Urban Nature and its Benefits for Human Health: Check out Dr. Rothman's paper detailing shifts in ground and canopy vegetation along urban income gradients. doi.org/10.3389/fevo...

New work shows stable (Borrelia), volatile (Babesia), and occasional (Rickettsia) infections in NY black-legged ticks. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

So many cool species this fall in Hudson Valley Cities. This mantis seen in Kingston is a long-term 'non-native' AND an important predator of insect crop pests. photo credit: Sam Mateo @caryinstitute.bsky.social @scenichudson.bsky.social #NatureinCities , #DefiningUrbanBiodiversity,#urbanbio

Urban spaces in the Hudson Valley support a lot of wildlife! @caryinstitute.bsky.social #NatureinCities

So many interestingly NOVEL community associations in urban green spaces! www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

Calling all community scientists in Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, & Kingston! Cary Institute + @scenichudson.bsky.social are working w/ community-based orgs to study how changing green spaces in cities impact plants, animals, & people. You can help at an upcoming Bioblitz: rb.gy/aiom8g #NatureInCities

This (rising fungal infections) is terrifying. Foiling the Growing Threat of Fungal Pathogens issues.org/growing-thre...

"This is a critical moment for American science and the future it shapes. We cannot afford to be silent." CA York in Chronicle Higher Ed, Feb 2025

Last call! Contributed talk and poster abstracts for #ESA2025 are due TODAY at 5:00 PM ET. We're planning an incredible experience for the ecological community in Baltimore -- bring your science and be part of it! esa.org/baltimore202...

And today we all stop our normally scheduled work to spend hours strategizing how to keep American employees on payroll without the funds that were competitively earned and promised.

Check out our new synthesis from our long-term engagement with communities in Baltimore. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PSKAC...