Wormsloe Fellows to study invasive, threatened species along Georgia’s coast
Jul 2025
Doctoral student Daniel Gilley was awarded a Wormsloe Fellowship to continue his research on the foraging patterns of honeybees.
A dire response
Jul 2025
Ecology alumna Beth Shapiro (BS/MS ’99), chief science officer for Colossal Biosciences, helped clone the extinct dire wolf.
Annual Ecological Society meeting draws researchers from UGA
Jul 2025
Seventeen student and faculty researchers from Odum School of Ecology and other colleges and schools will represent the University of Georgia at the 2025 Ecological Society of America conference to
Rainbow parrotfish may be behind coral bleaching in part of the Florida Keys
Jul 2025
New research by Bill Fitt reveals that more than 1 in 3 corals in Buttonwood Sound frequented by parrotfish were bleached.
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.
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.
Rosemond named Fellow of the Society for Freshwater Science
May 2025
Three of five Fellows named by the Society for Freshwater Science are connected to the Odum School.
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.