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University of Rhode Island Professor Laura Meyerson has been elected a fellow of the Ecological Society of America for her contributions to ecological research and policy.

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) recently announced its 2021 ESA Fellow awards, which recognize scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field, and UC Santa Cruz’s faculty were the most decorated of any university on this year’s list.  

Lauren Shoemaker, a University of Wyoming assistant professor in the Department of Botany, has been selected as a 2021-25 Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA).

For his work advancing our understanding of the recovery of degraded marine species and ecosystems, Adrian Stier of UC Santa Barbara has been named a 2021 Early Career Fellow by ESA.

Jay T. Lennon, a professor in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biology, has been elected as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America.

A Washington State University doctoral candidate is among 23 graduate students selected nationwide by ESA to receive the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award.

Florida State University researchers have found that coral vary in their response to ocean warming, a finding that has implications for the long-term health of coral reefs.

Researchers from NC State discovered abundant and stable rocks could be important for improving the recovery of aquatic insect populations in restored streams.

Researchers from Oregon State University and collaborators from the U.S. Forest Service looked at hundreds of long-term research plots in eastern Oregon to summarize historical and current forest structure.

University of Alberta biologist leads new study on “functional eradication” to curtail numbers of invasive species based on achievable targets for preventing ecological damage.

A team of biologists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) found that early exposure to heat and low oxygen makes oysters more vulnerable to same stressors later on.

A recent Louisiana State University doctoral graduate explores how mixed-species flocks of birds living in fragmented Amazon rainforest habitats are affected by seasonal changes.

A new model from researchers at UC Santa Barbara reveals how two radically different communities coexist beneath the canopies of California’s iconic kelp forests

Trade and tourism are among the most important factors in understanding the establishment of invasive species in Cuba, but the nation’s revolution and the subsequent U.S. embargo also influence the island’s biodiversity today.

UNC Greensboro’s Ann Berry Somers, senior lecturer in biology, with John H. Roe, professor at UNC Pembroke, recently announced the release of a new paper on eastern box turtles, the North Carolina state reptile.

Research shows that biodiversity is important not just at the traditional scale of short-term plot experiments, but also when measured over decades and across regional landscapes as well.

University of Michigan researchers netted and trapped more than 4,000 bees from 60 species to discover that the most diverse bee communities have the lowest levels of three common viral pathogens.

In a new study spanning nearly 13 years, researchers at UC Boulder discovered that the ground squirrel has joined many other small mammals in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains that are making an ominous trek: They’re climbing uphill to avoid warming temperatures in the state brought on by climate change.

Researchers at the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) at the University of Sussex show that honey bees and bumble bees dominate on different flower species and have found out why.

University of Nevada, Reno conducts international rivers study based on new approaches in science.