High-tech sensors are aiding a systemwide effort to understand and predict the effects of climate change in the state.

Coastal habitats prevented more than $600 million in property losses during Hurricane Sandy, study finds.

An elusive bee could teach us about climate change in one of the least-understood environments on Earth.

Special fund aims to foster exchange with country where the postdoctoral student lost her life.

This year's class of 55 UC Global Food Initiative student fellows includes 14 returnees.

Oysters can tolerate extremes better than predatory snails can -- if the snails don't get them first.

A modern-day Indiana Jones works to preserve the legacy of a Mayan city in a new film.

A UC Berkeley team provides much needed oversight of the largest unchecked threat to water safety.

Doctoral student Cliff Kapono sets out on an adventure to map the surfer microbiome.

Studying this lizard's extraordinary toes offers a snapshot into evolution.

UC Santa Cruz professor examines challenges as popular chemical is phased out.

Many people thought U.S. gasoline consumption had already peaked. They were wrong. What happened?