Press Releases

Modeling airplane-bird collisions, visitors to giant otter latrines in Brazil and more from ESA’s journals.

The Ecological Society of America announces its 2026 award recipients, honoring ecologists whose research, teaching, mentorship and leadership have advanced ecological science and its benefits to society.

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce its eight new Fellows and ten new Early Career Fellows.

Supply and demand along birds’ migration routes, beaver impacts on tundra ecosystems and more from ESA’s journals.

Twenty graduate students make up this year’s cohort of Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Awardees.

Adrienne Sponberg will be ESA’s next executive director, bringing over 25 years of executive-level association experience to the role.

How rainstorms reshape the trail of environmental DNA in streams, how newcomers to an ecosystem do not always gain an edge from escaping their old enemies and more from ESA’s journals.

This prestigious scholarship program celebrates and supports outstanding early- to mid-career Ph.D. ecologists.

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce its recent election results for three Governing Board positions and three positions for its Board of Professional Certification.

A first-time observation of moths drinking a moose’s tears, the expansion of peat patches across Alaska’s North Slope and more from ESA’s journals.

Urban pollinator navigation, the relationship between aging tree roots and soil fungi and more from ESA’s journals.

Tiger conservation, plant-fungal networks in the Arctic and more from ESA’s journals.

Unexpected links between Arctic land and sea, what happened after a major sea star die-off and more from ESA’s journals.

The role of the arts in narrating environmental stories, nighttime cooling in urban parks and more from ESA’s journals.

How wild ungulates react to hiking trails, the key to invasive plants’ success and more from ESA’s journals.

At the ESA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Md., urban ecology will be front and center — fitting for a city that has long been a hub for research on nature in urban environments.

With this year’s Annual Meeting taking place in Baltimore, Maryland, research on the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed takes on special relevance.