http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/02/poi-dayton-hyde/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/02/poi-dayton-hyde/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:15:18 +0000 Steve Hockensmith http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34264 Dayton Hyde, 88, has been a cowboy, a rodeo clown, a rancher, a photographer, a non-fiction author, a novelist, a poet and a conservationist. And now he's the star of a new documentary.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/02/poi-dayton-hyde/feed/ 0 http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2012/08/democracy-works-for-endangered-species.html http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2012/08/democracy-works-for-endangered-species.html#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:00:17 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32617 Eric BIber, professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law, co-authors a study reviewing citizen-initiated petitions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for listings under the Endangered Species Act. The study authors found that citizen groups do as well or better than the federal agency in spotting species at risk, and that without their help, many species would be left unprotected. ]]> http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2012/08/democracy-works-for-endangered-species.html/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/versatile-student-and-double-major-chosen-2012-university-medalist/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/versatile-student-and-double-major-chosen-2012-university-medalist/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:05:09 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29943 Double major Eric Olliff's inquisitive view of the world has helped earn him the 2012 University Medal, UC Berkeley's top prize for graduating seniors.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/versatile-student-and-double-major-chosen-2012-university-medalist/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/21/bushmeat-child-anemia/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/21/bushmeat-child-anemia/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:00:11 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19695 When the dinner menu includes endangered species, human nutritional needs must contend with efforts to manage wildlife resources, according to a new UC Berkeley study. Researchers estimate that a loss of access to bushmeat as a source of food would lead to a 29 percent jump in the number of children suffering from anemia. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/21/bushmeat-child-anemia/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/bees-outpace-orchids-in-evolution/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/bees-outpace-orchids-in-evolution/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:00:18 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16772 Orchid bees aren't so dependent on orchids after all, according to a new study that challenges the prevailing view of how plants and their insect pollinators evolve together. It turns out that the orchids need their bees more than the other way around, a finding with implications in conservation biology as bee populations decline worldwide. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/bees-outpace-orchids-in-evolution/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/14/berkeley-staffer-up-for-top-conservation-hero-in-online-vote/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/14/berkeley-staffer-up-for-top-conservation-hero-in-online-vote/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:40:40 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16563 The UC Berkeley community has a chance to vote for one of its own — Christopher Vernon of University Relations — as the top conservation hero of the Bay Area in an online competition.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/14/berkeley-staffer-up-for-top-conservation-hero-in-online-vote/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/25/can-social-networking-save-the-worlds-amphibians/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/25/can-social-networking-save-the-worlds-amphibians/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 17:16:39 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12181 Amphibian lovers have teamed up to create a social networking site, the Global Amphibian Blitz, where citizen scientists can submit photographs of amphibians in order to help scientists track their worldwide decline and hopefully find a way to halt it.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/25/can-social-networking-save-the-worlds-amphibians/feed/ 0 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/du-tnm051611.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/du-tnm051611.php#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 18:44:00 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=11872 Population size is not a reliable guideline for determining species survival, according to a new critical review published by an international team of researchers. The researchers argue against the common use of "minimum viable population" figures in establishing whether a species is "safe" from extinction. ]]> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/du-tnm051611.php/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/24/greenfire/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/24/greenfire/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:18:17 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=6339 The life and contributions of wildlife ecology pioneer Aldo Leopold are showcased in a new documentary, "Green Fire," which gets its West Coast premiere Monday at Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive theater in a screening co-sponsored by the campus's Sagehen Creek Field Station.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/24/greenfire/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/25/nicaragua/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/25/nicaragua/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:15:15 +0000 Robert Sanders http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=1297 A clean-energy initiative in rural Nicaragua shows that developing nations can take cost-effective steps to reduce carbon emissions while helping the rural poor to reduce their energy expenses, according to researchers at UC Berkeley. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/11/25/nicaragua/feed/ 0