School of Biology and Ecology

DISTINGUISHED MYCOLOGIST AWARD: JOYCE E. LONGCORE The Distinguished Mycologist Award is one of the highest awards bestowed by the MSA, and it is designed to recognize individuals that have a truly distinguished career in the field of mycology in terms of either research or service. Joyce E. Longcore graduated with a B.S. in biology from […]

Wyman’s gift to establish first-of-its-kind wild blueberry research field at UMaine

Maine wild blueberry fields experience warming differently depending on location, season, time, UMaine study finds 

UMaine researchers: with right conditions, ticks can survive cold temps   Read the full WABI article.      

Browntail moth caterpillars can feed on conifers during outbreaks, UMaine researchers discover

2021 Maine Forest Tick Survey results released

Mech interviewed by BDN about impending browntail moth season

Read the full update of UMaine’s Browntail Moth Research.   

Maine Monitor highlights UMaine browntail moth research You can also read the full 2022 update of the research here.  This is an update of the original report submitted previously by Dr. Mech along with Dr. Eleanor Groden, Professor Emerita of Entomology , Dr. Hye W eon Hwang, Chemistry , Karla Boyd, SBE M.S. , and […]

From left to right: Farahad Dastoor, Dave Townsend (School of Marine Sciences), Bananas, Sandy Caron (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) and Judith Josiah-Martin (Social Work). We’re proud of our graduates! Good luck in all that you do!    

Please watch our virtual awards ceremony for 2021-22!

Dill interviewed for BDN about tick boom in article about extreme tick control methods

Annis interviewed by BDN about infection-causing fungus

SBE’s Len Kass, Kate Ruskin, Elissa Ballman, Greg LeClair, Brittany Schappach, and Rafa Tasnim among the winners: https://nsfa.umaine.edu/blog/2022/04/20/college-of-natural-sciences-forestry-and-agriculture-announces-outstanding-students-faculty-and-staff/

New round of RRF grants support collaborations and student research learning across the state

Nineteen students, staff, and faculty joined forces on Maine Day to create a Maine Rare Plants Garden in the Murray Hall Courtyard and around the building. This is a joint project of the Biology Club and Horticulture Club, made possible with generous support from the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Campus Activity Fund and the […]

Spectrum News speaks to Dill about the lengthening tick season

Gill speaks to Axios about Musk’s acquisition of Twitter

Hamley and Gill recognized by ESA for Falkland Islands Research

From UMaine News: WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) interviewed Griffin Dill, University of Maine Tick Lab coordinator, after the Maine CDC confirmed a Waldo County resident died after contracting Powassan virus. “It is an exceptionally serious tick-borne illness. Fortunately, it’s also an exceptionally rare illness. Historically, studies in Maine show that (there are) fairly low […]