Preventing mass extinctions of big mammals will require immediate action

Preventing the extinction of gorillas, rhinoceroses, elephants,…

UCLA astronomers make first accurate measurement of oxygen in distant galaxy

UCLA astronomers have made the first accurate measurement of…

Charlene Villaseñor Black is as good as gold as recipient of top faculty prize

Within the warm, terra-cotta-colored walls of her office in Dodd…

Los Angeles is a metropolitan den for mountain lions

Los Angeles is one of only two megacities — Mumbai, India,…

Technique from biology helps explain the evolution of the American car

Borrowing a technique that biologists might use to study the…

Using big data, scientists discover biomarkers that could help give cancer patients better survival estimates

People with cancer are often told by their doctors approximately…

Professor collaborates with Getty Museum to bring 15th-century manuscript to the public

UCLA professor and recently named Guggenheim Fellow Zrinka Stahuljak…

UC regents appoint Dr. Owen Witte University Professor

Dr. Owen Witte, renowned scientist and esteemed member of UCLA’s…

Blaire Van Valkenburgh appointed Inaugural Donald R. Dickey Chair in Vertebrate Biology

Professor Blaire Van Valkenburgh, an internationally renown…

Archaeologists and geographers team to predict locations of ancient Buddhist sites

In a study published this week in Current Science, archaeologist Monica…