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Acoustic monitoring network for birds enhances forest management
A new study using the largest network of microphones to track birds in the United States is providing crucial insights for managing and restoring fire-prone forests across California’s Sierra Nevada ...
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ESA 2025 Graduate Student Policy Award Cohort Named
The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Students in the 2025 cohort are engaged in advocacy with ...
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Tiny sea slug could have a big impact on successful coastal conservation efforts
As climate change accelerates, finding effective solutions that deliver outsized impact becomes increasingly crucial. Now, new research from Chapman University shows that a tiny marine mollusk native ...
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Study reveals how rising temperatures could lead to population crashes
Researchers at Rice University have uncovered a critical link between rising temperatures and declines in a species’ population, shedding new light on how global warming threatens natural ecosystems.
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Biology Ph.D. Student Receives Prestigious National Honors to Study Fungi’s Role in Forest Health
Eva Legge, a first-year Ph.D. student majoring in biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the recipient of three prestigious honors: the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) 2025 ...
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Why Certify?
There is an increasing nationwide demand for certification credentials in the environmental arena. Besides natural resource management, ecological expertise is needed on a host of other current ...
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Working with Non-Majors
Are you looking for creative ways to bring the 4DEE Framework to life in your teaching? Watch Sara Scanga and Erica Tietjen’s Water Cooler Chat on exciting approaches to engaging Non-Majors with 4DEE ...
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The Plant Population Ecology Section, founded in 1994, encourages research and communication in plant population ecology and related fields. Activities include programs at the Annual Meeting and ...
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Results and Followup to WAMIE I , 1996-2016
Ten years after WAMIE I, the Women and Minorities in Ecology Committee worked to assess progress toward implementing the original report’s recommendations. A new report, Profile of Ecologists: Results ...
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Petition to Create a New ESA Section for Women and Gender Minorities in Science
The global scientific landscape still grapples with the severe underrepresentation and marginalization of women and gender minorities. Worldwide, only 33% of scientists are women, and the presence of ...
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Birds’ nests reveal history of the plastic age
Nest researcher Auke-Florian Hiemstra stumbled upon a bird nest that appeared to go back 30 years in time – filled with historical plastics. His discovery of successive layers of plastic in birds’ ...
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ESA Policy Action Alert for Federal Research
Recent U.S. administration executive orders (EOs) affecting research funding, data sets, the federal STEM workforce, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in federal agencies and scientific research ...