The lingua franca of biology is English, although through history it has variously been Latin, German, or French . Communication is fundame...

To look around at the faces, or to hear the languages at any science conference is to see the world in a single place at a single time. Sci...

One of the greatest benefits of attending conferences is that they represent learning opportunities. I don’t necessarily mean learning ab...

The role for history in ecology can be tough to generalize. For a neo-ecologist, 5 years may be a long time scale, for a restoration ecologi...

For the first time since 2008 I didn’t make it to ESA, and instead I get to attend my first EcoSummit, here in Montpellier. Participants rep...