Los Angeles is a metropolitan den for mountain lions
Joint project by UCLA La Kretz Center and the U.S. National Park Service is first to investigate where the cats hunt in highly urbanized areas
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See something weird in nature? Call your local scientist
UCLA Newsroom recently asked La Kretz Center Director Brad Shaffer about why climate change makes it even more urgent to strengthen citizen science programs and connect them to established scientific networks.
La Kretz Center to Lead UC Natural Reserve System Site
The La Kretz Center assumes responsibility for the administration of the Stunt Ranch Reserve, and expands its field station into a multi-site research and teaching environment for regional conservation science in the Santa Monica Mountains
Team Turtle Beats the Drought
How the UCLA La Kretz Center Rehabbed & Released 28 Genetically Significant Turtles Imperiled by Habitat Loss
Brad Shaffer receives 2015 Meritorious Teaching Award in Herpetology
The award recognizes superior teaching effectiveness and mentoring of students in the area of herpetology, and honors individuals who have made significant contributions to herpetological education
La Kretz Center 6th Annual Public Lecture – Ghost Dogs: Coyotes as Top Predators of the City
Professor Stan Gehrt discusses how coyotes live among millions of people, how they move across the landscape while remaining largely hidden from us, and how they function as predators in…
UCLA ecologists save endangered turtles weakened by the drought
Biologists with the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science recently went on a rescue mission to save endangered turtles that have become dehydrated, emaciated and stressed-out by the extended drought
UCLA La Kretz Center ecologists act to save endangered wildlife affected by the extended drought
Dehydrated, emaciated, and stressed, Southwestern Pond Turtles sedentary on the shore of Elizabeth Lake didn’t move, or even try to flee when approached by biologists. This unheard of behavior suggested…
New York City croaker settles nearly 80-year-old question: New species or same old frog?
By Alison Hewitt Originally posted in UCLA Newsroom A team of scientists has resolved a nearly 80-year-old mystery surrounding a group of frogs in and around New York City known…
New York City croaker settles nearly 80-year-old question: New species or same old frog?
UCLA La Kretz Center conservation biologist Brad Shaffer and other scientists have definitively identified a new species of frog living in and around New York City
From big cats to delicate butterflies, the La Kretz Center’s newest researchers are surveying California wildlife
John Benson and Elizabeth Long are the 2014 UCLA La Kretz Center Fellowship appointees
New lab in Santa Monica Mountains will aid conservation scientists
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's gift to add lab to UCLA La Kretz Center field station