Hetch Hetchy gushes over wetlands
A different story is unfolding at Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park, where water is being released to conserve and restore wildlife. In a state wracked with drought, the…
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New endangered goby species honors late UCLA student
Eucyclogobius kristinae—named for the late researcher—officially became its own species on July 29th. Now known commonly as the southern tidewater goby, the species is already endangered, living exclusively in three…
Methane and microbes—making life happen
But it’s the interaction between the two that truly made life possible—and it may even hold solutions for climate change. As far as greenhouse gases measure up, methane is a…
The Verge: Where do mountain lions hunt in Los Angeles?
A new study by La Kretz Center and National Park Service scientists finds surprising results
Los Angeles is a metropolitan den for mountain lions
Mountain lions are rarely seen, but they occasionally prowl near human habitats, according to a study by UCLA and the National Park Service published today in PLOS One. The research,…
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
Building sustainable water sources in Uganda
The UCLA environmental science student will be blogging weekly about the experience. You can follow her adventures on Medium, where she recently chronicled the project she’s working on and her…
4 Degrees of (Climate) Change
By Alex Ricklefs The song 4 Degrees, off the artist ANOHNI’s new album ‘HOPELESSNESS’, addresses the concerns of increasing climate change in a manner that most likely has never been…
Earth Day: then and now
The first Earth Day was covered for ten hours by The Today Show in 1970—a time when there was no cable television and network coverage meant a lot more than…
Video: Students get their feet wet with environmental fieldwork
A few weeks ago, we told you the story of UCLA Senior Practicum students who braved wind, high surf and chilly waters to protect marine life. El Niño tossed them…
Drought makes life hard for Los Angeles newts
In the southern part of the state, the California newt—Taricha torosa—has been showing up at breeding grounds nearly 20 percent underweight, on average. The drastic change has evolutionary biologist Gary…
Are we leaving nature behind?
The crisis is taught in classrooms with phrases such as “species are being lost at one hundred times the background rate.” But concepts like background rate—the rate at which species…
School’s out for science
Time was of the essence, but they weren’t rushing to a music festival or spring break in Mexico—they just didn’t want to miss low tide. It’s a routine that Denita…
Uphill battle for California’s native plant species
Largest study yet of plant species shifting with climate change finds ecosystems unraveling in California
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.
Out of the Blue and Into Your Eardrums
UCLA Professor Paul Barber’s ocean conservation efforts get remixed for a new art and science exhibit
New Research: Songbirds’ Silent Killer
West Nile Virus Has Reduced Survival Rates By 50% for Some Backyard Favorites
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
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
Tracking California’s ‘Super Salamanders’
This is a tale of two amphibians and one difficult question. An interview with Prof. Brad Shaffer on Southern California Public Radio
Studying the physical units of heredity to help wildlife thrive
The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science led its first Annual Workshop in Conservation Genomics at the Center’s field station on March 23-28, 2013
UCLA and partners establish the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
Southern California is 'ground zero' for conservation in the 21st century