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ecologist

[ih-kol-uh-jist, ee-kol-] / ɪˈkɒl ə dʒɪst, iˈkɒl- /




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"Crocodilians, the largest predators in most tropical, subtropical freshwater and brackish environments, are a unique case when it comes to homing behavior," said behavioral ecologist and Adjunct Associate Professor Ru Somaweera, from Murdoch University.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

You have to ask, “what are we doing to the planet and does that mean we will encounter more diseases?” said Janet Foley, a disease ecologist at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Lead ecologist at Yorkshire Water, Sean Davey, said: "The bat boxes on the Sheffield site were installed only nine months prior - so it's encouraging to see them being quickly adopted by multiple bat species."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Shannon LaDeau, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, worked on that study.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Many have called her the world’s first ecologist.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

Homeowner associations and ecologists argued for more lenient rules, saying plants carried health benefits and stricter regulations burdened homeowners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

It said using eDNA swabs was a "potentially useful monitoring tool" for ecologists as data could be easily missed in 'one-off' surveys like a visual bat box check.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

After studying a few of these, the ecologists concluded that these crossings were more likely to be used by bats if they were well designed and positioned along existing flight routes.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

After years of debate between fire officials seeking total vegetation removal within the first 5 feet of homes and ecologists backing selective landscaping, California proposed a compromise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

Thus, the difficulties historians face in establishing cause-and-effect relations in the history of human societies are broadly similar to the difficulties facing astronomers, climatologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, geologists, and paleontologists.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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