Press Releases

(July 12, 2021) – Breakthrough paper reveals multiple mechanisms for wing transparency in butterflies and moths; shows that wing transparency has evolved multiple times in lepidopterans.

(July 8, 2021) – New paper by federal, state and academic researchers from across the United States offers guiding principles for deciding whether to resist, accept or direct ecosystem changes like sea-level rise, desertification and lake warming.

(July 6, 2021) – The impact factors for the Ecological Society of America’s five journals have increased by 18% on average, according to the 2021 Edition of the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics.

(6/29/21) – A Diversity Forum published in Ecological Applications addresses the crisis of chronic underrepresentation of minorities in the ecological and environmental sciences.

(June 22, 2021) – A new report on the ecology of rural roads describes how low-volume roads provide critical services, but require extensive planning to prevent detrimental effects on air, water and wildlife.

(May 17, 2021) – A new open-access research collection published in Ecosphere reveals unexpected lessons drawn from decades of rich data from the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network.

(May 6, 2021) –A Japanese student’s backyard observations and email correspondence with an insect ecologist have led to a new understanding of the activity patterns of rhinoceros beetles.