The multicolored tanager, a small bird that lives only in the mountains of Colombia, is a draw for birdwatchers. Deep in a forest in the Andes, high atop a tall tree, there’s a quick, colorful flash ...

UC Santa Cruz deepens industry engagement to underscore its vital role in contributing basic research and tomorrow’s talent, convening its first international RNA biotech conference on August 18 ...

UC Santa Cruz sociology doctoral candidate Rosa Navarro’s latest research finds that some Washington State employers are using the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program in ways that may reduce ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers lead analysis of ancient DNA that yields a genomic roadmap for the restoration of the continent’s largest land mammal, pushed nearly to extinction because of past human activ ...

An electric vehicle plugged in at a public fast-charge station in Pacific Grove, Calif. Photo: Allison Arteaga Soergel As it turns out, from a carbon emissions standpoint, you’d be better off sending ...

Since graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Jessica Lum (Rachel Carson '09, environmental studies and economics) has built a career ...

In collaboration with the University of California Office of the President, the campus is utilizing "future-shifted climate data" to assist campus facilities in withstanding the changing temperature ...

An adult male northern elephant seal attempts to mate with an adult female near the end of the breeding season at Año Nuevo State Park in California. (Frans Lanting for Beltran Lab-UC Santa Cruz-NMFS ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and open science that the Human Genome Project helped promote. Twenty-five ...

The blue oak, an iconic tree found only in California and seen across the state’s inland ranges and hills, is far more vulnerable to climate change than is reflected by its current status on the ...

Some of the most important datasets in human genomics are now available for researchers everywhere to use to make impactful health discoveries, without being limited by costly transfer fees.