The California Conservation Genomics Project, led by UCLA La Kretz Center director Brad Shaffer, is highlighted as a unique, coordinated effort to help avert climate-related extinctions across the state. The article also discusses Shaffer’s...
We are rolling out (literally!) our new project led by postdoctoral researcher Robert Cooper to breed, raise and release genetically variable tiger salamanders to reverse inbreeding depression in the federally endangered Santa Barbara distinct...
Brad Shaffer, director of the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, was interviewed for a recent article in the LA Times,...
Since taking a field herpetology course with Brad in 2016, Yara has continued to work on herps and she’s currently studying wood frog freeze tolerance and phylogeography for her PhD at Yale University in...
UCSC scholars join researchers statewide on a massive genomic study of California’s biodiversity The state-funded genomics project aims to be a lasting resource for shaping conservation policy “We are generating very high quality data...
By Stuart Wolpert Bradley Shaffer, professor of ecology and evolution and the director of the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, is an expert on evolutionary biology, ecology and the conservation biology of amphibians and reptiles....
Bat Boy — a fictional short film from UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and School of Theater, Film and Television — follows Andre on his mission to figure out the cause of the disappearance...
Researchers have found that southern California newts’ body condition – a measure comparing weight and length – declined by 20% between 2008 and 2016. It’s a sign that temperature extremes and drought – exacerbated...
Zachary MacDonald is broadly interested in ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that structure biodiversity in space and time. Throughout his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta, much of Zac’s work focused on conservation applications of...
Joseph Curti is a Ph.D. student interested in applying whole-genome sequencing to California conservation management. Joey’s current research projects include 1) the impacts of long-term isolation and small population size on California red-legged frogs...
