'Wildfire season' is becoming a year-round phenomenon. But there are steps local and state government can take to curb the burn.

Santa Ana-fanned fires in autumn spread much faster than conflagrations in the dry summer months, but both will wreak more damage in the coming decades.

Thanks to its prevalence as garbage in the ocean, plastics have been ingested by nine out of every 10 seabirds now living.

Citizen scientists are joining botanists to find and measure California's plant diversity.

With tree canopies burned away, recovering landscapes become home to transplants like manzanita and monkey flower.

UC Santa Cruz ecologist Barry Sinervo studies dying species like a detective at a murder scene, hoping to help preserve threatened species.

Study by UC Riverside entomologist and colleagues shows flowers serve as parasite-dispersing hubs.

UC Riverside and UC Berkeley among 14 universities receiving a $12 million National Science Foundation grant to address water challenges around the world.

Algae, not clarity, is the key factor in the lake's azure waters.

Wildfires in California’s fabled Sierra Nevada mountain range are increasingly burning high-elevation forests, which historically have seldom burned,

Blum Center contest winner aims to remove excess fluoride from drinking water.

In Southern California, the biggest single threat to the animals' survival is Homo sapiens.