Herpetologist David Wake, who warned the world about amphibian declines, died April 29, 2021.
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UC Irvine Natural Reserves: Using science to serve nature
UC Irvine’s three NRS reserves host researchers, students and volunteers addressing ecological challenges.
Wildfires and flooding trigger black abalone rescue effort
UC scientists have launched an effort to capture these endangered mollusks in areas where sediments from floods threaten to suffocate populations.
State funds secure buildings and water for the Granites
Prop. 84 helped fund new water sources, new housing, and meeting space, and made problematic buildings habitable again.
Influential evolutionary biologist Barry Sinervo dies at age 60
Barry Sinervo made landmark contributions ranging from evolutionary biology to the effects of climate change on animals and ecosystems.
Fear shapes feeding and resting strategies for migrating elephant seals
Tracking data show seals shift strategies for predator avoidance and foraging as their body condition improves during migration.
2021 Field Science Fellows
Three University of California undergraduates will be conducting their own full-time field research projects this summer as part of the UC Natural Reserve System’s Field Science Fellowship. This year’s fellows will get first-hand glimpses of what it’s like to be a field scientist while studying vegetation succession, lizard colonization, and stream biodiversity at three NRS […]
Massive debris flow swamps Big Creek Reserve as heavy rains follow summer wildfire
By Guy Lasnier, UC Santa Cruz Boulders the size of vehicles and decades-old redwoods were ripped from the banks of the Big Creek drainage when an atmospheric river inundated the Landels-Hill Big Creek Natural Reserve on the Big Sur coast in late January. More than 14 inches fell in two bouts in a 50-hour period between […]