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New research provides new insights into the factors affecting the survival and territory occupancy of an iconic and imperiled raptor.

A new study analyses hundreds of images obtained by recreational divers and shared on social media, revealing the open-water octopuses’ behavior in their natural environment.

A new University of Florida study unveils a significant rise in the use of citizen science data for environmental reviews of major federal projects.

In a new paper, Michigan State University ecologists explore the impacts of warming temperatures and insect herbivory on plants’ biological cycles.

A study in the Cascade Range in Oregon of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to climate change, particularly severe winter weather.

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce its first cohort of Editorial Fellows.

As temperatures heat up, the beneficial relationship between certain ants and plants in Peru cools down.

New research indicates human-driven changes in gravel and salmon size impact the fish’s spawning success.

Central Africa’s unique bai ecosystems, a strategy for managing forests in a more flammable world, the protection of dead corals by secondary reef colonizers and a new approach to examining cause-and-effect in ecology.

A new study maps Congo’s bai ecosystems in unprecedented detail.

The Eiffinger’s tree frog has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental stages.

New research examines how some plant species are adjusting to change and others are losing out.

Single female desert locusts are exposed to extreme heat during the day, but paired females are protected from the heat by the male riding on their backs, who act as a “parasol.”

Forest management aimed at reducing fire risk also promotes the resilience of forests to other disturbances.

CU researchers spent 400 hours under water observing these colorful fish in the Caribbean. They learned they’re smarter, and more neighborly, than previously thought.

A population of the Arctic diving seabird known as the Mandt’s guillemot was monitored over 50 years during a period of rapid climatic and environmental change.

A new analysis that combines census data and information on lakes finds that critical sampling and monitoring is less likely to occur in lakes surrounded by marginalized communities.

A team of Michigan State University researchers found that lakes in communities of color were three times less likely to be sampled at least once than lakes in white communities.

The impact of rising temperatures on pathogens, dynamics of predatory seabirds and their penguin prey in Antarctica, factors determining the speed of coral reef recovery from disturbance and more.

The findings shed light on how pathogens may be transmitted between wild and managed bees, as well as why pathogens in bees are changing and what can be done to reduce them.