Tag: Odum School of Ecology
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Study: Predators don’t benefit from increased insect biomass
A long-term study investigating how altering nutrient inputs to streams affects forest-dwelling organisms has yielded…
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Severe low temperatures devastate coral reefs in Florida Keys
Increased seawater temperatures are known to be a leading cause of the decline of coral…
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EcoFocus Film Festival 2012 dates set, call for films issued
The fourth annual EcoFocus Film Festival will take place from March 23-31 in Athens, Ga.,…
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UGA study links land use with spread of West Nile virus
Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a mathematical model showing a link between…
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Researchers find a keystone nutrient recycler in streams
Researchers from the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology have found that certain neotropical…
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U.S. agriculture deputy secretary announces national agroforestry plan at UGA
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan unveiled a federal plan to help farmers…
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UGA graduate students receive Excellence in Research Awards
The University of Georgia Graduate School recently honored four students with 2011 Graduate Student Excellence…
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Thirteen UGA students and alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Thirteen University of Georgia students and alumni have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships,…
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Outbreak of strange moth posing danger to oak trees
Researchers at the University of Georgia are tracking an outbreak of caterpillars that can eat…
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UGA Honors undergraduate Todd Pierson receives 2011 Udall Scholarship
For the fourth consecutive year, a University of Georgia undergraduate has been named a recipient…
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Invasive ladybugs eat their native competition, but a shared enemy determines who survives
A University of Georgia researcher studying invasive ladybugs has developed new models that help explain…
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Can marine life catch your germs?
The spread of lethal diseases from animals to humans has long been an issue of…
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Could extinction possibly become extinct?
What if there were a way to predict when a species was about to become…
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Migrating towards better health
It’s a common assumption that animal migration, like human travel across the globe, can transport…
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Travel bugs
A University of Georgia study that enlisted the help of hundreds of citizen scientists from…
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EcoFocus to screen FRESH at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia
The EcoFocus Film Festival, an initiative of the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology…
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Climate change expert Stephen Pacala to deliver 26th annual Odum Lecture at UGA
Stephen W. Pacala, director of the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Frederick D. Petrie Professor…
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As coastal fisheries decline, major source of nutrients for entire ecosystem is lost
A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia and Florida International University has…
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UGA Office of Sustainability awards $13,000 for student projects
The University of Georgia Office of Sustainability announced the inaugural winners in the UGA Campus…
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UGA Ph.D. student redesigns field lab to incorporate team- and inquiry-based learning
When University of Georgia ecology Ph.D. student Athena Rayne Anderson asked to be the head…
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Citizen science data reveal links between migration and disease in monarch butterflies
A University of Georgia study that enlisted the help of hundreds of citizen scientists from…
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Media Advisory: University of Georgia researcher to discuss continuing work on Vieques underwater un
James W. Porter, associate dean of the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, will…
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University of Georgia students awarded 2011 mid-term Foundation Fellowships
Three 2011 mid-term Foundation Fellows have been named at the University of Georgia.
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Water bottle refilling stations installed in the ecology building at UGA
Students, faculty and staff can now refill reusable bottles with filtered water in the Odum…
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