Researchers sort out the sticky situation at the La Brea Tar Pits by refining methods for measuring the age of fossils.

What can the flowers in your garden tell you about climate change? Fig. 1, a new video series, takes a look.

There's a surprisingly strong environmental case to be made in favor of legalizing pot, because illegal marijuana farming is so bad for the environment.

New research suggests that people’s ability to spot liars is buried deeply in the unconscious mind.

UC Santa Cruz monitoring program is helping to pinpoint what's causing decimation of key coastal species.

Inspired by tiny crustacean, researchers design composite material stronger than standard used in airplane frames.

The world's most widely grown spice crop likely was first domesticated in central-east Mexico, according to a new study by UC Davis plant scientists and other researchers.

The timing of snowmelt has implications for soil quality and, in turn, how things grow.

Study shows automatic recognition of facial expressions can track student engagement in real time.

The youngest UC campus is now the steward of Columbian mammoth bones, dating back to the last Ice Age, which were discovered in Madera County.

UC Santa Barbara's John Bowers is helping bring low-cost solar lighting to Third World communities through Unite to Light.

Murderous pets and hungry jaguars are only some of the stories cultures use to explain lunar eclipses. Scientists from Lawrence Livermore Lab and elsewhere probe lunar legends in anticipation of Monday night's eclipse.