Nature News

Natural History Field Quarter Students watch the sunset above the fog from scenic Gamboa Point in Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve. Applications for Natural History Field Quarter in Spring 2020 are now open! Apply before October 25th to be considered on the greatest natural history adventure of your life!

 

Ceanothus

Rachel Carson College is hosting a 3-quarter long, 2-credit class on natural resource management of the UCSC Campus. If you're interested in land management, recreation and conservation on campus, register now!

  

Norris Center Blog

Tracking Evolutionary Change in Threespine Stickleback

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Norris Center Student Award winnter Erik Beckman highlights his recent work in the Palkovacs lab studying evolution over the last 40 years. Erik and post-doc Simone Des Roches tracked how low-plated forms of the Threespine Stickleback have advanced up the Central Coast since the 1970's thanks to environmental changes. 

In Ken's Words

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"Just as we perceive our commonality of purpose we grow more accepting of each other's diversity. The poet, the artist, the teacher, and the scientist become equal partners in our seeking."

 

UC Natural Reserve Resurvey

aerial view of younger lagoon reserveThe results of the first quarter of the Resurvey are here! The Norris Center and the UCSC Natural Reserves are teaming up to study our changing planet. Starting with Younger Lagoon in Spring 2019, teams of UCSC students will catalog every species - from bryophytes to birds - found at the UCSC Natural Reserves, and document their findings in the Norris Center. Read about our results from Spring 2019, and stay tuned for more over the coming year!

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