us for our annual Darwin Day Lecture!
While some people choose to learn about evolution through coursework, a large number of people could be interested in the subject if brought to them wrapped in another subject in which they are already engaged. In this talk, Professor Noor introduces evolutionary concepts, thinking, and approaches framed using depictions from the Star Trek television franchise.
This program is offered in partnership with the Carolina Biodiversity Collaborative.

Join Wisconsin Evolution for Darwin Day 2024 – Feb. 15-16
2024-02-15 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Hector F. DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St., Madison, WI, 53715, United States

Sexual Selection and the Differences Between the Sexes in Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)
2024-02-15 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | Freeman Auditorium HUB-Robeson Center, 403C Carpenter Building, University Park, PA, 16802, United States
Featuring Prof. Jo Setchell, Department of Anthropology, Durham University
February 15, 2024 lecture from 3 pm – 4:30 pm with a light reception following
Freeman Auditorium, HUB-Robeson Center
Charles Darwin wrote that ‘no other member in the whole class of mammals is coloured in so extraordinary a manner’. In addition to brightly coloured skin, male mandrills possess long canine teeth and sternal scent-glands, while females show exaggerated pink sexual swellings. I will review what we have learned from long-term studies of semi-free ranging mandrills in Franceville, Gabon, showing how broadening traditional perspectives on sexual selection beyond the ostentatious results of intense sexual selection on males leads to an understanding of more subtle and cryptic forms of competition and choice in both sexes.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Human Evolution and Diversity in the College of the Liberal Arts and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Darwin Day at the Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum
2024-02-17 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum, Lapham Hall 168, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Darwin Day is a public outreach event celebrating the life and times of one of the most brilliant and influential Victorian naturalists, Charles R. Darwin. Darwin was an avid geologist and biologist who most famously developed the theory of natural selection—one of the driving mechanisms behind biological evolution—published in his seminal work: On the Origin of Species. Today, this theory forms the foundation for many of our natural sciences. Darwin Day is a national celebration of Darwin’s scientific legacy typically held on (or near) his birthday.
This event is free and open to guests of all ages. Many wonderful geological and biological specimens will be available to observe, with volunteers on hand to explain their fascinating histories. Learning tables will focus on the natural history of Wisconsin and the contributions of the Thomas A. Greene to our understanding of local Wisconsin geology, with many rare and beautiful samples on display in the Greene Geological Museum. Other activities will be available throughout the day, including scientific lectures presented by UWM scientists and guest speakers, a scavenger hunt, coloring and crafts for young kids, and a free planetarium show. See the activities list and schedule of events below for more information.
We can’t wait to see you there!

Sacramento Darwin Day: A New Understanding of Human Origins
2024-02-17 18:30 - 21:30 UTC | MOSAC, 400 Jibboom St, Sacramento, CA, 95811, United States
Presenting the 27th fabulous year of the Darwin Day Birthday Gala, Sacramento’s coolest, most singular, most go-to event of science and humanity, brought to you by area science advocates, civic groups and nerds on too much coffee. An in-person event at the MOSAC Science Mujseum, marking “Chuck” Darwin’s 215rd birthday. Open to all. But tickets required.
Darwin Day is a science-rush like no other, a celebration of scientific inquiry honoring of the life and work of the great Charles Darwin (b. 12 February 1809), sponsored worldwide by community and educational groups. Not an AOF event, to be honest, but AOF helped found the local gala, and continues to support it and commend it to all our friends in the Sacramento community of reason. Because science! And what’s science but reason in the trenches?
Speakers this year are the Drs. Brenna Henn and Tim Weaver. From the University of California in Davis, they will present their ground-breaking research and findings on human origins in Africa.

Exploring the Evolution of Coral Reefs: Past, Present, and Future
2024-03-06 19:00 UTC | Conference room (102), Mines and Mineral Resources Building, 310 Columbia Avenue, Lexington, KY, 40506, United States

Darwin Day Celebration 2025: Bryce Hand
2025-02-02 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip Street , Liverpool, NY, 13088, United States
Join us on February 2nd to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday! Our favorite Emeritus Professor of Geology, CNY Humanist Bryce Hand, will tell us about interactions he’s had with creationists.

We’ll also have time for questions, discussion, and refreshments.
And speaking of refreshments…please consider bringing your favorite science-themed snack or baked-good to share!
Hope to see you there!
