Assistant professor asks important environmental questions
Stream ecologist Krista Capps studies the impact of aging water infrastructures, land use changes on freshwater ecosystems.
24 Ecology students present research at 2022 CURO Symposium
21 ecology majors and 3 ecology minors will present their original research at the 2022 UGA CURO Symposium April 4-5 at the Classic Center.
Shoring up the species barrier
UGA scientists take a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to understanding spillover, how zoonotic pathogens cross the species barrier.
Seven decades of environmental research at Savannah River Ecology Lab
The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory was first envisioned by Eugene Odum, who received funding for a baseline biological inventory in 1951.
Evolution of the fastest jaws in nature
GMNH associate Douglas Booher, BS ’98, explores the evolution of the trap-jaw mechanism in Strumigenys ants, which has resulted in one of the natural world’s fastest movements.
Long-lived butterfly parasites can’t take the heat
Debilitating parasite spores that infect monarch butterflies can persist for years at cool temperatures, but are knocked out by heat.
Disease Detectives
Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases researchers are working toward predicting future outbreaks by studying how hosts and parasites interact in the wild.
Ecologist studies the forces that shape savannas
Ricardo Holdo, an associate professor in the Odum School of Ecology, studies savannas and the many forces that shape them.
Herd immunity an impractical strategy, study finds
Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is an impractical public health strategy, according to a new model from UGA scientists.
Rosemond is new president of Society for Freshwater Science
Amy Rosemond, a professor in the UGA Odum School of Ecology, is the new president of the Society for Freshwater Science.