When I was a graduate student at Columbia University, I always carried Gregory Bateson’s book, Steps to an Ecology of Mind* with me. In several chapters, Bateson used what he called ...

What does ecology have to do with me? Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections ...

Postdoctoral scholar Patrick Milligan recently published a paper that he started during his doctoral studies and is continuing during his National Science Foundation fellowship in Elizabeth Pringle’s ...

Odd plants from a remote Pacific island reveal new insights into an important ecological question: how unrelated and ...

Forest fragmentation—the division of large, intact woodlands into smaller patches—has emerged as a critical issue in ...

Understanding comes only when immersing yourself with the original teachers of reciprocal relationships within our natural environment and by visiting these relatives – often. June 27, 2025 9 ...

More information: Harold N. Eyster et al, Space‐for‐time substitutions exaggerate urban bird–habitat ecological relationships, Journal of Animal Ecology (2024). DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14194 ...