Scientists identify high viral loads, mite resistance as key factors in recent honey bee losses
Lewis Bartlett discusses the causes and impacts of the unprecedented 2024-25 honey bee losses.
Endangered minnow rallies conservationists in race to save laurel dace
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.
Grad student conducts research to understand—and protect—the Tapir Valley tree frog
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.
Museum collections reveal worldwide spread of butterfly disease
Research from Sonia Altizer explores how museum specimens can be used to track the spread of disease.
UGA graduate student connects conservation and agriculture
Ecology grad student and Butler Fellow Mackenzi Hallmark is building the expertise to connect human decision-making with ecological outcomes.
Degree Programs
Graduate students in the Odum School are part of a community of engaged and committed scholars exploring fundamental—and pressing—basic and applied questions in ecology. The Odum School offers doctoral, master’s,
Carver augments UGA’s network in disease ecology
Ecology professor Scott Carver is probably best known for his work explaining why wombat poo is square (which won him a 2019 Ig Nobel Prize). Since arriving in January, he’s been working to apply his expertise in new areas while leveraging UGA’s significant resources in disease ecology.
2024 Research Awards
Jeb Byers is named Distinguished Research Professor, a distinction awarded to senior faculty members who are internationally recognized for their innovative body of work and its transformational impact on their field.
‘An art show or a science exhibit’: UGA Exhibit on Coral Displays History, Ecology of Ocean Creatures
Part history lesson, part ecological treasure trove, a new exhibit on display at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries explores the marine lives of coral and the expeditions and
M.S. in Ecology (non-thesis)
Master’s in Ecology (non-thesis option) The non-thesis option is intended for students pursuing a professionally oriented program of study who do not require independent research as part of their portfolio: