Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology

The shell of the variable tonicia is covered in complex, image-forming eyes.

Foothill yellow-legged frogs live in the flowing water of rivers and streams, so are especially vulnerable when these shrink to isolated pools.

The prototype of UCSB's TriBeam microscope, developed by the Tresa Pollock Lab before it was commercialized by Thermo Fisher Scientific

The rolling hills of Sedgwick Reserve offer a testbed for researchers to probe grassland ecology.

Shorebirds forage in kelp wrack on a beach in California

Flames from the Thomas Fire reflect in the waves just west of Ventura. Its proximity to the ocean provided researchers a unique opportunity.

This image of a blue plastic pile represents the cumulative amount of plastic waste that would be generated between 2010 and 2050 — enough to cover the entire island of Manhattan, and ten times the height of the Empire State Building — under a business-as-usual scenario where no aggressive policy actions are taken.

California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) surfaces in a pond in Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif.