UGA researchers unlocking the secrets of cross-species rabies transmission
Like most infectious diseases, rabies can attack several species. However, which species are going to be infected and why turns out to be a difficult problem that represents a major gap in our knowledge of how diseases emerge. A paper just published in the journal Science by a team of researchers led by Daniel G. Streicker, a Ph.D. student in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, has begun to close that knowledge gap.
UGA researcher Rebecca Sharitz receives National Wetlands Award
Rebecca Sharitz, a researcher at the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory received the National Wetlands Award for Science Research at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on May 19. She was chosen out of a competitive nationwide field for her expertise on southeastern floodplain forests and Carolina bays and substantial contributions to wetland science.
EcoFocus Film Festival 2010 issues call for film submissions
The EcoFocus Film Festival, an initiative of the UGA Odum School of Ecology, is now accepting film submissions for the third annual festival which will take place in October, 2010 in Athens, Georgia.
Celebration of fortieth anniversary of Earth Day scheduled April 15 at Odum School of Ecology
The 40th anniversary of Earth Day will be celebrated in Athens April 15 with a program that examines the history and impact of the grass-roots movement that has made environmental awareness and action a top national priority. The program, titled ?Earth Day @ 40: Where Do We Stand,? will include a reception; a showing of the film ?Earth Days?; and a round-table discussion featuring four Athens environmental leaders, Allen Stovall, Carol Couch, Laurie Fowler and Mark Milby. It will be held in the University of Georgia?s Eugene Odum School of Ecology, headquarters for the first Earth Day in Athens on April 22, 1970.
Odum School presents EcoFocus environmental film festival Oct. 23-26 in Athens
The University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology will present a 4-day environmental film festival at Cine in downtown Athens Oct. 23-26. Open to the public, EcoFocus will feature world-class environmental films, as well as children’s programming, Q&A sessions with film directors and more.
Shallow-water corals more resistant to bleaching than deeper water corals
Stressed corals lose the symbiotic algae that help them survive in a process known as bleaching, but University of Georgia researchers have discovered that one subtype of the symbiotic algae that live mostly in shallow-water corals of the Caribbean provide resistance to environmental stress.
The researchers, who include plant biologists Gregory Schmidt and Brigitte Bruns and ecologists William Fitt and Jennifer McCabe Reynolds, showed for the first time that clade A Symbiodinium has complementary mechanisms for surviving in its coral hosts during periods of warmer-than-normal water temperatures and intense late-summer sun.
Odum School and Georgia Review Present “Ecology of the Georgia Coastline” and “The Pulitzer Legacy in Georgia”
The UGA Odum School of Ecology and The Georgia Review have partnered to offer this special event on the past, present and future of the Jekyll Island region. This event is one segment of the exciting conference, “The Pulitzer Legacy in Georgia” – the Oct. 27-30 celebration of fine writing and writers.
Ecology faculty help guide local conservation policy in Ecuador
As Bud and Mary Freeman describe a recent trip to Ecuador to collect fish samples to help guide local conservation policy, their story is abundant with color?giant electric blue butterflies, orchids rampant in the lush landscape and tropical fish species with a variety of interesting patterns.
Monarch butterflies help explain why parasites harm hosts
A new University of Georgia and Emory University study of monarch butterflies and the microscopic parasites that hitch a ride on them finds that the parasites strike a middle ground between the benefits gained by reproducing rapidly and the costs to their hosts.