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A young songbird, the great tit, with yellow, white and black markings, pushes a red sliding door to the left of a white box while two other birds watch.

These Songbirds Learn More From Siblings Than From Parents

by Kat Kerlin
October 09, 2025

Two scientists in wet suits swim in a shallow part of Lake Tahoe collecting rocks covered with attached algae

Lake Tahoe Algae Experiment Suggests Seasonal Shifts Ahead

by Kat Kerlin
October 06, 2025

Fatima Denton,left, hold microphone and turns head to Tessa Hill, who is speaking into microphone. A green background and plant are behind them with the words We Don't Have Time printed on backdrop.

Pulling the E-Brake on Methane Emissions

by Kat Kerlin
September 25, 2025

In an outdoor setting, Kate Scow sits on a bench towards the right of the photo, facing the camera and smiling. She's wearing a dark blue long sleeve top and is angled just slightly toward the camera.

Among the Academies: A World Living Beneath Our Feet

by José Vadi
September 23, 2025

A playground with a play structure on mostly blacktop with one large tree providing some shade

How Improving Shade at California Public Schools Can Benefit Children and Communities

by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
September 05, 2025

clear spheres containing embryonic killifish showing their eyes and faces are set over a black background

Maternal Exposure to Crude Oil, Flame Retardants Can Affect Later Generations

by Emily C. Dooley
August 27, 2025

Gray, charred rubble pile among debris, the remnants of a building wall and swimming pool look out over a stand of palm trees and a skyline altered by the LA Fires

Chromium-6, Nanosilver Detected in LA Fire Cleanup Zones

by Kat Kerlin
August 27, 2025

A farmer runs his hand through the grains of a wheat field. UC Davis scientists have developed wheat plants that can stimulate the production of their own fertilizer. (Getty)

Wheat That Makes Its Own Fertilizer

by Trina Kleist
August 27, 2025

Johanna Schmitt leans against a staircase inside a building.

Among the Academies: Studying How Plants Adapt

by Cody Kitaura
August 26, 2025

antlered caribou, or reindeer, stands in Artic Greenland with mountains in background

Arctic Reindeer Could Decline by 80% by 2100

by University of Adelaide, Newsroom
August 15, 2025

A view of deep green trees through mist and rain.

Rainy Tropics Could Face Unprecedented Droughts as an Atlantic Current Slows

by Yvaine Ye
July 30, 2025

A mountain goat on a trail walks past hikers taking its photograph with mountains, rocks and plants in scence

How Wildlife Navigated National Parks Before and During the COVID ‘Anthropause’

by Alex Walls, University of British Columbia
July 30, 2025

Ralstonia solanacearum is shown here in a potato plant that has wilted. The bacterium destroys the vascular system in plants, causing them to succumb to wilt disease. (Credit: Amilcar Sanchez)

How Plants are Learning to Spot Sneaky Bacterial Invaders

by Amy Quinton
July 28, 2025

A plane's contrails streaks through a blue sky over deep blue Lake Tahoe

Tahoe State of the Lake Report Released for 2024

by Kat Kerlin
July 17, 2025

Circular pens outline a salmon farm in open ocean waters of British Columbia with mountains in background

A Different Perspective on Salmon Farms

by Kat Kerlin
July 07, 2025

Deep mauve bell-like flowers hang from a slender branch running from lower left to upper right.

Plants Seek Friendly Environments Rather Than Adapt

by Andy Fell
July 01, 2025

anchovies swim against blue water background

Anchovy Dominated Diets off the West Coast Pose New Dangers for Salmon

by Michael Milstein / NOAA Fisheries
June 25, 2025

Electronic cigarettes in different colors and shapes

Disposable E-Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes

by Kat Kerlin
June 25, 2025

Diver Katie Senft seen underwater Lake Tahoe while mountain and sky are above

Lake Tahoe Clarity Report: Trend Stable, Not Improving

by Kat Kerlin
June 16, 2025

Skyliine of Richmond, California showing homes, businesses and oil and gas refinery

CA Clean Air Law Making Strides in Overburdened Neighborhoods

by Tiffany Dobbyn
June 12, 2025

cleaner goby with bright blue stripe cleans grouper in coral reef

Fish ‘Beauty Salons’ Offer Insight into How Microbes Move Within Reefs

by Kat Kerlin
June 05, 2025

Four adult female eastern lowlad gorillas in a forest

4 Gorillas Reintroduced to the Wild in DRC

by Kat Kerlin
May 29, 2025

A large colorful bush outside a house fills the left and center of the screen. A woman with blonde hair wearing a blue jacket and hat is holding a branch of the bush and looking closely at it.

City-Dwelling Monarch Butterflies Stay Put

by Liana Wait
May 28, 2025

A teacher and students on a hiking trail

Course Inspires Next Generation of California Naturalists

by Kate Washington
May 27, 2025

photo taken underwater shows light entering water as shadowy legs dangle from a paddleboard at Lake Tahoe

Extreme Weather Cycles Change Underwater Light at Tahoe

by Kat Kerlin
May 21, 2025

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