Anderson wins 2026 ESA W.S. Cooper Award
Jun 2026
Award honors research on how plants respond to climate change.
Space invaders: New service-learning course equips students to fight invasive species
Apr 2026
Students explore the impact of non-native species in Athens and beyond.
Tennakoon helps students connect to marine life in the past and present
Feb 2026
Odum School lecturer Shamindri Tennakoon helps students see ancient and marine habitats they’ve never encountered.
Reception to celebrate new book exploring the power of parasites
Dec 2022
The Odum School of Ecology will host a reception Jan. 6 to celebrate Animal Behavior and Parasitism, a new book edited by faculty members Sonia Altizer, Vanessa Ezenwa and Richard
Monarch butterfly populations are thriving in North America
Jun 2022
New research shows that the summer population of monarch butterflies in North America has remained relatively stable over the past 25 years.
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.
Alumni News: Lovich and Gibbons publish Turtles of the World
Jan 2022
Turtles of the World, by Jeffrey Lovich (PhD ’90) and Prof. Emeritus Whit Gibbons, explores the biology of these charismatic—and imperiled—animals.
Ecology mourns the loss of Lovejoy and Wilson
Dec 2021
A statement from Dean Sonia Altizer on the passing of E.O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy, brilliant evolutionary ecologists and champions of conservation and biodiversity.
Climate change could increase costs of reproduction in plants, study finds
Jul 2021
A new study offers clues about how plant populations might respond to climate change and could provide guidance for conservation strategies.
Evolution of the fastest jaws in nature
Mar 2021
GMNH associate Douglas Booher, BS ’98, explores the evolution of the trap-jaw mechanism in Strumigenys ants, which has resulted in one of the natural world’s fastest movements.