Dr. Jack Werren is host to Dr. James Costa, Professor in the Department of Biology at   Western Carolina University and Director of the Highlands Biological Station.  He is presenting a talk entitled, “On the Organic Law of Change ~ Insights from Alfred Russel Wallace’s “Species Notebook” of 1855-1859,” on Friday, September 20.

Dr. Costa’s interests lay in the ecology and evolution of social insects, in particular the social Lepidoptera and Symphyta.  He is also a scholar of the history of Evolutionary Biology, and has published several articles and books on Darwin, including “The Annotated Origin: A Fascimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species”.  Jim has a book on Alfred Wallace coming out this autumn, and will be telling us about his interesting discoveries from Wallace’s “Species Notebook.”

For more information on Dr. Costa and his research, please click on these links:  Dr. James Costa, or the Highlands Botanical Station.