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Researchers are using sound recordings to detect marbled murrelets flying to their nests in old-growth redwood forests.

Big data for conservation

Deep learning algorithms—already widely used in face recognition and other image- and speech-recognition applications—are now being applied by conservation biologists to analyze images, videos, and sound recordings of everything from African elephants to aquatic insects.

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Music festival hosts community night

Music festival hosts community night

The Humanities Institute and Cabrillo Festival are partnering to present a special night of music Thursday at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.

New book tells personal story of Honduras

New book tells personal story of Honduras

"The Long Honduran Night" by emerita professor Dana Frank tells the dramatic story of life in that country after the military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya in 2009.

Scholars weigh in on new ideas about autism

Scholars weigh in on new ideas about autism

The authors of a provocative new paper maintain that many of the behaviors common to autism are misinterpreted as a lack of interest in social engagement.

UC Santa Cruz ranks among top universities

UC Santa Cruz ranks among top universities

Driven by its top-notch faculty, the campus is among the top 50 public universities in the United States, according to the latest review by the Center for World University Rankings.

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