Olivia Sanderfoot for The New York Times – Wildfires Impact on Birds
La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Researcher Olivia Sanderfoot discusses wildfire smokes impact on birds and how her community outreach project: Project Phoenix.
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Brad Shaffer for KQED — ‘Moonshot for Biology’ Aims to Sequence a Genome of Every Type of Plant and Animal on Earth
Director of UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Brad Shaffer discusses how scientists are racing against time to create a global…
Project Phoenix uses community science to learn how smog and smoke affect birds
All are invited to participate in new program from UCLA and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Morgan Tingley and Olivia Sanderfoot for National Geographic — Wildfire smoke affects birds too. Here’s how you can help.
UCLA ecologist Morgan Tingley and postdoctoral fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discuss the effects of smoke exposure on North American birds during breeding season for National Geographic.
Olivia Sanderfoot for the Popular Science — Clouds of wildfire smoke are toxic to humans and animals alike
UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discusses the effects of wildfire smoke on animals, as well as her previous review in the journal Environmental Research Letters for Popular…
Olivia Sanderfoot for the Ottawa Citizen — For birds, wildfires pose a hazard — but also opportunity
UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discusses the effects of wildfire smoke on animals for the Ottawa Citizen. “When I see pictures like the ones out of New…
Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot for TIME Magazine—How Wildfire Smoke Affects Wildlife—and Your Pets
UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discusses the effects of wildfire smoke on animals as Canadian wildfires severely compromise air quality across the Midwest and Northeast. “Animals, just…
Olivia Sanderfoot and Madeleine Siegel in LA Times: Opinion: One simple rule could save the birds that migrate over L.A.
Los Angeles leaders can take action to make our city safer for birds. One key step is to require the use of bird-safe glass, which is designed to obscure windows’…
Announcing Second Round Recipients of The La Kretz Center and Stunt Ranch Reserve 2023 Conservation Science Research Awards
The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and the UC Natural Reserve System Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve are pleased to announce the second round of recipients…
The La Kretz Center’s 2022 Annual Report
Check out the innovative conservation research projects, stimulating public outreach events, and exciting funding programs that the center has supported over the past year!
Brad Shaffer & Rachel Blakey quoted in Pepperdine Graphic: Funding Biodiversity Research Provides More Understanding Amid Climate Change Effects
“If you buy into the notion that having biodiversity around you is good for people, then we have to understand enough of the ecology and the biology of the relevant biodiversity in the area to be able to keep it with us,” said H. Bradley Shaffer, distinguished professor in UCLA’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department and professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Morgan Tingley: The European Times—Magnetic Mishaps: Disturbances in the Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Lead Migrating Birds Astray
Earth’s magnetic field, which runs between the North and South Poles, is generated by several factors, both above and below the planet’s surface. Decades’ worth of lab research suggests that…