We are celebrating the renewal of the ISO9001:2015 Quality Certificate of the National Laboratory in Sustainability Sciences, with scope in project management for the provision of services.
We are celebrating the renewal of the ISO9001:2015 Quality Certificate of the National Laboratory in Sustainability Sciences, with scope in project management for the provision of services.
Web application to display multidimensional indices with an explicit geographic component
Web application to display multidimensional indices with an explicit geographic component
Author of the platform: Fidel Serrano
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Participation of our institute in the Terramovil Programme
Participation of our institute in the Terramovil Programme
Promotes the interest of children and adolescents in ecology and sustainability
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Mexican CO2 capture and storage platform
Mexican CO2 capture and storage platform
Authors: Jazmin Mota, Héctor Ortega, Adrián Fernández, Paola García-Meneses, Abraham Toriz, Mariana Velázquez and Lorena Morales
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4th Latin American Congress of Microbial Ecology #ISMELAT2025
4th Latin American Congress of Microbial Ecology #ISMELAT2025
Save the date: 4 – 9 August 2025, Centro Cultural Universitario de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, México
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Catálogo de murciélagos de la península de Yucatán. U áanal te´il soots´o´ob yaan tu petenil Yucatán
Catálogo de murciélagos de la península de Yucatán. U áanal te´il soots´o´ob yaan tu petenil Yucatán
IE authors: Gaona Pineda, Osiris Falcón Álvarez, Luisa Isaura y Vázquez Domínguez, Ella
Authors: Karina Boege, Antonio Carrillo Bolea, Rocío Santos-Gally
Authors: Karina Boege, Antonio Carrillo Bolea, Rocío Santos-Gally
Transition towards sustainable livestock farming in tropical areas requires a productive reconversion with practices that allow ecosystems functioning...
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Toolbox-apc
Toolbox-apc
Decision-making tools for environmental planning.
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Coloquio Internacional Perspectivas de la Ecología en América Latina y el Caribe
Coloquio Internacional Perspectivas de la Ecología en América Latina y el Caribe
June 23-25, 2025. Botanical Gardens, UNAM
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The Terramóvil programme includes recreational science workshops designed by IE students and academics
The Terramóvil programme includes recreational science workshops designed by IE students and academics
Do you want to contribute to this project? Contact the Teaching and HR Coordination or student representatives from our institute
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Research withImpactLeadershipIntegrity

Now that we face some of the most complex challenges in the history of humanity, the study of interrelationships between life and matter, from multiple perspectives and at all scales, is a crucial task. At the Institute of Ecology, studies of sustainability, evolution, genetics and ecosystems are combined in multi- and transdisciplinary projects that address the most relevant problems of today.

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2024 Publications

Academic Announcements

Mexico must join scientific research in Antarctica
Mexico must join scientific research in Antarctica
Marisa Mazari and Ana Cecilia Espinosa participated in the roundtable: Arctic and Antarctica
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Terramovil offered the Frijolín and his invisible friends workshop
Terramovil offered the Frijolín and his invisible friends workshop
Lessons about soil microbial diversity and its benefits for humanity
Coming soon: Workshop to attend to reports of bats in the IE
Coming soon: Workshop to attend to reports of bats in the IE
The Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation laboratory receives the reports
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Ana Escalante's 2024-2028 work plan
Ana Escalante's 2024-2028 work plan
Highlights the commitment of the Institute of Ecology with society
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Associated academic staff at Campus Merida
Associated academic staff at Campus Merida
Get to know the work being done, and the members of the IE Campus Mérida
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Calls & Other Opportunities

Harvest for Health Breakthrough Crop Challenge
Harvest for Health Breakthrough Crop Challenge
Deadline: August 7, 2025
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Seeding Solutions Grants
Seeding Solutions Grants
Deadline: April 3, 2025
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Deep Tissue Imaging
Deep Tissue Imaging
Deadline: July 11, 2025
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Animal Ecology Grants
Animal Ecology Grants
Deadline: July 31, 2025
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Sea Turtles Program
Sea Turtles Program
Deadline: September 10, 2025
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Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
Deadline: October 7, 2025
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Research and conservation grants
Research and conservation grants
Deadline: October 1, 2025
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Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Deadline: August 9, 2025
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ASP Small Research Grant
ASP Small Research Grant
Deadline: June 20, 2025
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FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AWARDS
FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AWARDS
Deadline: June 30, 2025
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Keystone grants
Keystone grants
Deadline: May 3, 2025
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Seabird Conservation Program
Seabird Conservation Program
Deadline: August 26, 2025
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General request for proposals
General request for proposals
Deadline: May 1, 2025
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Science missions for sustainability
Science missions for sustainability
Deadline: May 31, 2025
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AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge
AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge
Deadline: July 30, 2025
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Grant applications are now open!
Grant applications are now open!
Deadline: September 20, 2025
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Research Grants - Forestry
Research Grants - Forestry
Deadline: September 22, 2025
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Forest Conservation Fund Grants
Forest Conservation Fund Grants
Deadline: You can apply for this opportunity at any time
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Work Opportunities (Click Here)

Oferta de Trabajo

 

CONVOCATORIA DEL PROGRAMA DE BECAS POSDOCTORALES EN LA UNAM 2025, PRIMER PERIODO

 

A partir del viernes 28 de febrero al 14 de marzo de 2025 (hasta las 14 horas), recibiremos en el correo electrónico secacad@iecologia.unam.mx las propuestas de candidatos interesados en participar en la Convocatoria del Programa de Becas Posdoctorales en la UNAM 2025, PRIMER PERIODO. En caso de ser otorgada la beca, los beneficiados iniciarán en SEPTIEMBRE de 2025.

Los candidatos propuestos deberán cumplir con los requisitos y obligaciones descritas en las Reglas de Operación del Programa de Becas Posdoctorales en la UNAM y los acuerdos del Consejo Interno (participar en DOCENCIA e impartir un SEMINARIO INSTITUCIONAL al año de beca o al final del periodo).

Acceder a: 

 

Los criterios para la elección de los candidatos por el Consejo Interno están basados en los méritos académicos de los candidatos.

Los investigadores que cuenten con un becario posdoctoral vigente no podrán postular candidatos.

2024 CALENDAR

Science Dissemination through Art

The goal of our 2024 calendar is to disseminate part of our scientific activity in an artistic way. Nine digital illustration artists participated in its creation.

In the image, the illustration for December 2024 — Fireflies (Photinus Palaciosi) in the forest * Artist: Esmeralda Osejo Brito

Male fireflies compete intensely for mates. The females, perched on the plants, only respond to those males that produce attractive signals. Females of some firefly species that prey on other fireflies imitate the response signals of their prey to attract and feed on males. Our Insect Behavior Evolution Laboratory studies this “aggressive mimicry” in order to understand its ecological impact and its evolutionary causes.

Researcher: Carlos Cordero Macedo * cordero@ecologia.unam.mx

People Make the Institute

We believe each person in our institute's community plays an important role in the success of our research and academic activities, and we truly value their contributions. That is why we seek to foster a cordial environment and encourage a constant collaboration between the people who constitute this community: permanent, administrative staff, researchers and students.

The institute's policy is zero tolerance for any manifestation of unethical, violent or discriminatory conduct, and we have the appropriate channels for its attention, timely conduct and fair resolution in the pertinent university bodies.

The Institute's History

Since the Institute of Ecology is a relatively young academic entity—officially founded in 1996—, many of its founding members are still active and share our spaces for collaboration and academic development with the rest of the institute's academic community on a daily basis. Thanks to this, we remain closely connected to our fundation history and become more aware of the transformations that the institute has since witnessed.

2014

Inauguration of the National Laboratory for Sustainability Science (LANCIS by its Spanish acronym).

2014

2003

The Department of Natural Resources Ecology becomes the Ecosystem Research Center (CieCo by its Spanish acronym) of Morelia.

1996

Foundation of the Institute of Ecology, UNAM, with three departments.

1996

1988

The Department of Ecology of the Institute of Biology, UNAM, becomes the Center of Ecology, UNAM.

1985

Creation of the Department of Ecology at the Institute of Biology, UNAM.

1985

1972

Foundation of the Population Ecology Laboratory at the Institute of Biology, UNAM.

Contact

Institute of Ecology, UNAM
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C.P. 04510
University City, Mexico City
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