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Honeybee Queens Push Pesticides to Eggs to Protect Themselves Over Their Offspring

How an Adolescent’s Brain Reacts to Faces May Predict Their Social Future

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Mist-shrouded sequoia forest with charred stumps and fallen logs

Prescribed Burns Saved Thousands of Giant Sequoias

by Kat Kerlin
July 22, 2026

Smiling Brandie Quarles-Chidyagwai tends seedling trays under grow lights in a greenhouse lab

A Native California Wildflower Isn’t Keeping Up with Climate Change

by Douglas Fox
July 21, 2026

Foggy coastal scene with towering cliff and distant sea stack, muted dawn light

Surfing Webcams Help Demystify Oregon’s Coastal Fog

by Kat Kerlin
July 20, 2026

Calm deep-blue Lake Tahoe with forested shore and distant mountains under clear sky

Tahoe State of the Lake Report Released

by Kat Kerlin
July 16, 2026

Assorted colorful chip and snack bags that claim they are made with avocado oil are lined on a table inside a lab. These chips were among the 54 avocado-labeled products tested in the Wang lab at UC Davis. (Selina Wang / UC Davis)

That Avocado Oil Chip You’re Eating May Not Be Made With Pure Avocado Oil

by Amy Quinton
July 15, 2026

Two scientists pipetting into a purple microplate at a lab bench, wearing gloves and safety glasses

‘Enchanted Broomstick’ Protein Walks on Two Stubby Legs to Keep Our Nerve Cells Alive

by Douglas Fox
July 15, 2026

Medical illustration of translucent blue head showing brain with red highlighted deep region, called the amygdala. UC Davis researchers have found that increased amygdala activity when looking at a face predicted increased peer involvement for girls, but less peer involvement for boys.(Adobe Stock)

How an Adolescent’s Brain Reacts to Faces May Predict Their Social Future

by Alex Russell
July 13, 2026

Blue glacier wall with snow-capped peaks reflecting on calm icy water

Melting Icebergs Can Weaken a Massive, Far-Off Ocean Current System

by Greg Watry
July 13, 2026

Sunlit pine forest floor with scattered pinecones and a gray wolf. The wolf was caught on a game camera in Northeastern California. (Tina Saitone / UC Davis)

California Wolves Feed Heavily on Cattle, Study Finds

by Amy Quinton
July 08, 2026

Honeybees clustered on wax honeycomb, one marked with a purple tag (photograph)

Honeybee Queens Push Pesticides to Eggs to Protect Themselves Over Their Offspring

by Emily C. Dooley
July 02, 2026

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