Fingertips of Suriname toads are hypersensitive motion detectors, new study reveals

The King of the Dinosaurs had an internal temperature similar to you.

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

Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor Neil Garg has been named one of three UCLA faculty members to receive the 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring from the UCLA Div...

Atomic clocks undergird modern timekeeping. A nuclear clock could be even more precise.

Cities breed smart wildlife because it takes savvy to survive there.

Two decades ago, fears about same-sex unions were baseless. Now the claims against marriage equality are demonstrably incorrect.

Alligator lizards and other Southern California species are showing up about a month early thanks to the heat. And that carries some risks for these reptiles.

Erik Petigura is a professor of physics and astronomy at UCLA who specialises in discovering planets smaller than giants like Neptune and bigger than Mars and Earth. Our Solar System has none of thes...

By plying its ground-penetrating radar in the depths of Mars’s Jezero Crater, this rover has found even older deltas buried beneath those seen on the surface from space

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Part of Team USA's self-dubbed “Blade Angels,” Alysa Liu returned to the ice this week, competing in the women's figure skating competition at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Tongue twisters. Frosty holidays. Scandals. Big ol’ rodent butts. Let’s talk groundhogs with UCLA conservationist, field biologist, professor and Marmotologist, Dr. Daniel Blumstein. We cover what bro...

Gene therapy treatments for rare diseases are being developed, but getting them out of the lab has proved challenging.

Tongue twisters. Frosty holidays. Scandals. Big ol’ rodent butts. Let’s talk groundhogs with UCLA conservationist, field biologist, professor and Marmotologist, Dr. Daniel Blumstein. We cover what bro...

Recent studies on raccoons and dark-eyed juncos investigate how urban wildlife is evolving.

A rare disease that has cut off children from the outside world now potentially has a cure. News4’s Erika Gonzalez spoke to a Virginia family about how gene therapy changed their daughter’s life.

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New court filings reveal University of California professors are altering lessons, canceling talks and avoiding sensitive topics as the Trump administration’s crackdown intensifies.

The universe has quasi-moons, mini-moons, and moonlets, but no official definition of what counts as a moon.

Joy Benedict speaks with the local scientist working to debunk the myths surrounding bats by giving educational tours in Los Angeles.

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...

Alkene hydrogenation is a cornerstone of chemical synthesis, yet enzymatic strategies remain limited to electron deficient substrates via hydride transfer. Using heme enzymes, we unlock a hydrogenatio...