What began with a handful of remnant oysters, a joke about a bottle of hot sauce and decades of patient research is becoming a new model for bringing a native species back to California's coast.

California’s iconic coast redwoods are used to growing in cool, coastal areas where the average temperature is around 59 degrees Fahrenheit. But as average yearly temperatures rise and heatwaves push ...

Alaska's orange, rusted rivers from melting permafrost are even more acidic than water leached from metal mines — an increasingly common mark of climate change, finds a UC Davis study.

As the climate warms, people are more exposed to heat stress, which depresses their productivity and the global economy. A study from the University of California, Davis, quantifies the cost of heat s...

UC Davis researchers received a $14 million NIH grant to uncover how wildfire smoke affects heart and lung health and identify new prevention strategies.

When we treat animals better, we feel better, indicates a new study from the UC Davis Green Care Lab with mini horses, donkeys and teens.

When we treat animals better, we feel better, indicates a new study from the UC Davis Green Care Lab with mini horses, donkeys and teens.

A secret to the survival of juvenile salmon as they form in their eggs is revealed by a new study from NOAA Fisheries and the University of California, Davis.

A modern approach to a 19th-century photography technique celebrates both the art and science behind one of one of the planet’s most mesmerizing spectacles.

The research could speed up breeders’ development of new varieties.

GOP leaders are supporting a spending bill that would prevent the White House from asserting greater control over hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants.

In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ...

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. How avocados do this has been unclear — until now, thanks to a UC Davis study.

When two major wildfires burned through the Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021, they took thousands of giant sequoia trees with them. Without prescribed burns, thousands more would have died, according to...

The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe. But experts say states aren’t equipped for the task. […]

The mountain jewelflower inhabits a wide swath of California and Oregon, from summer-scorched foothills to high mountains where snow falls during winter. But it is already suffering from climate chang...

Webcams commonly used by surfers are helping scientists measure Oregon's coastal fog, shows a study from UC Davis and the USDA Forest Service.

A UC degree pays off with higher earnings that grow over time, and UC graduates enter the workforce with greater financial flexibility due to no or low debt.

The University of California, Davis, Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) today released its “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2026” which presents data from 2025 in the context of the long-term ...

A UC Davis study reveals the extent a queen bee will go to survive.

From dogs and squirrels to concrete, whales and wetlands, here is a roundup of recent environmentally focused studies from UC Davis scientists

All the efforts to rewild a Northern California stream leads to salmon rewilding themselves.

UC Davis researchers found that red-tailed hawks adjust their wing and tail movements during molt to maintain flight performance despite missing feathers. The findings could improve wildlife rehabilit...

Staring into the depths of Lake Tahoe, you might think the view goes on forever. But researchers at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center have been tracking precisely how far a person can s...

Three mule deer have become the first wildlife to cross over California’s first wildlife overcrossing, which is nearing completion on S.R. 97 in Siskiyou County, reported the UC Davis Road Ecology Cen...

UC Davis scientists discovered gray mold adapts to different crops, revealing why decades of disease-resistant breeding failed.

Nature is good for business – and we now have numbers to show it.When rivers degrade, pests spread or drought hits crops, nature sends a bill.Yet it’s one rarely itemised on any balance sheet, because...

A UC Davis study in Science found that 7% to 16% of global plant species studied face high risk of extinction by 2100 under current climate change projections.

A UC Davis study finds every dollar spent on forest fuel treatments saves $3.75 in wildfire damages.

After months of fieldwork and scientific analysis, National Park Service researchers have determined that the coyote that drew international attention in early 2026 after swimming to Alcatraz Island l...

Climate change is likely to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into parts of South America that have never faced these diseases, putting new communities of people at risk, finds a study from the Universi...

Why are there so many of species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it’s because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces. Evolution doesn’t pro...

When climate change is faster than the speed of science and unstable funding threatens discovery, UC Davis scientists pivot to try to save important research.

California has one of the highest rates of wildfire-driven deforestation in the world, and the trend has accelerated over the past three decades, according to a UC Davis study.

We put on a pair of “cattle vision” goggles to see how livestock perceive their world. Learn why understanding that is better for the animal and the rancher.

A UC Davis study shows that part of the San Fransisco Estuary is teeming with fish food — the managed wetlands of Suisun Marsh. Timing seasonal flood releases from them could feed more fish.

Scientists have sequenced the bristlecone pine genome, which could help unlock the secrets of this tree's exceptionally long life.

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 yea...

Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California’s Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Service...

Thirty seals, primarily weaned pups, have died since late last week, scientists said.

A good love song tells female frogs when the time is right for mating, finds a UC Davis study showing male frogs change their tune as the weather warms.

For every bad thing happening in the world, there are good people trying to make things right. Sometimes they even win. That’s why I’m starting a new monthly series on this blog called “Tell Me Someth...