Press Releases — Page 28

(March 17, 2022) – Pathogenic hantavirus persists in marsh rice rats near New Orleans, drones fill gaps in ocean monitoring, and more in the Ecological Society of America’s journals.

Two newly published research studies from the U.S. Geological Survey show that, depending on their size and body condition, invasive tegu lizards from South America could survive in cooler, northern climates.

Scientists from the Ryan Institute in NUI Galway have published the first record of a Noble False Widow spider feeding on a protected species of Pipistrelle bats in the UK. 

New research provides a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts of emerald ash borer and associated adaptation strategies on wildlife species dependent on black ash wetland forests. 

Researchers from around the U.S., Canada, and Switzerland using remote sensing to study plant communities report that plant traits we can sense from satellites and airplanes can provide valuable insights into what’s going on beneath the soil.

(February 23, 2022) – A gazelle’s extraordinary journey across Mongolia, improvements to raccoon vaccination strategies, and more in the latest research from the ESA journals.

Two students from The University of New Mexico, Benjamin Gerstner and Cassandra Miller, have been named to participate in ESA’s Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award 2022 cohort.

Two Auburn University graduate students, Amanda Alva and Lynn Von Hagen, have been selected as recipients of the ESA’s 2022 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award.

Researchers pull from Thoreau’s findings to investigate how climate change is affecting local environments.

Adding diversity to restoration projects can buffer them against hurricanes, droughts and other climate extremes.

British colonization of Australia, together with the effects climate change, is likely to have contributed to the recent catastrophic wildfires in southeast Australia, a new study has found.

University of Queensland researchers and global marine experts have developed a framework for identifying the most vulnerable marine species.

As green crab invasion worsens in the state of Washington, a new analysis method could help contain future invasions and prevent new outbreaks using water testing and genetic analysis.

Mae Rennick has been selected to receive ESA’s 2022 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. She joins 43 other graduate students from across the country to participate in virtual Congressional visits taking place later this month.

Jessica Murray will meet with Utah policymakers as a 2022 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award recipient.

A new study delves into the competitive mechanisms that lead to decreased kill rates by wolves, and examined whether they were the same between continents.

A new study suggests native plant diversity matters less than seeding species with the ability to persist in poor soils.

A Kobe University Graduate School of Science professor explores the potential mutualism between squirrels and Amanita species.

Stony Brook University graduate students Isabella Betancourt and Abigail J. Costigan, from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences’ Marine Conservation and Policy program, have been selected for ESA’s Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) 2022 cohort.

(February 3, 2022) – ESA is honored to announce the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award 2022 cohort. This award provides graduate students with the opportunity to participate in a virtual Congressional Visits Day.