The 2026 La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellowship
The UCLA La Kretz Center is excited to be accepting applications for the 2026 UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellowship! Applications will be accepted until September 15th, 2025.
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UCLA IoES Magazine Ranked #2 in California for Sustainability Coverage
UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) Magazine has been ranked #2 on Feedspot’s list of the Top 30 California Sustainability Blogs. The list recognizes the most influential platforms…
How watching birds for 10 minutes a week can help climate scientists this summer
UCLA’s annual Project Phoenix aims to document how birds change their behavior when there’s more wildfire smoke
Field notes from the finca: UCLA students trace biodiversity through Guatemalan cloud forest and coffee fields
Seven environmental science seniors funded their entire trip through a crowdfunding campaign, carrying their research from Westwood to the mountains of western Guatemala
Kelp forests could suffer massive losses by 2100 as ocean heatwaves intensify
Marine heatwaves could become 16 times more frequent, with kelp forests in the Northern Hemisphere facing the most extreme losses, new research finds
Project Phoenix 2024 Annual Report
The community birding initiative is thrilled to present its 2024 Year-End report!
Study reveals devastating 22% decline in U.S. butterflies
Butterflies across the U.S. are disappearing at an alarming rate, according to a new study co-authored by UCLA ecologist Travis Longcore. Published in the journal Science, it reveals that butterfly…
Three billion birds gone: Why America’s skies are emptying
Birds serve as critical indicators of environmental health, and their steep decline signals widespread ecological disruption, according to experts.
Meet the 2025 La Kretz Center & Stunt Ranch Reserve Research Awardees
Congratulations to the 2025 awardees!
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Dept. 2025 Seminar Series
Join us during the EEB Seminar Series to hear from La Kretz Postdoctoral Candidates Kaleigh Fisher, Timo Metz, and Ryan Buck! Each seminar is Co-hosted by the La Kretz Center…
UCLA at COP16: Progress, setbacks and the race to save the planet
UCLA researchers played a pivotal role at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, sharing innovative conservation strategies to tackle global biodiversity loss.
Nearly half of Colombia’s culturally important plant species lack conservation protections
Nearly half of these culturally significant plants lack the conservation safeguards needed to ensure their survival, according to a new study published in Ecosystems and People. The research, led by…
Nina Gualinga wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovation
The Indigenous rights activist was honored for her grassroots leadership and policy advocacy in the Ecuadorian Amazon and beyond
Q&A with Iroro Tanshi, 2023 Pritzker Genius Award winner
She does whatever it takes, from leading the Small Mammal Conservation Organization to creating the region’s first research-informed wildfire prevention program. Her goal is to make sure the unique ecosystems…
FOR NATURE
By 2024 Pritzker Award finalist Callie Annette Veelenturf On a global scale, current efforts to protect nature have not halted devastating declines and climactic imbalances. Humanity’s behavior must shift drastically…
A Vow To The Forest
Pritzker Award finalist Nina Gualinga reflects on her childhood in the Ecuadorian Amazon and her fight for Indigenous rights, gender and climate justice
The 2025 La Kretz Center & Stunt Ranch Reserve Research Awards
Accepting research proposals until November 17th, 2024. UCLA undergraduates, graduates, and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to apply and can earn $500 - $6,000 in funding.
The 2025 La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Now accepting applications for our annual postdoctoral fellowship. Deadline November 25th, 2024.
New research unveils the hidden complexity of antelope seed dispersal in Congo Basin tropical forests
Seed size, forest type and duiker species all factor into how seeds are dispersed
2024 Pritzker Award finalists: Nina Gualinga, Adenike Oladosu, Callie Veelenturf
All under age 40, this year’s finalists are multitalented, using research, education, policy advocacy and grassroots organization as part of their comprehensive approaches to solving environmental problems and alleviating social…
Polishing One of Westwood’s Hidden Gems
UCLA Extension Landscape Architecture students took part in a hands-on charette to enhance Sage Hill, UCLA’s outdoor learning space. Their proposals aimed to improve accessibility while conserving native plants and wildlife, providing students with valuable real-world design experience.
Meet the 2024 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award Candidates #11-14
Armed with technology, research and grassroots activism, the final set of candidates for the 2024 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award are at the forefront of this generation. They are tackling…
Birds shifting more in time than space as they adjust to global warming
As North America heats up due to climate change, animals are responding in three primary ways: moving north, heading to higher elevations and making phenological changes — adjusting annual cycles such as when they breed.
Meet the 2024 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award Candidates #6-10
Blending traditional strategies with new technologies, the second set of candidates for the 2024 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award integrate gender equality and Indigenous knowledge for climate action, take on…