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How Higher Temperatures Can Benefit (or Devastate) Bumble Bee Populations

New research finds higher temperatures actually benefit some bumble bee species – but periods of extreme heat appear to more than offset those benefits. 

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Study of Gut Microbes in Black Bears Finds Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

A study of bears in eastern North Carolina expands our understanding of microbial ecosystems in omnivores, and finds bears may play an unexpected role in dispersing antibiotic-resistant pathogens. 

Ramírez inducted into the Fellows of the Society for Freshwater Science

The Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) announced the 2026 inductees into the Fellows of the Society for Freshwater Science, including applied ecology professor Alonso Ramírez. The Society for Freshwater Science… 

Fishing for Resilience

In new research, NC State applied ecologist Nadya Mamoozadeh and other researchers find that Southern Appalachian brook trout are most vulnerable to rising temperatures.