Research
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Puma capture demonstrates success of non-lethal intervention
The capture in downtown Santa Cruz and resettlement of a young male mountain lion is one of the first tests of a new state policy that calls for using non-lethal methods when mountain lions are discovered in populated areas.
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After the breakup in a digital world: Purging social media memories
The era is long gone when a romantic breakup meant ripped-up photos and burned love letters. Digital photos and emails can be deleted but what about digital records of a beloved that lurk on Facebook, tumblr, and flicker?
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Puma tracking in Santa Cruz Mountains reveals impact of habitat fragmentation
In the first published results of more than three years of tracking mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains, UC Santa Cruz researchers document how human development affects the predators’ habits.
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Legal strategies differ when labor rights and immigration policy conflict
In a new book, UC Santa Cruz professor Shannon Gleeson examines the paradox of federal labor rights enforcement and immigration policy and how the conflicts are dealt with in San Jose and Houston.
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Popping the question is his job
In a survey of young people, researchers at UC Santa Cruz report that both women and men tend to hold traditional views when it comes to marriage proposals.
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Tracking pumas
UCSC students get first-hand scientific experience while monitoring the elusive big cats as part of the Puma Project.
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Virtual anthropology uses digital copies to increase access for students
The trouble with working with bone fragments in an anthropology lab is they’re often fragile and always one of a kind. What if you could create identical copies, enough for each student?
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UCSC study shows how urchin-loving otters can help fight global warming
A new study by two UC Santa Cruz researchers suggest that a thriving sea otter population that keeps sea urchins in check will in turn allow kelp forests to prosper and help reverse a principal cause of global warming.
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Apple’s software brings attention to mountain lion research
Apple’s release of its “Mountain Lion” operating system is drawing attention to the real thing prowling just a few miles from the company’s headquarters. Since 2008, UCSC researchers have captured 36 mountain lions as part of the UCSC Puma Project to better understand the cats’ physiology, behavior, and ecology.
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Researchers find increase in Lyme disease mirrors drop in red fox numbers
A continued increase of Lyme disease in the United States, once linked to a recovering deer population, may instead be explained by a decline of the red fox, UC Santa Cruz researchers suggest in a new study.
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Lemur extinctions and ecological retreat followed arrival of humans in Madagascar
A study of lemurs in Madagascar suggests that factors driving lemur extinctions have also sparked an ongoing “ecological retreat” by surviving species.