Transparency Item: The Perspectives section of the Graphic is comprised of articles based on opinion. This is the opinion and perspective of the writer. If one seeks excitement, they shall find it in New York. If it is adventure, California. But if one pursues enlightenment, it lies waiting in Utah's desert. The names of cities and structures in Utah are of the … [Read more...] about Opinion: Utah Mystifies as the Last Expanse
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Funding Biodiversity Research Provides More Understanding Amid Climate Change Effects
Senior Biology major Conor Kramer holds a newt while conducting research in the Santa Monica Mountains in spring 2022. Kramer said he has studied the effects of wildfires on stream habitats through Pepperdine's Behavioral Ecology Research Laboratory. Photos courtesy of Conor Kramer There is an estimated $598-billion funding gap between the spending on global biodiversity … [Read more...] about Funding Biodiversity Research Provides More Understanding Amid Climate Change Effects
Pepperdine Professor Encounters Mountain Lion on Graduate Campus
Photo courtesy of Robert ShearerIt was just after 9 p.m. when Professor of Decision Science Robert Shearer was walking his dog, Maisie, at the Drescher campus outside of his faculty condo. It had been drizzling rain so visibility was poor. As they were making a loop around the graduate campus a mountain lion was right in front of Maisie“All of a sudden, silently but very … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Professor Encounters Mountain Lion on Graduate Campus
Mountain Lion Killed By Car Raises Questions About Population Viability
Photos courtesy of the National Park ServiceA female mountain lion’s remains were discovered on Malibu Canyon Road two weeks ago. The mountain lion was known as P-23 and she called the Santa Monica Mountains home.It is suspected that P-23 was hit by a car because of the condition of her body said Kate Kuykendall, the public affairs officer of the National Park Service. … [Read more...] about Mountain Lion Killed By Car Raises Questions About Population Viability