Like many parasites, nematomorphs are known to manipulate the behavior of their hosts to complete their life cycles. Also known as horsehair worms, among other names, these creatures develop in their ...

The call for organized sessions is now closed. The call for individual abstracts for talks and posters is expected to open on Oct 12. Ecologies of a Changing Planet will issue calls for proposals in ...

In northeastern North America, a 500-mile-long stretch of mountains runs from the Adirondacks in New York to the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec. Nearly 70 million people live within a day’s drive ...

When Caitlin Bloomer wrestled the massive Crawzilla crawdad — yes, that’s its actual common name — out of the muck during a bio-survey event in Kentucky, she was convinced it was the largest crayfish ...

Get your professional development from your professional society! These scientific, technical and professional virtual events are a benefit to members and certified ecologists, and a resource for the ...

President (2026 – 2027) Rese Cloyd DC Department of Energy and Environment Email: rese.cloyd@gmail.com President-Elect (2026 – 2027) Pamela Templer Boston University Email: ptempler@bu.edu ...

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Shaopeng Wang, Peking University, Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, China A fundamental ...

Publishing General: esajournals@esa.org Director of Publishing Yurong Fei-Bloom Interim Associate Director of Publishing Ellen Cotter Interim Senior Managing Editor (Ecology; Ecological Applications; ...

Dr. Amina Pollard is a freshwater ecologist, limnologist, and Senior Science Advisor with a federal environmental agency, where she provides scientific leadership on national environmental priorities ...

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 ...

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 ...