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Nominations now open for BES awards

Nominations for our 2023 BES awards are now open

New Years Honours for past and future BES Presidents

A former president and the president elect are named in the 2023 New Year Honours List

Bridget Emmett to be President of the BES from 2024

Members have elected Bridget Emmett to be the next BES President in an online vote.

The BES signs open letter to PM on environmental deregulation

Today the BES has joined 78 Wildlife and Countryside Link organisations in an open letter to the Prime Minister urging her to change the Government's trajectory on environmental deregulation.

Black History Month

Acknowledging and celebrating Black ecologists through our Black History Month blog series.

British Ecological Society announces 2022 award winners

The British Ecological Society (BES) announces the winners of its annual awards and prizes

Diego Ellis Soto and Kristy M. Ferraro win the Sidnie Manton Award

Kristy M. Ferraro and Diego Ellis Soto have been awarded the Sidnie Manton Award for the best Review or Long-term Study in Journal of Animal Ecology

British Ecological Society announces journal prize winners

Today the British Ecological Society (BES) has announced the winners of its journal prizes for research published in 2021.

New BES President launches future of ecology project

Yadvinder Malhi introduces a project to define the grand challenges for ecology as he becomes BES President

New trustees elected to BES Board

BES members have voted in an online poll to elect new trustees to the Society’s Board.

Highlights from our 2021 BES Membership Survey

Find out the results from the Membership Survey carried out in October.

Capturing Ecology 2021 – Winning images announced

A close up of a Kumlien's Gull’s eye has been awarded Overall Winner of Capturing Ecology.

Obituary: Simon Leather

For Professor Simon Leather, leading ecologist and entomologist and passionate educator.

British Ecological Society award winners 2021 announced

The British Ecological Society (BES) announced today the winners of its annual awards and prizes.

IPBES call for experts and fellows

Do you have the expertise to help author the new IPBES assessments?