Want to be a hummingbird expert? UT Arboretum Society to host lecture ahead of bird's return to East TN

Want to be a hummingbird expert? UT Arboretum Society to host lecture ahead of bird's return to East TN

Join a free lecture on April 3 via Zoom with naturalist Stephen Lyn Bales to learn fascinating facts about hummingbirds' migration and species diversity.

Hummingbirds in the City: How Urban Life Shapes Their Role as Pollinators

We are witnessing the accelerated transformation of natural areas into cities. According to the United Nations, 55% of the world’s population lived in cities in 2018, a figure projected to rise to 68% by 2050. This ongoing transformation of our planet has led researchers from different fields to look at cities and ask how these environments affect ecosystem dynamics. This question, which might seem rather simple, is far from having a straightfor…