Study reveals even common plants are threatened by climate change
May 2025
New research from Jill Anderson is published in Science.
Sonia Altizer: Two decades of scholarship and leadership
May 2025
Sonia Altizer served in the Odum School of Ecology for 20 years, earning accolades for teaching, research, mentorship and administration.
Three UGA faculty members receive 2025 Russell Awards
Mar 2025
Alex Strauss receives a Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the university’s highest early career teaching honor.
Vahsen studies plant evolution and its consequences
Mar 2025
As a kid, Megan Vahsen was really interested in science and math, and she was good at them. So when she went to college, it made sense to major in
A Bug’s Life
Mar 2025
Ecology faculty Sonia Altizer, Lewis Bartlett and Andy Davis provide expertise in this Georgia Magazine feature story.
Lecturer, coordinator helps shape ecology curriculum
Feb 2025
Amanda Rugenski seeks multiple pathways for student success Amanda Rugenski was in a bog when she realized that she wanted to be a scientist. While on a field trip with
Q&A with Jeb Byers: Mapping invasive species along global coastlines
Feb 2025
UGA’s Office of Research conducted a Q&A with Ecology’s Jeb Byers.
Predicting pandemics with Pejman Rohani
Dec 2024
Ecology’s Pej Rohani and CEID colleagues are helping to develop computational models for forecasting the spread of influenza, which annually causes half a million deaths worldwide.
The hidden disease risks of modern housing development in rural Africa
Nov 2024
Before she joined the Odum School, assistant professor Tamika Lunn conducted research on where bats in Kenya prefer to roost. The results were published in the latest issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
The monarch butterfly may not be endangered, but its migration is
Oct 2024
Breeding population of monarchs is stable, but they’re dying off on their way to Mexico With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University