Busy Bees and Bee-searchers at NCOS and Beyond
Blooms are abuzz with bees and bee-searchers at NCOS and elsewhere at UCSB and beyond. Read on to learn how to recognize some of the native bees in our region (including a recent sighting of an endangered bumblebee species!) and what CCBER's student researchers are doing to improve our knowledge and ability to help support them.
Studying Ladybug Communities at Coastal Sites
For three quarters, the Lady Beetle Project has been documenting the effect of restoration work on the distribution, abundance, and diversity of ladybugs in select habitats around UCSB and Goleta. Read on about the work of the interns involved!
UCSB iNaturalist Pollinator Bioblitz
The Environmental Studies Citizen Science class took part in an iNaturalist bioblitz throughout campus under the guidance of their professor and CCBER staff. Read more about the three hours they spent recording observations of pollinators using their phone cameras and ingenuity.
Nipomo Lupine Recovery
In collaboration with USFWS, CCBER has been working on the restoration of Lupinus nipomensis, a federally endangered annual species of lupine endemic to California. Read about it here!
Coming soon – an interactive map of breeding bird records in Santa Barbara County!
Geography and GIS student Riley Anderson is working on an exciting project with CCBER affiliates and local expert ornithologists Mark Holmgren and Adrian O’Loghlen. Read on about Riley’s project and experience as a Coastal Fund research intern at CCBER.
Isopoda and Archaeognatha abundance and diversity in the North Campus Open Space
Research Project Summary by Coastal Fund sponsored Collections Intern - Jacob Little
