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A box of mounted and labeled iridescent bees.
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Gayle Laird ©2021 California Academy of Sciences
Museum collections hold a wealth of data just waiting to be brought into the digital age.

The Big Bee Project brings natural history collections into the 21st century

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Southern California Crustacean Sand-Dwellers Suffering Localized Extinctions

Study Determines Source of Oil Sheens Near the Site of Deepwater Horizon

NCEAS Finds Tropical Forest Blossoms Are Sensitive to Changing Climate
Hymenolepsis diminuta, more commonly known as the rat tapeworm

Simple Math may Solve Longstanding Problem of Parasite Energetics
Douglas Scalapino, UCSB professor of physics.

UC Santa Barbara Physics Professor to Receive Eugene Feenberg Medal

Mouse Models Point To A Potential Therapeutic Approach for Alzheimer's

Researchers Identify the Mechanisms Underlying Salt-Mediated Behaviors

UCSB Study Shows Where Scene Context Happens in our Brain

Is Prophylactic Mastectomy a Universal Key to Breast Cancer Prevention? UCSB Feminist Studies Scholar Laury Oaks Addresses the Issue

UCSB Neuroscientists Study Connectivity in the Human Brain

Scientist Identifies Protein Molecule Used to Maintain Adult Stem Cells

UCSB Ranked No. 2 in the World in Leiden Ranking of Top 500 Universities
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