Free WWU lecture at City Hall Wednesday on how species survivided the ice ages

How arctic species survived the ice ages will be the subject of a free lecture from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, in Bellingham City Council chambers, 210 Lottie St.

The third event of the annual Science and the UniverCity community science lecture series will be presented by Eric DeChaine, assistant professor of biology at Western Washington University.

The lecture will focus on the role ice-age climate cycles played in the development of biological diversity in the Arctic.