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These photographs illustrate the article “Wing-slapping: A defensive behavior by honey bees against ants” by Yugo Seko, Kiyohito Morii, and Yoshiko Sakamoto published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4372

COVER PHOTO: In this photograph, a male common loon carries his four-day-old chick on Muskellunge Lake in northern Wisconsin, USA during a moment of repose. As described in Piper et al. in the related Ecology article (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4291), higher rainfall over the past quarter century has caused a reduction in water clarity in the region. Low water clarity, in turn, hinders foraging by loons, which are visual predators, and has resulted in a substantial loss of chick mass and higher chick mortality. Photo taken by Linda Grenzer on June 17, 2014. Additional images appear in this issue of the Bulletin’s Photo Gallery.

Respectfully submitted by the 2024 ESA Nominations Committee

Sharon Collinge, Chair (2023–2024), Stephanie Hampton, Kelly Ramirez, Jen Funk, James Rattling Leaf, Pacifica Sommers

These photographs illustrate the article “Natural coral recovery despite negative population growth” by Aziz J. Mulla, Vianney Denis, Che-Hung Lin, Chia-Ling Fong, Jia-Ho Shiu and Yoko Nozawa published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ECY.4368

These photographs illustrate the article “Shortened food chain length in a fished vs. unfished coral reef” by Hillary S. Young, Finn O. McCauley, Fiorenza Michelli, Robert B. Dunbar, and Douglas J. McCauley published in Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.3002

What can we learn from pandemics? That was the focus of the 8th Life Discovery—Doing Science Biology Education Conference (LDC) held March 23–25, 2023 at the Florida A&M University (FAMU) Sustainability Institute (Florida, USA). A total of 71 participants, comprising high school educators and college faculty, convened to discuss emerging themes in biology and STEM education. The LDC was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Biointeractive. It is a project of the Life Discovery Ed Partners: co-organized by the Ecological Society of America (ESA), Botanical Society of America, and Society for the Study of Evolution. For the first time, the LDC was hosted at a Historically Black University (HBCU). Support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provided travel grants for 29 college faculty from diverse backgrounds and institutions, including 23 from either community colleges; tribal colleges and universities, HBCUs, and minority-serving institutions; or both. NSF support also provided registration support for 14 faculty and keynote speakers.

The 2023 LDC theme was “Variants in Biology Education: What can we learn from pandemics?” Given how the world responded to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic within a highly politicized landscape, science communication and combating misinformation was of utmost importance. Biology education will need to adapt just as quickly and will need to consider the pace of change and innovation to keep students informed and prepared to contribute to the global workforce.

These questions were addressed through over 50 presentations, ranging from data-driven research to demonstrations of classroom lesson plans and curriculum design. Conference events aimed to train participants in additional pedagogical techniques to employ in the classroom. The conference offered: 2 keynote presentations, 17 short presentations, 10 workshops, 28 roundtable discussions, and 1 networking session with five topics. The Education Share Fair Roundtable sessions are a unique feature of the LDC in which participants can share lesson plans and teaching ideas that are in development to garner feedback from their peers and incorporate that feedback prior to deployment in their classrooms.

Additionally, networking sessions gave participants the opportunity to collect and discuss the implementation of ideas gathered during the conference. A cross-cutting theme of all Networking Sessions was the importance of bringing science closer to students' daily lives, making it more approachable and relevant, and less about research that is occurring outside of the typical student frame of reference. Discussions were organized into the following topics; summaries of participant dialogue follow each topic.

The 2023 Life Discovery—Doing Science Conference continued the conversation among educators about how to address the gaps in STEM fields and garner student interest. We noted that stud

These photographs illustrate the article “Ungulates mitigate the effects of drought and shrub encroachment on the fire hazard of Mediterranean oak woodlands” by X. Lecomte, M. N. Bugalho, F. X. Catry, P. M. Fernandes, A. Cera, and M. C. Caldeira published in Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2971

These photographs illustrate the article “Synchrony in adult survival is remarkably strong among common temperate songbirds across France.” by Manon Ghislain, Timothée Bonnet, Ugoline Godeau, Olivier Dehorter, Olivier Gimenez, and Pierre-Yves Henry published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4305

Research integrated into higher education curricula has been shown by numerous studies to be beneficial to undergraduate students. Citizen science provides an alternative to research performed in a lab and is gaining traction as a good choice for integration into classes. The Undergraduate Student Experiences in Citizen Science (USE Cit Sci) research collaboration network is working to help more instructors in higher education adopt citizen science as part of their curriculum by providing training and educational materials. To date, the Network has identified areas of critical need for citizen science to be more readily used in higher education courses and created a clearinghouse of lessons for faculty to use freely. Forthcoming products of the USE Cit Sci network include direct partnerships between educators and citizen science projects in addition to a peer mentoring program. Given the preponderance of ecology citizen science projects available, bringing this educational opportunity to students opens new avenues of pedagogical experiences.

These photographs illustrate the article “Hunt and pollinate: Hornet pollination of the putative generalist genus Angelica” by Ko Mochizuki published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4311