ESA’s offices covering public affairs and publications routinely seek opportunities to share the work of ecologists — ESA members and authors in our journals — whose research and other efforts advance the science of ecology and educate policymakers and the public about the value and importance of our science. You can read more about it on the Ecotone blog or through any of ESA’s hundreds of touchpoints in the press.
ESA Research in the News
The ESA promotes research articles by issuing press releases and working with universities, organizations, and federal agencies that also seek to obtain press exposure. We regularly post news articles based on our journal articles. Here are some notable examples from 2018:
Ecology
- Sexually selected infanticide by male red squirrels in advance of a mast year 10.1002/ecy.2158
- Canada’s National Observer 3-15-18
- Globe and Mail Canada 3-15-18
- Potential role of bird predation in the dispersal of flightless stick insects 1002/ecy.2230
- New York Times 6-5-18
- The New Yorker 6-2-18
- San Francisco Chronicle 5-29-18
- The Washington Post 5-29-18
- Protocooperation among small polyps allows the coral Astroides calycularis to prey on large jellyfish 10.1002/ecy.2413
- BBC 7-31-18
- National Geographic
- The Telegraph 7-30-18
- Please, more tears: a case of a moth feeding on antbird tears in central Amazonia 1002/ecy.2518
- Vice 10-10-18
- Smithsonian Magazine 9-28-18
Ecological Monographs
- Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear 1002/ecm.1313
- Billings Gazette 6-24-18
- International Business Times 6-22-18
- Necrobiome framework for bridging decomposition ecology of autotrophically and heterotrophically derived organic matter 10.1002/ecm.1331
- UPI 9-12-18
- Breitbart News 9-12-18
Ecological Applications
- Eco‐evolutionary rescue promotes host–pathogen coexistence 10.1002/eap.1792
- Discover Magazine 10-3-18
- Science Daily 10-3-18
- Deconstructing the King megafire 10.1002/eap.1752
- Science News 9-9-18
Ecosphere
- Interacting and non‐linear avian responses to mixed‐severity wildfire and time since fire 10.1002/ecs2.2291
- Eurasia Review 6-23-18
- Science Daily 6-22-18
- Eureka Alert 6-22-18
- Confirmation of arboreal habits in Dromiciops gliroides: a key role in Chilean Temperate Rainforests 10.1002/ecs2.2424
- Science Daily 10-18-18
- Eureka Alert 10-18-18
- Wildfire-mediated vegetation change in boreal forests of Alberta, Canada 10.1002/ecs2.2156
- CBC 5-26-18
- Canada’s National Observer 5-26-18
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
- Environmental benefits of leaving offshore infrastructure in the ocean 10.1002/fee.1827
- CBS News 7-31-18
- Eurasia Review 7-10-18
- The environmental cost of animal source foods 10.1002/fee.1822
- Salon 6-24-18
- World Economic Forum 6-14-18
- Business Standard 6-11-18
- Historical and potential future importance of large whales as food for polar bears 10.1002/fee.1963
- Smithsonian Magazine 10-10-18
- Environmental News Network 10-10-18
ESA Press Releases
Birds can mistake some caterpillars for snakes; can robots help?
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ESA voices concern about EPA’s effort to weaken the Clean Water Rule
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Ecologists Ask: Should We Be More Transparent with Data?
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South American Marsupials Discovered to Reach New Heights
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Alaskan Carbon Assessment Has Implications For National Climate Policy
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Researchers observe a defense mechanism for caterpillars can attract unwanted attention December 17, 2018 
December 11, 2018 
Open, readily-usable data sets and code will grow more important in future scientific research, saving time and effort for reviewers, investigators, and authors October 26, 2018
For the first time, scientists catch on camera a tiny marsupial climbing higher than previously thought in the forest canopy October 18, 2018 
A special article collection in Ecological Applications looks into how the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases stored in forests, permafrost, lakes, and rivers interact October 5, 2018