The Evolution of Dinosaurs into Birds ~ Speaker: Amy Balanoff, PhD

We are fortunate to have Dr. Amy Balanoff, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as our speaker at the next Chesapeake Audubon Speaker Series event. Place and Time are listed below. She will discuss her research into the evolution of birds from non-therapod dinosaurs. The talk promises to be a fascinating look at the transition from reptile to bird, and the structural changes inherent in that evolutionary shift. Dr. Balanoff is a fascinating speaker who translates her research into a talk that the layperson can understand.

Bio: Amy Balanoff is an assistant professor in the Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She holds appointments in the Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, and the Department of Paleobiology at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University. Research in her lab focuses on the interplay between behavioral innovation with anatomical structure and function during the transition from the primarily two-dimensional environment of ground-dwelling dinosaurs to the three-dimensional environment experienced by most birds today.

Sunday, November 15th, 2026, 2:00 pm

Oregon Ridge Nature Center Auditorium

13555 Beaver Dam Rd., Cockeysville, MD 21030

Light refreshments / FREE