Department of Applied Ecology
![a man casting a net into the water](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AE_Damiano_fishnet_feature_041223.jpg)
Sustaining Iconic Fish
![NC State belltower on a sunny day](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NC-State-belltower.jpg)
10 CALS Faculty Named 2022-23 Goodnight Early Career Innovators
![Crystal skippers feeding on morning glories at Fort Macon State Park, NC.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dsc00933-1.jpeg)
Youngsteadt Awarded Grant to Conserve Rare Butterflies
![A Canada lynx in the snow staring at the camera](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AE_CanadaLynx_stock_FWS_021723.jpg)
Studying Wildlife from the Arctic to Caribbean
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60 Seconds with Skylar Hopkins
![Queen bee surrounded by her other bees in her colony.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/queen-bee-cropped-waugsberg.jpg)
Vaccination for Bees Doesn’t Sting
![many ants swarm over a plastic plate containing different types of food. The plate is set on the ground, surrounded by leaves.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/youngstead-hot-ant-header-1500.jpg)
Climate Conundrum: Study Finds Ants Aren’t Altering Behavior in Rising Temperatures
![Lucie Ciccone near a stream](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/LuciePhoto-edit.jpg)
Applying Ecology: Graduate Lucie Ciccone
![The Sweet-APPS team sitting at a table](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CALSMag_SweetAPPS.png)
Sweet-APPS Yielding Sweet Success
![brown-furred marten with grey ears is perched on the branch of a pine tree](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/marten-header-1500-credit-rylee-jensen.jpg)