Community-Led Health and Livelihood Programs Helped Protect Rainforests During the Pandemic

Jul 20, 2026

Community-Led Health and Livelihood Programs Helped Protect Rainforests During the Pandemic

As COVID-19 disrupted rural economies, communities living near protected rainforests faced rising uncertainty about jobs, health and basic needs. A new study in The Lancet Planetary Health shows that when communities were supported by health and livelihood programs that they designed with local nongovernment organizations, both people and ecosystems were more resilient. “Before the pandemic,…

photo shows an urban stream near a stormwater overflow pipe

Jul 13, 2026

Widely-Used Method for Assessing Stream Health Doesn’t Work Very Well

A widely-used technique for assessing the health of freshwater streams is not effective at detecting a range of water quality problems

Jul 1, 2026

Bradford awarded prestigious Louisville First Book Grant

Aminah Al-Attas Bradford has been awarded a First Book Grant by the Louisville Institute. Her book, Symbiotic Grace: Holobiont Theology in the Age of the Microbe, reconstructs Christian doctrine through…

Jun 8, 2026

Q&A with an Arctic Ecologist

Meet Matteo Petit Bon, a plant and ecosystem ecologist and the newest Applied Ecology faculty member. His research takes him to remote corners of the Northern Hemisphere, where conditions are…

a microscopic image of a brown/gray parasite

Jun 4, 2026

A Stinky Discovery: New Parasite Found in Snake Scent Glands

Student researchers in the Sustainable Health Ecology Lab in the Department of Applied Ecology recently discovered a potentially new species of parasitic nematode in the scent glands of three snake species.

photo shows a bumble bee resting on a yellow flower

May 6, 2026

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.

May 1, 2026

Tuna fisheries worth billions at risk as climate patterns shift Pacific waters, study finds…

Khara Grieger stands next to a student in front of a poster display

Apr 29, 2026

Khara Grieger: Driving Outreach, Engagement

a black bear sits on a forest floor, surrounded by green foliage

Apr 21, 2026

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.

Apr 17, 2026

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…

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