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McKenney Awarded Goodnight Early Career Innovators Class of 2024-25

STEPS Joins Forces with Water Resource Recovery Facilities to Develop Innovative Data-Driven Management Solutions

Paddleboarding for Pollen

Can certain diets keep bees healthy? That’s what applied ecology graduate student April Sharp aims to find out by studying Crithidia bombi, a fecal-orally transmitted parasite that may contribute to worldwide bee declines. 

Flexing for Mussels

Funding from N.C. Department of Transportation helps research to protect endangered freshwater shellfish. 

Zom-bees, Mummies and Vampire Mites: Three Tales of Haunted Hives

David Tarpy and Brad Metz in Applied Ecology reveal three spooky enemies of the western honey bee, including zombifying parasites, mummifying fungi and vampire mites. 

Study Finds Mutualistic Relationships Changing With Climate

As temperatures heat up, the beneficial relationship between certain ants and plants in Peru cools down.