A new study of snow leopards’ habitat has found that just one-third of their current range will be a refuge from climate change by 2070.
Climate change could be a greater threat to tropical frogs than deforestation
UC Berkeley Ph.D. student David Kurz traveled to Costa Rica and found that greater declines in population are related to the frogs' sensitivity to temperature.
The amazing recovery of Yosemite’s yellow-legged frog
The remarkable recovery of the endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog has now been documented in an expansive, data-rich study of the species in Yosemite National Park.
Vernard Lewis Inducted into Pest Management Professional Hall of Fame
ESPM Cooperative Extension Specialist Vernard Lewis will be inducted into Pest Management Professional Magazine's 2016 Hall of Fame in honor of his 35-year career.
Science to Solutions Videos
Four ESPM professors participated in the College of Natural Resources' Science to Solutions Iniative.
Video: Jumping spider seduction
Damian Elias’s lab studies spider courting rituals, which, until recently, were impossible to perceive by human senses.
American Geophysical Union Announces 2016 Fellows
ESPM professor Mary Firestone has been announced as a 2016 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, which honors AGU members who have made exceptional scientific contributions and gained prominence in their respective fields of Earth and space sciences.
Italy’s famous olive trees in peril
In southern Italy’s region of Apulia, the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa is threatening the famous, generations-old olive trees that attract tourists and provide income to the rural communities there.
Replanting reduces frog diversity in oil palm
A new article lead-authored by graduate student David Kurz and published in the journal Biotropica finds that management decisions within tropical agricultural landscapes have a profound impact on biodiversity.
Lessons for California: How Australia Manages Water for the Environment
A new report co-authored by Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist Theodore Gratham hightlights key lessons learned by the Austrailian State of Victoria that may help guide how California adapts environmental water management to address future droughts.
The Quiet Return of Large Predators in the West: An Interview with Justin Brashares
California, and the broader American West, is undergoing a momentous but under-appreciated revitalization of its ecosystems. The populations of almost every medium and large carnivore species are steadily increasing, and species not seen in nearly 100 years are making their reappearance. Professor Justin Brashares discusses why this has come to be and what this means for California’s wildlife and human communities.
Ten Graduate Students selected for Outstanding GSI Award
Each year, the Graduate Student Instructor Teaching and Resource Center honors over 200 Berkeley graduate student instructors (GSI) for their outstanding work in the teaching of undergraduates.
Not Just Climate Change: Study Finds Human Activity Is a Major Factor Driving Wildfires
A new study examining wildfires in California found that human activity explains as much about their frequency and location as climate influences.
GradFest 2016
The department's annual Graduate Research Symposium, also known as The ESPM GradFest Symposium, celebrates and showcases graduate student research.
Video: Matthew Luskin on Tracking Tigers in the Rain Forest
PhD candidate and National Geographic grantee Matthew Luskin spent a year in the rain forest of Indonesia tracking critically endangered Sumatran tigers.
Katharine Milton on the curious case of vitamins and me
ESPM Professor Katharine Milton appeared in an episode of a Canadian TV series to discuss the loss of the ability to synthesize vitamin C and what this means for humans today.
Rebecca Brunner Takes 1st Place in Video Contest
Congratulations to 1st year Ph.D student Rebecca Brunner, the first place winner of the 2016 Distinguished Fellows Video Contest.
In Memoriam - Lawrence S. Davis
UC Berkeley professor emeritus Lawrence S. Davis passed away from Alzheimer's disease on March 6, 2016. He was 81. Davis was an influential scholar in the fields of forest economics and management.
How fire diversity promotes biodiversity
A CNR research team has found that fire diversity can promote diversity of plants and pollinators in a forest ecosystem.
Forestry Professor will continue to chair California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
Governor Brown announced yesterday his reappointment of J. Keith Gilless, dean of the College of Natural Resources and professor of forest economics, as chair of the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.