Press Releases — Page 9

Using historical nursery catalogs to predict plant invasion, incorporating animal communities into assessments of ecosystem health and more from ESA’s journals.

A new study says non-native milkweeds don’t help or harm migratory monarch butterflies.

For the first time, how king penguins catch fish in the dark ocean at depths exceeding 100m has been captured on film.

Michigan State ecologist bestowed prestigious Ecological Society of America Fellowship.

An optical illusion helps Chinese New Year flowers make their colorless nectar appear dark red, attracting pollinators.

Daniel Becker, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Oklahoma, has been named a 2025 Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America for his research focusing on the spread of zoonotic pathogens.

The award recognizes a groundbreaking contribution to sustainability science.

First place was awarded in a tie to two Stockbridge students presenting their respective research projects in the graduate student poster competition at the Mid-Atlantic Ecological Society of America annual meeting.

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity and lifelong commitment to the profession.

A new article argues that despite growing awareness, scientific research collaborations continue to underrepresent many regions of the world.

ESA is honored to announce a generous bequest from the estate of the late Dr. Diana Harrison Wall, former ESA President.

A pandemic of lianas is sweeping through tropical forests, reducing their ability to store carbon and limiting their role in mitigating climate change. Two recent studies highlight the issue.

Interim director for the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and research scientist Dennis Ojima was elected as a 2025 fellow by The Ecological Society of America.

This recognition honors his outstanding contributions to ecological science, particularly at the intersection of ecology and public health. Rohr is one of just eight Fellows confirmed this year.

Daniel Laughlin, a University of Wyoming professor in the Department of Botany, has been selected as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America.

Benjamin Freeman, assistant professor and Elizabeth Smithgall-Watts Endowed Faculty in the School of Biological Sciences, has been named a 2025 Early Career Fellow by the  Ecological Society of America (ESA).

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Lisa McManus is recognized for notable efforts to investigate how climate change impacts coral reef ecosystems.

University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology Professor Robert Fletcher has been made a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America.

The Ecological Society of America announced Professor Paul Armsworth, of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, among its cohort of 2025 ESA Fellows.

Joan Dudney studies the impacts of global change on forests to develop science-based management strategies.