Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have made a remarkable discovery about cellophane bees – their microbiomes are some of the most fermentative known from the insect world.
A New Tool to Forecast the Impact of Climate Change
As the Earth's climate continues to change, natural resource managers are faced with the challenge of forecasting how populations will respond to these changes. There are a variety of different forecasting approaches, ranging from complex process-based models that...
California Academy of Sciences Fellows
Congratulations to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professors John C. Avise and Adriana Briscoe on being named Fellows of the California Academy of Sciences.
Dunlop School Researchers Identify Omnivorous Shark
In a fascinating new study, the bonnethead shark has been identified as the first known omnivorous shark, i.e., one that obtains nutrients from eating both plants and meat.
Smaller, Faster, Stronger
In new research published in the journal, Science, Professor Manny Azizi and his colleagues, Sarah Bergbreiter (University of Maryland) and S.N. Patek (Duke University), describe a new mathematical …
American Academy of Arts & Sciences honors two from UC Irvine
April 19, 2012 News Release Humanities dean and evolutionary biologist are elected to membership Irvine, Calif., April 19, 2012 —Vicki Ruiz, UC Irvine dean of humanities and professor of history and Chicano/Latino studies, and Steven A. Frank, UCI professor of...
For the Birds: Winged Predators Seek Certain Trees When Foraging for Caterpillars
Jan. 26, 2012 Press Release Irvine, Calif., January 26, 2012 —Location matters for birds on the hunt for caterpillars, according to researchers at UC Irvine and Wesleyan University. Findings suggest that chickadees and others zero in on the type of tree as much...