It’s a familiar story: flames rage through Southern California landscapes. Do these burns benefit ecosystems, or do they damage habitats and reduce biodiversity?
“That’s the big threat—a species doesn’t have time to recover between fires.”
threatened in 1989, and it is estimated that desert tortoise populations in the wild have
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a multitude of contaminants that have never really been examined before, especially
The plight of a desert icon and our efforts to turn things around.
You do have a hard outer shell, which is helpful at keeping some predators from eating
Their numbers have dropped significantly since the 1900s, and it is estimated that
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“Seventeen of the 20 largest California wildfires have occurred over the past 20
Those in the Suborder Pleurodira, however, have a different angle.
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As such, our veterinary training programs are highly sought after and have a finite
Students have the unique opportunity to meet professionals working for the San Diego
Many marsh birds have long legs, but because goliath herons are super-sized, their
