The Earth has a long and complicated time scale in its 4.5 billion year history. What makes Earth unique is the life it harbors. We will walk through life on Earth from the origins through the Permian extinction. This is tailored to any who are interested in science, natural history or from any background and want to learn.

Following History of the Earth part 1, we will walk through the history of life on Earth from the Permian extinction to the present looking at a variety of fossils in person! These include things like a mastadon and megalodon tooth. This is welcome to all students who are simply interested in the topic!

Ants are all around us constantly, yet they go unnoticed most of the time! But what do these small animals get up to? How diverse are they? What are some wild and crazy ants that live in the world and in the Ithaca area? All of these can be answered in a fun 50 minutes of ant knowledge.

How do the lines of chemistry and biology interact with one another? Find out in this lecture on the fascinating stories of scientific discovery and the evolution of the field of chemical ecology focusing on arthropods mostly.