EcoReach gets kids (and their parents) to connect with science
Jan 2026
Odum School’s student-run outreach program embraces creepy, crawly, and sometimes gross themes to pique interest in ecology.
How much water is enough? UGA research helps balance needs for the Flint
Nov 2025
The River Basin Center and American Rivers collaborate with local water utilities and others in South Metro Atlanta and Central Georgia to balance upstream needs for drinking water with downstream needs for wildlife, recreation and agriculture.
Wildlife cameras capture critters from suburb to farm to forest
Oct 2025
Residents across Athens are getting a peek at the wildlife in their own backyards.
The tiniest patient: Teaching veterinarians to treat bees
Oct 2025
Beekeepers need a prescription when hives get sick, but few veterinarians are qualified to treat bees. A new course at UGA will change that.
University of Georgia, Spelman College and Georgia Gwinnett College to study knowledge community’s watershed health
Sep 2025
The Odum School is part of an interdisciplinary research project focused on sustainable watershed development at a 2,000-acre site along Highway 316 in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
Yes, killer bees are back. No, you shouldn’t panic.
Sep 2025
Lewis Bartlett provides insight on the return of Africanized or “killer” bees.
Mosquitos are more than a nuisance
Jul 2025
A two-year study found high mosquito numbers in some Atlanta neighborhoods, showing how mosquitos can thrive in human-made environments.
RBC affiliate brings wastewater professionals together to talk septic
Jul 2025
Wastewater experts joined Krista Capps to examine issues surrounding Georgia’s decentralized, aging and poorly maintained wastewater infrastructure.
Endangered minnow rallies conservationists in race to save laurel dace
Jul 2025
Odum School graduate students Christian Swartzbaugh and Mackenzi Hallmark are working with the Tennessee Aquarium and local residents to save an endangered minnow that only lives in a few streams in southeastern Tennessee.
World Water Day 2025: Delivering safe water resources to all
Mar 2025
Ecology faculty Seth Wenger, Krista Capps and Charles van Rees, along with collaborators, published a new commentary on our relationships with water resources and how we manage them.