The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) tropical forests stretch across an extraordinary landscape of rivers, wetlands, savannas and towering trees. But in a forest this vast, biodiversity doesn’t ...

Even in protected areas, birds are disappearing from America’s prairies, and unpredictable weather isn’t helping. That’s the takeaway from a new study by researchers at Michigan State University, ...

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This workshop was organized by the Ecological Society of America, Education & Diversity Programs Office and the following planning committee members: Bill Dennison is Vice President for Science ...

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of its 2026 awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity ...

Inside the rounded fruit of a fig tree is a maze of flowers. That is, a fig is not actually a fruit; it is an inflorescence—a cluster of many flowers and seeds contained inside a bulbous stem. Because ...

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce its 2026 Fellows. The Society’s fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which its members contribute to ecological research, ...

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Students in the 2026 cohort are engaged in advocacy with ...

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity ...

Can we call the great German polymath, Alexander von Humboldt—an explorer, scientist, and widely read author whose long life spanned the eighteen and nineteenth centuries—a founder of ecology? Without ...

House sparrows (Passer domesticus) have adapted to urban environments, which are changing and growing faster than ever before. A range of both biotic and abiotic factors – including habitat ...

De-extinction (bringing extinct species back from the dead) has been riding a wave of enthusiasm, fueled by Steward Brand’s TED talk and several prominent books and articles. But for a project that ...