School of Biology and Ecology

Mereghetti analyzes ‘time capsules’ from last ice age *Ecology and Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary program spanning multiple departments, including the School of Biology and Ecology.

Fewer frogs died by vehicles in the outset of the pandemic, study finds

            A recent paper published in New Phytologist by SBE graduate student Lance Stasinski was featured by CNN. Stasinski and his colleagues showed that leaf reflectance spectra – the way different wavelengths of light reflect from a leaf – can be used to accurately detect populations and the genomic ancestry […]

Per UMaine News, Mech’s New Spruce Budworm Testing Lab at UMaine is critical to mitigating impact of destructive insect. The Bangor Daily News has also featured a story on the invasive pest and the new testing lab.

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S5E1: How do we protect our forests from invasive species?

We’re happy to share that our friends at the Maine Science Festival are planning the return of the Festival in 2022. See below for more details:    2022 MSF – Call for Ideas! We have begun planning for the in-person return of the Maine Science Festival in March 16-20, 2022, as long as it is […]

View the video at https://www.wabi.tv/2021/09/18/umaine-students-host-bioblitz-campus-discover-animal-plant-life/ UMaine students host BioBlitz on campus to discover animal and plant life By Owen Kingsley Published: Sep. 18, 2021 at 7:29 PM EDT|Updated: Sep. 18, 2021 at 7:33 PM EDT ORONO, Maine (WABI) – Did you know many different species live on the UMaine campus? Students and members of the community have […]

The University of Maine was awarded a $25,000 Presidential Grant by the Davis Educational Foundation in the summer of 2021 to support initiatives  in preparation for fall teaching — Teaching Labs Remotely and a Faculty Ambassador Program. Dr. McGuire’s hard work to develop innovative approaches to teaching the BIO 100 lab remotely this fall was […]

Graduate students host BioBlitz to count species on campus

After a year of Zoom-only seminars, for Fall 2021 we are returning to in-person seminars in 102 Murray Hall. Join us at 2 pm on Friday, September 3, for Newbie Faculty Narratives! SBE’s newer faculty members (those who’ve joined us since 2019) will give brief talks. Featuring Angela Mech, Dudu Meireles, Matt Chatfield, Erin Grey, […]

Levesque’s NSF CAREER award supports study of small mammal thermoregulation, energy use in changing climate 

Hazuková to examine whether West Greenland lakes emit or capture carbon

New UMaine research hub to focus on Potato Virus Y

Researchers assess whether open educational resources improved biology instruction

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Study links active forest management to reduced tick populations

Bacteria from nematodes could be used to kill fire ants, UMaine research reveals

Imaging spectroscopy can predict water stress in wild blueberry fields, UMaine-led study reveals

Scientists want to try confusing browntail moths with arousing chemicals to end future outbreaks