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August 4, 2022September 1, 2022 By Tim Stephens

NOAA scholarship supports graduate student’s seabird conservation research

Aspen Ellis, a Ph.D. student in ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, is one of seven students nationwide selected by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries to receive a 2022 Nancy Foster Scholarship.

March 8, 2021March 9, 2021 By Tim Stephens

Return to Rat Island: Researchers help restore native species to Aleutian island chain

In 2008, UC Santa Cruz researchers led a conservation effort to remove invasive rats from an island off Alaska’s Aleutian archipelago. A decade later, native island birds and the seashore ecosystem are returning to their natural balance.