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Ecological Society of America Announces Newly Elected Leaders

(December 8, 2021) – ESA is pleased to announce the results of its recent election for five positions on its Governing Board and two positions for its Board of Professional Certification.

ESA voices concern about EPA’s effort to weaken the Clean Water Rule

The Ecological Society of America is concerned with the proposed rule issued today by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to replace the 2015 Clean Water Rule (Waters of the United States Rule or WOTUS).

Laura Huenneke selected to lead as President of the Ecological Society of America for 2018-2019 term

Laura Huenneke, an ecologist and conservation scientist who has also served in university and nonprofit leadership positions, became President of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) during the Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans, LA. Elected by the members of ESA for a one-year term, Huenneke presides over the world’s largest professional society of ecologists.

2017 Annual Meeting Photo Contest Winners

The ecological community gathers each year for the ESA Annual Meeting. The heart of our society is its members and the free exchange of scientific ideas. Thus, the theme for the 2017 photo contest was “Exchanging Ecological Ideas”.

Ecological Society of America announces 2017 Fellows

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2017 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. Fellows are members who have made outstanding contributions to a wide range of fields served by ESA, including, but not restricted…

Science Debate and US Presidential Candidates

ESA joined 56 of America’s leading nonpartisan organizations in posing 20 questions on current science issues to the Presidential candidates.

USGS scientist named Ecological Society of America president

Jill Baron takes up the chair of ESA’s governing board, which lays out the vision for overall goals and objectives for the Society.

Where the Red Fox Dens: Fox dens foster tree growth, according to new study

(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.

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Canned salmon dating back to 1970s shows that marine mammals face increasing risks of intestinal parasitism

(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.

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Pathogenic microbes in drying soils could present public health threat

(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.

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Senator Rosa Galvez Selected as the 2022 ESA Regional Policy Award Winner

(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.

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The Japanese endemic flowering plant Arisaema urashima possesses a spectacular thread-like sterile appendix. The plant's strange shape evokes the image of Urashima Taro—a character in a Japanese folktale—fishing, hence the plant's name. Suetsugu et al. conducted a removal experiment of the thread-like appendix to examine its functional significance. Their study, published in the September issue of Ecology, provides strong evidence for the attraction role of the thread-like appendix targeting its primary pollinators.

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