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Dear all You are warmly invited to the next exciting event in the Grant Museum's Animal Adventures Season - one of the country's top zoologists comes to discuss what happens when animals go on travels of their own. We very much hope you can make it. Best wishes Jack Ashby Alien Invaders Thursday 5th March, 6.30pm If you thought alien invaders only existed in science fiction, think again. They are all around us, in the forms of exotic animals and plants transported beyond their natural limits by humans, often with disastrous consequences. But which species become invaders, and how? What happens when an animal sets up camp in a foreign land? Prof. Tim Blackburn will show how human desires and the species’ characteristics connect to drive the process of alien invasion, as illustrated by birds. Tim Blackburn is Director of the Institute of Zoology at the Zoological Society of London, and honorary professor at the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham. His latest book, Avian Invaders: The Ecology and Evolution of Exotic Birds, will be published by OUP in May 2009. Following the talk, join us for a free glass of wine in a private view of the Museum. This event is free and there is no need to book Animal Adventures Season Countless scientists have scoured the globe in search of new creatures, and many species have had adventures of their own – invading new lands and making some amazing evolutionary leaps when they get there. This series investigates the stories and the science of journeys taken by animals and for animals. Learning and Access Manager Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy Darwin Building University College London Gower Street WC1E 6BT Tel:(+44) 020 7679 2647 (Internal ext. 32647) Fax:(+44) 020 7679 7096 Email: [log in to unmask] www.grant.museum.ucl.ac.uk Opening Times: Monday to Friday 1-5pm Group visits (Including: schools, colleges, other universities, special interest groups, researchers, appointments): Monday to Friday 9am-1pm