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...
The study, co-authored by Brad Shaffer and former UCLA postdoc Peter Scott, was published in Science on Nov. 26 and was publicized by a UCLA news release. The news was covered by many outlets,...
A team of biologists — including members from the U.S. Geological Survey, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service, University of California, Los Angeles, Endemic Environmental Services Inc., Citrus College and San...
Peter Scott is an evolutionary biologist and herpetologist interested in the mechanisms responsible for lineage diversification and persistence. His work in the our lab focuses on 1) the utility of different genomic sequencing methods...
