Ecotourism can put wild animals at risk, scientists say

A recent study (with senior author Daniel Blumstein, UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) analyzed more than 100 research studies on how ecotourism affects wild animals and concluded that such trips can be harmful to the animals, whose behaviors may be altered in ways that put them at risk.

Quantifying the impact of climate on ecosystems worldwide

UCLA-led study, with senior author, Lawren Sack, restores consensus after controversial 2014 paper questioned direct effects of climate change

UCLA biologist, Victoria Sork, elected a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences

Victoria Sork has been named one of 12 Academy Fellows this year for her notable contributions to the natural sciences.

Keeping gut bacteria in balance could help delay age-related diseases, UCLA study finds

New research led by UCLA life scientists may help answer why some people remain healthy into old age, while others age faster and suffer serious diseases decades earlier.

Stress levels help explain how men and women differ in providing emotional support

UCLA psychologist, Thomas Bradbury, along with an international team of psychologists, found that men and women who aren’t stressed out both provide strong support to their partners. But when under stress, women do a better job than men of being supportive.

Completely paralyzed man voluntarily moves his legs, UCLA scientists report

Robotic step training and noninvasive spinal stimulation developed by UCLA researchers enabled a completely paralyzed patient to take thousands of steps

Men who buy sex have much in common with sexually coercive men

Recent research, co-authored by UCLA psychology professor Neil Malamuth finds that men who buy sex share certain key characteristics with men who are at risk for committing sexual aggression.

How to convince vaccine skeptics — and how not to

UCLA and U. of Illinois psychologists find a way to change minds. Vaccine skeptics can be convinced with the right argument.

UCLA researchers find non-surgical approach that allows paralyzed patients to voluntarily move their legs

New non-surgical approach could lead to treatments for paralysis at one-tenth the cost of the surgical epidural stimulator.

UCLA Life Scientists discover “new” canid species in Africa

Klaus-Peter Koepfli, and senior author Robert Wayne, a professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology lead research that finds ‘Golden jackals’ of East Africa are actually golden wolves.