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 ...

California regulators will soon decide on a water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Environmental advocates warn that the proposal on the table will harm the ecosystem.

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 ...

A riparian forest of cottonwood and willow trees spreads out along the river at the National Audubon Society's Kern River Preserve. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) California is recognized as ...

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 ...

By John Cannon This is the first installment of Mongabay’s coverage of beaver restoration in California. CHESTER, Calif. — The pictograph, an ochre-red outline with four paws and an unmistakable ...

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 ...

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) ...

A team led by environmental chemist Peter Weiss-Penzias of UC Santa Cruz will study the fog’s composition, looking for toxic ...