These cold-blooded killers were probably as warm-blooded as mammals, according to new research.

The dinosaurs were once considered reptilian, but the new results suggest we may need to rethink their evolution

A new study has found that the T. rex's body temperature was similar to humans. Most scientists agree that the fearsome predator was warm-blooded, but pinning down its exact body temperature has been difficult.

USC, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara are launching new undergraduate majors and programs in AI and digital humanities to prepare students for high-demand tech careers.

Future-ready students, forward-looking research: The new department brings a humanistic approach to AI and other emerging technologies.

UCLA’s new major combines classical humanities with technical know-how to examine a digitized and increasingly AI-enhanced world.

From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ...

As U.S. federal research budgets continue to be slashed, a team of marmot researchers have turned to unconventional sources of funding.

A UCLA-led study finds California's forests are burning more severely than at any point in the last 40 years — a change linked to both climate change and forest management.

In this excerpt from a recent livestream, climate scientist Daniel Swain explains with the newly proposed rules from the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) would be a disaster not only for American science, but also for everything from disaster response to public universities to can

From 1985-2024, high-severity forest fire increased thirtyfold in California, outpacing restorative fire, a UCLA study found.

New UCLA research finds that airborne dust traps about twice as much heat as climate models have estimated.

New UCLA research finds that airborne dust traps about twice as much heat as climate models have estimated.

The first Earth Day succeeded because a decade of preparatory work. "Lessons for a Warming Planet" teaches us what we must do now.

UCLA researchers and colleagues have pioneered a new conservation approach that uses cutting-edge gene sequencing to save the trees.

Register now The UCLA Emmett Institute's 2026 Spring symposium will focus on the interplay between affordability and environmental regulation, paying particular attention to recent developments in thr...

Climate change is making life in cities hotter and more dangerous, but cities—Los Angeles included—have not yet adequately responded. The risk and incidence of heat-related illnesses, such as heat ras...

Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

Altadena and the Palisades are moving forward but outcomes depend on survivors’ access to resources. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Altadena and the Palisades are moving forward but outcomes depend on survivors’ access to resources. It doesn’t have to be this way.

In this short excerpt from a longer livestream, Daniel Swain reflects on what would be lost if the National Center for Atmospheric Research were to be dismantled, as has been proposed, and why the present moment is such an important one when voicing support for this irreplaceable weather, climate, w

Watch the the first in a series of webinar discussions on defensible space that SLAGC is organizing. During Policymaking Under Uncertainty: Zone 0 and Vegetation Clearance, experts discussed what is a...

Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than the exception.’

Lecturer Cailey Hall evokes appreciation for the author by comparing originals like “Pride and Prejudice” with modern takes.

At COP30 in Brazil, UCLA launches the STOP Methane Project with Top 25 in '25 lists of methane super-polluters.

A new UCLA study finds people clash more with wildlife in drought years.

People often start fires, but that's just the spark. The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

What is Space Law? And what does it have to do with environmental law? Satellites pollute in more ways than you think.

The rise of China as the world's clean-energy superpower and the ambitions of oil-rich Middle East countries show that the U.S. is thinking small.

Cities across the U.S. are combining art with shade to shield people from rising temperatures and educate them about our warming world.

Join us for a webinar and live demonstration introducing UCLA’s newly launched 2025 Southern California Community Water Systems Atlas.

UCLA's researchers go low-tech to plead their case to the public with poster boards and props. The Trump administration has suspended more than $500 million in research grants to the university.

UCLA's researchers go low-tech to plead their case to the public with poster boards and props. The Trump administration has suspended more than $500 million in research grants to the university.