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The article presents the American Society of Naturalists' (ASN) update report during their annual meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 16, 2007. Robert Holt, president of the organization, has cited the ability of the organization's vice president Trevor Price as the chairman of the Sewall Wright Award committee, together with Ellen Ketterson and Russ Lande. Carol Horvitz, treasurer of the organization, has reported the financial statement on the status of the investments and the tax return. The intent of the meeting is to strengthen the continuity of the institutional memory of the organization.

The article presents announcements related to activities of the American Society of Naturalists (ASN). The 2007 joint meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society of Systematic Biologists, and the ASN will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand on June16-20, 2007. The applications for the Young Investigators' Prizes will be due on January 31, 2007. The deadline for the nomination for the Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award which focused on the area of ecology and evolutionary biology will be on March 1, 2007.

The article presents information related to various developments in the field of natural history in the United States. The 2007 annual meetings of the American Society of Naturalists will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 16-20, 2007. Applications are invited from investigators for the Young Investigators' Prizes which recognize outstanding and promising work by investigators who received their doctorates in the three years preceding the application deadline or who are in their final year of graduate school.