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Five people stand outside looking up towards the camera. In the front row are two women, each with a hawk on their left hand.

UC Davis Establishes Bird Flight Research Center

by Jessica Heath
February 01, 2024

Young woman looking dejected

When Some Adolescent Girls Internalize Rejection, It Really Is in Their Head

by Alex Russell
January 23, 2024

Head and shoulders of a man wearing a dark blue shirt standing in a cornfield.

Maize Researcher Wins Prestigious National Academy of Sciences Prize

by Liana Wait
January 23, 2024

Man stands in the back of a historic restaurant

Chicago Cafe: California’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant

by Carla Meyer
January 22, 2024

A beetle eats a green leaf from the edge.

For This Beetle, ‘Date Night’ Comes Every Other Day

by Andy Fell
January 18, 2024

A Pacific lamprey swims in streambed

New Species of Lamprey Fish Documented in California

by Emily C. Dooley
January 17, 2024

Three nigiri pieces of bluefin tuna toro made from cultivated protein. (BlueNalu)

Integrative Center for Alternative Meat and Protein to Launch at UC Davis Jan. 17

by Amy Quinton
January 11, 2024

Model of a molecue made up of green and grey spheres. A blue stick-like structure rests in a groove at the top.

Researchers Step Closer to Mimicking Nature’s Mastery of Chemistry

by Greg Watry
January 10, 2024

Marbled godwit forage among kelp on beach

The Choreography Connecting Kelp Forests to the Beach

by UC Santa Barbara/UC Davis News and Media Relations
January 03, 2024

Blue lake with mountains and sky in background

Rise of Archery in Andes Mountains Dated to 5,000 Years Ago — Earlier Than Previous Research

by Greg Watry
December 20, 2023

Professor Dario Cantu

Genetic Diversity of Wild North American Grapes Mapped

by Emily C. Dooley
December 19, 2023

Matthew Treviño holds a canister of a hormonal birth control gel for men while in his home in Sacramento. He is part of a clinical trial at UC Davis Health testing the new drug.

‘Unfold’ Podcast Episode Examines Hormonal Birth Control for Men

by Amy Quinton
December 18, 2023

grassland with a smattering of trees extends to view of ocean in Mexico

Ecosystem Benefits to Humanity Expected to Decline by 9% by 2100

by Kat Kerlin
December 18, 2023

Person with hands on computer

YouTube Video Recommendations Lead to More Extremist Content for Right-Leaning Users, Researchers Suggest

by Alex Russell
December 13, 2023

close of cone and needles on whitebark pine tree

Scientists Sequence Genome for Threatened Whitebark Pine

by Teodora Rautu
December 13, 2023