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Julie Cotton extends hand as peregrine falcon Nox flies away from box toward fields and water of California's East Bay

Peregrine Falcon Nox Healed and Flying Free

by Kat Kerlin
October 21, 2024

red fox lounges outside den ini the sun on a rock

Genetic Rescue for Rare Red Foxes?

by Kat Kerlin
September 26, 2024

A bright orange painted woolly bat, or kerivoula picta, roosts under a bright green leaf in Indonesiaa

E-Sales of a Wild Bat Sold as Décor Threaten Species

by Kat Kerlin
July 16, 2024

A orange-amber colored, rough-skinned newt crawls on pavement with its cute face facing camera

Report: Roadkill a ‘Preventable Natural Disaster’

by Kat Kerlin
June 18, 2024

peach and purple sunset over Joshua tree silhouettes

Mapping the Future’s Sweet Spot for Clean Energy and Biodiversity

by Kat Kerlin
March 08, 2024

Dead elephant seals lie, appearing as gray boulders, on a beach

Avian Influenza Virus Is Adapting to Spread to Marine Mammals

by Kat Kerlin
February 28, 2024

Skywalker gibbons primate looks at camera while sitting on tree branch in Myanmar

Love Songs Lead Scientists to New Populations of Skywalker Gibbons in Myanmar

by Kat Kerlin
February 14, 2024

A large fish floats above a muddy bottom in green-tinted water.

Saving the Green Sturgeon

by Andy Fell
February 05, 2024

A Pacific lamprey swims in streambed

New Species of Lamprey Fish Documented in California

by Emily C. Dooley
January 17, 2024

close of cone and needles on whitebark pine tree

Scientists Sequence Genome for Threatened Whitebark Pine

by Teodora Rautu
December 13, 2023

Against a black backdrop inside a recording studio, Professor Beth Rose Middleton, standing on the left, is next to Chancellor Gary S. May.

‘Face to Face’: Native Land Conservation With Beth Rose Middleton

by José Vadi
November 28, 2023

fisheries biologists use a net to collect fish from a creek during fall

UC Davis to Safeguard Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Broodstock

by California Department of Fish and Wildlife
October 12, 2023

Grace Cureton poses with the Mount Whitney sunrise

Science-y Summers

by Malia Reiss
October 10, 2023

Sea level rise, water over bridge

Climate Change Experts List

by Kat Kerlin
August 05, 2023

A San Clemente island fox looks at camera

Ensuring a Future for 10 Iconic Animals

by Kat Kerlin
April 19, 2023

Ice floats atop Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe’s Clarity the Best It’s Been Since 1980s

by Kat Kerlin
April 10, 2023

Aerial drone image compost of wildlands before and after wildfire

Using AI to Analyze Wildfire Impacts

by Kathleen Wong
March 29, 2023

McCloud River Redband Trout, or O. mykiss calisulat, held in hand

Rainbow Trout Subspecies Newly Named

by Kat Kerlin
March 29, 2023

female mountain lion stares at camera while walking in dark woods

Humans Are Leading Source of Death for California Mountain Lions, Despite Hunting Protections

by University of Nebraska-Lincoln
March 20, 2023

Table with rows of preserved bird specimens for wildlife biology class

Owl or Nothing: Learning 300 Birds in 10 Weeks

by Malia Reiss
February 08, 2023

male giraffe performs flehmen behavior as female pees

Heavy Necking: New Insights Into the Sex Life of Giraffes

by Kat Kerlin
February 08, 2023

Two young tree swallows look out of hole in nestbox hanging from tree

Climate Change Presents a Mismatch for Songbirds’ Breeding Season

by Kat Kerlin
January 17, 2023

Distinguished Professor John Eadie Wins UC Davis Teaching Prize

by Tiffany Dobbyn
January 12, 2023

Smoke from wildfire billows over hillside with trees and rural home in foreground

Wildfire Solutions in the WUI

by Kat Kerlin
December 20, 2022

red abalone surrounded by purple urchins

All West Coast Abalones at Risk of Extinction on the IUCN Red List

by Kat Kerlin
December 12, 2022

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