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Brad Shaffer for KQED — ‘Moonshot for Biology’ Aims to Sequence a Genome of Every Type of Plant and Animal on Earth

Director of UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Brad Shaffer discusses how scientists are racing against time to create a global…

Project Phoenix uses community science to learn how smog and smoke affect birds

All are invited to participate in new program from UCLA and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Morgan Tingley and Olivia Sanderfoot for National Geographic — Wildfire smoke affects birds too. Here’s how you can help.

UCLA ecologist Morgan Tingley and postdoctoral fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discuss the effects of smoke exposure on North American birds during breeding season for National Geographic.

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Olivia Sanderfoot for the Popular Science — Clouds of wildfire smoke are toxic to humans and animals alike

UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discusses the effects of wildfire smoke on animals, as well as her previous review in the journal Environmental Research Letters for Popular…

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Olivia Sanderfoot for the Ottawa Citizen — For birds, wildfires pose a hazard — but also opportunity

UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discusses the effects of wildfire smoke on animals for the Ottawa Citizen. “When I see pictures like the ones out of New…

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Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot for TIME Magazine—How Wildfire Smoke Affects Wildlife—and Your Pets

UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow Olivia Sanderfoot discusses the effects of wildfire smoke on animals as Canadian wildfires severely compromise air quality across the Midwest and Northeast. “Animals, just…