New study shows alligators aren’t all that’s lurking in Georgia’s swamps
Jun 2025
New research from Jeb Byers, Ben Parrott and Kristen Zemaitis (MS ’23) uncovers increased levels of mercury in the state’s swamps.
Grad student conducts research to understand—and protect—the Tapir Valley tree frog
May 2025
Valeria Aspinall saw the first female Tapir Valley tree frog in 2020. The tiny, critically endangered frog exists only in a 20-acre wetland in Costa Rica.
Ecology celebrates a record 65 graduates at spring convocation
May 2025
Convocation speaker Ethell Vereen (PhD ’10) urged Ecology’s spring 2025 graduates to acknowledge the influences that helped make them.
What’s in a name: Consumers prefer purified water to recycled or reused water (even though they’re the same thing)
May 2025
New research from Megan Hopson (PhD ’22) puts a dollar value on consumers’ preference for purified water over reused or recycled water.
Building Byte-odiversity: UGA scholars convene in workshop on AI tools for conservation
May 2025
UGA researchers including Ecology faculty are exploring how new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) could boost efforts to protect species and restore habitats in the future.
A minority can influence whole group to change, study finds
May 2025
Ants are hardwired to accept just one queen or multiple queens, but a minority can change the way others behave, an Odum School researcher found.
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.
Museum collections reveal worldwide spread of butterfly disease
Apr 2025
Research from Sonia Altizer explores how museum specimens can be used to track the spread of disease.
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