Research
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Birdwatching tourism is booming. Some countries are benefiting, while others are left behind
Birding tourism can support sustainable development and habitat conservation across the tropics, but only if countries can successfully attract birders. New research reveals what affects birdwatchers’ choice of destinations.
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UC Santa Cruz among top 15 Alt-Ivies of 2025 by Town & Country
Town & Country said UC Santa Cruz was included because of its “growing reputation for research, social justice, and environmental sustainability.”
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UC Santa Cruz and The Conservation Fund create a transformative collaboration to conserve regional habitat and pursue sustainable organic-farm expansion
The collaboration will advance the campus’s leadership in conservation, education, sustainability, and agroecology while preserving critical coastal landscapes and habitats for future generations
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Brightest fast radio burst ever seen lets researchers pinpoint origin with unprecedented precision
Researchers use newly deployed ‘CHIME Outrigger’ telescopes and deep-space imaging to challenge long-held assumptions about what causes these mysterious cosmic signals
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UC Santa Cruz-based survey uses AI to spot explosive stellar death by black hole
Machine learning enables real-time detection of fleeting anomalies before they fade away
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UC Santa Cruz marine biologists bring expertise to regional scientific organizations
Professors Roxanne Beltran and Dan Costa named to committees focused on activities on the West Coast and in Antarctica
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Global physics conference comes to UC Santa Cruz for first time—and why it matters
Physicists from around the world will converge on campus to offer possible answers to some of the biggest and most vexing questions about the particle makeup of the universe and everything in it.
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Research project shows how aquaculture, agriculture, and restoration can work together
UC Santa Cruz, Pie Ranch, and the Amah Mutsun Land Trust are collaborating to show how leftover water from aquaculture can be used to grow plants sustainably, including native varieties used for restoration efforts.
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New theories on dark matter’s origins point to ‘mirror world’ and universe’s edge
Two recent studies speculate a natural emergence of the mysterious substance, offering ‘self-contained and calculable scenarios’
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Drought’s limited effect on tropical-tree growth—but hotter planet threatens that resilience
Researchers worldwide contribute to largest collection of tropical tree-ring data to date
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UC Santa Cruz students discover sunflower sea stars keep kelp-hungry urchins at bay
Presence of well-armed predator may be one way to help decimated kelp forests recover