Tom Smith is a speaker at the 2022 Truffle Conference
Professor Tom Smith of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Director of the Center for Tropical Research will be a speaker on the panel “World Heritage…
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eDNA Workshop Kigali Rwanda
Professional Development Workshop June 16-25, 2022 Using Environmental DNA to Guide the Re-wilding of Akagera National Park An essential key to conserving biodiversity is understanding the current and historic composition…
UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor
Support from Bob and Cindy Taylor is helping fund research on the ecology of ebony and rainforest restoration.
Perspectives from African conservation scientists in the diaspora
Dr. Kevin Njabo, Africa Director of the Center for Tropical Research, coauthored the article, “Challenges encountered when doing research back home: Perspectives from African conservation scientists in the diaspora,” published…
The Makings of the Forest: Ecologies of Knowledges in Amazonia
The Makings of the Forest: Ecologies of Knowledges in Amazonia Carlos Fausto (Museu Nacional & Princeton) and Anne McClintock (Princeton) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021 1:30pm Pacific Time /4:30pm Eastern Time…
National Geographic Society funds research to index global tropical rainforest vulnerability
The National Geographic Society brought together a team of top scientists, including UCLA’s Center for Tropical Research Adjunct Professor Sassan Saatchi and Professor Thomas Smith, to measure tropical rainforest vulnerability…
Evolutionary Applications features CTR genomic research on migratory birds
The journal Evolutionary Applications featured the article, “Leveraging genomics to understand threats to migratory birds,” on the cover of its June 2021 print journal. Co-authors of the paper include Assistant…
Brenda Larison on The Current podcast: Why human activity might be making the zebra lose its stripes
The Current podcast interviews Brenda Larison, biologist and researcher at the Center for Tropical Research on why human activity might be making the zebra lose its stripes. Listen on Apple…
Cristian Gruppi presents at World Pangolin Day Nigeria conference
Dr. Cristian Gruppi, a UCLA postdoctoral scholar with the Center of Tropical Research presented an invited talk during the World Pangolin Day 2021 virtual conference, “Towards Sustainable Pangolin Conservation in…
National Geographic film features Bird Genoscape Project
UCLA Professor Tom Smith and Ph.D. student Kelly Barr with the Center for Tropical Research and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability are featured in a new National Geographic…
Larison paper on zebra stripes featured by National Geographic
A new National Geographic Society feature, “Spotted and oddly striped zebras may be a warning for species’ future,” highlights a recent paper by Brenda Larison, a researcher with the Center…
Tom Smith moderates biodiversity discussion for World War Zero
UCLA Professor and Center for Tropical Research Director Tom Smith moderated a World War Zero Facebook Live discussion on biodiversity with Dr. Kristen Ruegg (Asst. Professor at Colorado State University…