On a summer afternoon in the Sierra Nevada, a mountain pond can look calm and still, reflecting granite peaks and alpine sky. But beneath the surface, these small, shallow waters are anything but ...

Marine scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found that disturbances to giant kelp forests have a major influence on their net primary productivity (NPP) — an indicator of an ecosystem’s health and its ...

Large language models (LLMs) are gradually transforming research in the life sciences in ways that extend far beyond improving productivity, and becoming a new normal before scientists have agreed ...

Marine plastic pollution is a major and well-known component of pollution in the oceans. Examples of the impacts of plastic pollution on ocean life serve as some of the most evocative demonstrations ...

Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of the ecological toolkit, helping researchers analyze large environmental datasets, uncover patterns in complex systems and develop new ...

Members of the ecological community are encouraged to submit public comments on a sweeping proposed rule that, if finalized, would fundamentally change how federal research grants are awarded, ...

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) presents a roundup of six research articles recently published across its esteemed journals. Widely recognized for fostering innovation and advancing ecological ...

UTEP doctoral student Parikrama Sapkota is the 2026 recipient of the E. Lucy Braun Award from the Ecological Society of America (ESA). The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of ...

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of its 2026 awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity ...

A study has provided new evidence of beavers’ expansion into the Canadian Arctic by dating the changes they have made to the tundra landscape as they spread northwards. Published in the journal ...

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) welcomes Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST) as an organizational member of the Society. “We launched our organizational membership to build better ...

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce its 2026 Fellows. The Society’s fellowship program recognizes the many ways in which its members contribute to ecological research, ...