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David Wake, a widely-loved and respected UC Berkeley professor emeritus of integrative biology and the world’s leading salamander expert, died April 29 at the age of 84.
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The beginning of newts’ mating season marks the end of the road for South Park Drive in Tilden Regional Park.
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Known for his love of nature and teaching, UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Robert Stebbins died Monday surrounded by his family. He was 98.
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According to a recent study co-authored by UC Berkeley researchers that examined the DNA of salamanders, North and South America joined much earlier than previously thought — over 20 million years earlier.
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AmphibiaWeb recently chronicled the discovery of the 7,000th amphibian species, an astonishing achievement considering that biologists were aware of less than 5,500 species in 2002.
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