RENO, Nev. — The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has curated a special journal issue to discuss climate change adaptability in California. Researchers from the University of ...

In California, nearly 4,000 native plant and animal species depend on the state’s freshwater ecosystems. Trout, salmon and smelt run the rivers and carry nutrients to and from the oceans. Nutrients ...

Scientists in Sonora are searching for clues about what happened to missing whale populations — and what the creatures that ...

WELDON, Calif. — California is recognized as one of the world’s hotspots of biodiversity, with more species of plants and animals than any other state. And a significant number of the state’s species, ...

IN THE FIRST PLACE? WELL, THOSE RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT IN THOSE BIG WILDFIRES FOR YEARS, WILDFIRE SMOKE COVERED UP TO ABOUT 70% OF CALIFORNIA. AND THEIR THOUGHT WAS THAT MUST BE HAVING AN EFFECT ON ...

Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Why are sea waves abnormally large this winter, and ...

Ecosystems of California, a comprehensive reference on California’s remarkable ecological abundance, has won double honors in the 2017 PROSE Awards, the publishing industry’s top awards for ...

As large wildfires stick around for longer periods of the year in California, so does the smoke they emit. New research from UC Davis says that’s impacting lake ecosystems. The study analyzed the ...

Though sea stars have been mysteriously dying for over a decade, Southern California's lake environments are confronting a different mounting ecological crisis: The golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) ...

The native ecosystems along the coast and into the mountains of Southern California are breathtaking. They have been sculpted by millions of years of climate change and Mother Nature’s biological ...