A new paper published in Ecology presents the first direct evidence of orcas killing white sharks in South Africa, with video footage captured by both a helicopter and drone pilot.
(September 13, 2022) – A study published in Ecosphere reveals that trees growing on and around the sites of fox dens, especially long-established fox dens, grow faster than trees without vulpine intervention.
(August 3, 2022) – Cans of salmon processed between 1979 and 2019 reveal that whales and dolphins have become increasingly likely to consume prey containing parasitic worms that can cause acute gastritis in marine mammals.
(July 28, 2022) – Research on soil fungal communities in the southwestern United States suggests that spore-producing fungi in increasingly dry soils could represent a future threat to public health.
(July 21, 2022) – ESA will present its 15th annual Regional Policy Award to the Honorable Rosa Galvez, an independent Senator for Quebec, on Sunday, Aug 14, 5:00pm EDT, during the ESA Annual Meeting Opening Plenary.
(July 19, 2022) – Scientists have documented long-distance migration for the first time in several species of North American hover flies, some of the continent’s most important pollinators.
Ecologists have discovered the array of factors that underlie a population’s fluctuating cannibalism rate.
A new study from the University of Nevada, Reno shows that house sparrows’ health closely correlates with urban density, and that sparrows are carrying surprisingly high loads of lead in their bodies.
Behavioral ecologists have discovered a way to harness animals’ olfactory ability to protect vulnerable plants and endangered animals.
(May 18, 2022) – Sessions focus on transforming the science of ecology – “a change is gonna come”
(April 28, 2022) – The 107th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America will be held at the Montréal Convention Centre, August 14-19, 2022. ESA invites press and institutional public information officers to attend for free.
(April 19, 2022) – The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity and lifelong commitment to the profession.
(April 12, 2022) – ESA is pleased to announce its 2022 Fellows. The Society’s fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which its members contribute to ecological research and discovery, communication, education and pedagogy, and management and policy.
(March 31, 2022) – Polygynous cranes, fungus-farming ants, light pollution impacts on migrating birds in Central America, and more in the Ecological Society of America’s journals.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(January 31, 2022) – A new seed dispersal mechanism, public conservation voting for gray wolves, the oldest living tree in the European Union and more in the Ecological Society of America’s journals.
(January 20, 2022) – After a competitive and rigorous search process, The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce Madhusudan Katti as the new executive editor of the Bulletin.
(January 13, 2022) – A wayfaring Arctic hare, eBird during COVID-19, and more in the latest research from the ESA journals.
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