School of Biology and Ecology

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  

Kinnison leads effort to develop app for recording research lab use during the pandemic

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Among the people that UMaine is recognizing this year for 35 years of service are Associate Professor Len Kass and Assistant Scientist Judy Collins. Congratulations to them both – we are happy to have them on our SBE team!

Lynn Atkins: Outstanding Teaching Award  

Maine’s blueberry barrens are warming faster than the rest of the state, study finds

Maine Forest Tick Survey reports first findings in nine southern and coastal counties, seeks additional citizen scientists

Landrum to explore history of forests to inform today’s management 

The browntail moth has become a very serious problem for many communities in southern, midcoast and central Maine over the past several years as this insect has reached populations levels that we have not seen in 80 to 100 years. Researchers at the University of Maine have teamed up with entomologists in the Maine State […]

SBE hosts a weekly seminar series throughout the academic year, and this year we have continued to do so, despite COVID-19. This semester features a special guest speaker, famed science author Carl Zimmer, co-sponsored by the UMaine Institute of Medicine. Carl Zimmer will be speaking via Zoom on April 9 at 2 pm. For Zoom […]

UMaine professors trying to develop potato varieties using new DNA-based tools ORONO, Maine — Two professors at the University of Maine in Orono are working on breeding new potato varieties. Professor of crop ecology and management in the School of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Greg Porter, and assistant professor of plant genetics with the School […]

McGill named one of the most cited researchers in the world for second consecutive year

Porter, Tan working to develop genomic tools for potato breeders 

Saros leads research into how warmer winters affect toxic blue-green algal blooms in Maine’s lakes 

Summer drought likely reduced tick activity in Maine, but they’re back

NCSE Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet Awards 2020

Mittelstaedt named 2020 Switzer Environmental Fellow