(May 18, 2021) Researchers have analyzed how environmental factors influence the growth and health of corals and found that more species of corals are living in the mangrove forests than in nearby shallow reefs.
(May 17, 2021) – A new open-access research collection published in Ecosphere reveals unexpected lessons drawn from decades of rich data from the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network.
(May 10, 2021) – Researchers conducted experiments on the North Carolina coast to determine how an invasive marine fouling species interferes with recovery in the aftermath of natural disasters.
(May 6, 2021) –A Japanese student’s backyard observations and email correspondence with an insect ecologist have led to a new understanding of the activity patterns of rhinoceros beetles.
(May 3, 2021) – A study published in Ecological Applications from the University of California, Davis, and UC Santa Cruz suggests that green energy and species conservation goals may come into conflict in California’s Mojave Desert.
Dr. Rebecca Ostertag has been elected a 2021 Fellow of ESA or her “outstanding intellectual leadership in the areas of tropical forest ecology and conservation and a deep commitment to mentoring and enhancing diversity in the next generation of ecologists.
Erik Van Vleck, professor of mathematics, along with his co-authors, was awarded the 2021 Robert P. McIntosh Award as the best nominated paper in vegetation ecology in the previous two years by the vegetation section of ESA.
Castilleja F. Olmsted, a PhD student at University of Pittsburgh, was recently awarded the ESA Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award.
Bethany Bradley, Environmental Conservation at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Wins Mercer Award from ESA.
Two students from Oregon State are among the 22 receiving a Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award, presented annually by ESA.
Professor Juan Armesto, an academic at the Catholic University of Chile, received the ESA Whittaker Prize.
Dr Raj Whitlock, a Senior Lecturer in the University’s Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, is a 2021 recipient of ESA’s prestigious George Mercer Award.
ESA announced Howard University Professor of Biology George A. Middendorf as the winner of its 2021 Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education.
A five-year study by the University of Wyoming researchers of mule deer does and newborn fawns in western Wyoming shows that migrating deer have a lot to balance when it comes to birth timing.
Researchers at CU Boulder find that common plants and pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and may also serve as buffers against some impacts of climate change.
Piping plovers, charismatic shorebirds that nest and feed on many Atlantic Coast beaches, rely on different kinds of coastal habitats in different regions along the Atlantic Coast, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
A 2017 study from ORNL that shows the far-reaching impacts of U.S. cities’ energy consumption on regional ecosystems has received the 2021 Sustainability Science Award from ESA.
A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Florida has developed new decision-making tools to help park managers put a dent in the multibillion-dollar illegal wildlife trade while staying within their budgets.
Joshua Lawler, a University of Washington professor in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, has been named a 2021 fellow of ESA.
ESA has chosen Erika Zavaleta, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, to receive our 2021 Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award.