Open for business in the Congo rainforest
Recently, crew of college students from UCLA and Cameroon left convenience behind and plunged into the rainforest. Their objective: reopen a field station that had been shuttered for two decades,…
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Students re-establish vital foothold for research deep in African rainforest
UCLA's Congo Basin Institute led a team of UCLA and Cameroonian students into a rain forest in central Africa to reopen a field station in a jungle with a thriving ecosystem with birds, elephants and monkeys.
Tracking Kestrels One Feather at a Time
Researchers suspect that plucked DNA can provide answers to where climate-threatened American Kestrels are going.
Spotting conservation clues on the wing
A hunch that feathers contain good DNA samples is helping conservation efforts for America's declining songbird populations. It’s also connecting bird enthusiasts and researchers across the continent.
Eight scientific visions for a thriving planet
At Earth Now: Earth 2050, UCLA's top environmental thinkers gave short talks on the paths we must take to have a sustainable planet in decades to come.
Genomic variation at the tips of the adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches
A new publication by CTR’s senior research fellow, Jaime Chaves, in the recent issue of Molecular Ecology.
Congo Basin Institute: UCLA’s New Foreign Affiliate
Thomas B. Smith, Director, Center for Tropical Research; Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
The $77 billion bug invasion
Ten species of invasive insect account for $77 billion in annual global economic damages, according to the first in-depth study on the subject, published today in Nature Communications. Even that…
How many birds are killed by solar farms?
A meeting at Palm Springs City Hall raises the concern of the Palen solar farm project and how it will have a devastating effect on birds.
Life on the Edge
Writer Steve Nadis of the New Scientist features Tom Smith and PIRE collaborators Katy Gonder and Nicola Anthony in this article showcasing the importance of Congo Basin ecotones and biodiversity…
Taylor Guitars donates $400,000 toward ebony conservation and restoration in Cameroon
Bob Taylor, a world-renowned guitar maker of Taylor Guitars, donated $400,000 in support of ebony conservation research and restoration efforts, which will be coordinated by CTR’s Thomas Smith, in Cameroon.