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There’s a war occurring each day in our backyards – plant versus plant-eating insect versus insect-eating insect. Research by UC Irvine’s Kailen Mooney suggests the outcome – of interest to farmers – is a stalemate.

UCI study of valerian is first to detail gender-specific species responses to global warming

Study by researchers at UCI and Wesleyan show picky eaters with limited palates hide better from birds

UC Irvine and Wesleyan University biologists have learned that caterpillars that feed on one or two plant species are better able to hide from predatory birds than caterpillars that consume a wide variety of plants.

California sagebrush in the southern part of the state will adjust better to climate change than sagebrush populations in the north, according to UC Irvine researchers in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology affiliated with the Center for Environmental Biology.

Jessica Pratt is looking for the most cost-effective way to save unique and precious California habitat.

UCI and Wesleyan researchers have found that birds target tree species favored by caterpillars as well as the insects.

Generous alumni gift guarantees UCI access to tropical studies program.

Plants that grow rapidly have poor internal defenses against pests. So it’s ladybugs, and others, to the rescue.

UCI study shows how birds, bats and lizards play their roles in preserving plant species in face of global climate change