Study reveals even common plants are threatened by climate change
May 2025
New research from Jill Anderson is published in Science.
Finding where freshwater shrimp fit into the food web
Apr 2025
Grad student and Spencer Fellow Justin Jimawo is studying Eastern grass shrimp to understand how they fit into the food web.
Beyond the burn: Harvesting dead wood to reduce wildfires
Mar 2025
Ecology postdoc Rabindra Parajuli’s dissertation research on reducing wildfire hazards is covered in this story from Florida Atlantic University, where he earned his Ph.D.
‘People are also part of this ecosystem’: Rao studies impact of hydropower on human, ecological systems
Sep 2023
When small hydroelectric projects began dotting the rivers of the Western Ghats, a strip of mountains that runs parallel to the west coast of Peninsular India, Odum and Integrative Conservation (ICON) graduate student Shishir Rao pivoted from a career in IT to study their impact.
Researchers reveal need to examine link between two major environmental threats
Nov 2022
A recently published study may guide the future of invasive species and hypoxia research
Soil pioneer Coleman publishes memoir
Oct 2022
University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology emeritus professor David C. Coleman has written a memoir, Rootin’ in the Rhizosphere: Growing up in Ecosystem Ecology.
In Memoriam: Gary W. Barrett, 1940-2022
Apr 2022
Gary W. Barrett, Odum Chair emeritus and former director of the UGA Institute of Ecology, passed away on April 10, 2022 in Athens, Georgia.
Aquatic ecologist JoAnn Burkholder to deliver 2022 Odum Lecture at UGA
Apr 2022
JoAnn Burkholder of NC State University will deliver the 36th Odum Lecture at the UGA Odum School of Ecology on Tue., April 12, 2022 at 4 PM.
Joro spiders likely to spread beyond Georgia
Mar 2022
New research from the Odum School of Ecology suggests that Joro spiders could spread beyond Georgia and colonize the entire U.S. East Coast.
Into the woods: Class workdays teach students about invasive plants
Mar 2022
Ecology students, led by Asst. Prof. Richard Hall, spent two workdays removing invasive plants to restore conditions in Oconee Forest Park.