As part of the 2024 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station in northern Michigan, Dr. Noah Whiteman, a professor of integrative biology and molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Essig Museum of Entomology, will give the Hann Endowed Lecture in Ornithology.

The event on the Pellston campus is free and open to the public.

Whiteman studies the ancient battles in Darwin’s “war of nature,” where many of the chemicals we use and abuse were made.

The evolutionary biologist is the author of the book “Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins — from Spices to Vices”.

Whiteman's UMBS talk is titled “How the Early Bird Catches the Worm: Co-evolution Between Migratory Behavior and Beak Morphology in a Hummingbird.”

Founded in 1909, UMBS is one of the nation’s largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.

Laboratories and cabins are tucked into more than 10,000 acres along Douglas Lake just south of the Mackinac Bridge to support long-term climate research and education.