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Jeffrey Groh in beige shirt tending potted avocado plants in a sunlit greenhouse

Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day

by Liana Wait
July 29, 2026

Young swallow fledgling sitting on gritty threshold under a painted wooden door

A Baby Bird’s Wishlist: Mild Weather, Attentive Parents, Not Being the Smallest Sibling

by Liana Wait
May 11, 2026

Man with short dark hair stands in a field of maize and examines an ear of corn.

National Academy of Sciences Elects UC Davis Maize Geneticist Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra

by Evan White
April 29, 2026

Underwater photo of two yellow butterflyfish with vertical stripes over branching coral

Fish Evolution Accelerated After Adapting to Eat off Hard Surfaces

by Liana Wait
April 28, 2026

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

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

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

Head and upper body of a white man with short dark hair and glasses wearing a pink short sleeved shirt and smiling. Behind him are bookshelves.

Evolutionary Geneticist Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

by Liana Wait
May 06, 2025

A fish with yellow and black vertical stripes swims over a coral reef.

How Are They Biting? High Speed Video Reveals Unexpected Jaw Movements in Reef Fish

by Andy Fell
May 05, 2025

A bird with a golden yellow head and body and black wings sits on a branch among small black berries.

Can Citizen Science Be Trusted? New Study of Birds Shows It Can

by Liana Wait
April 15, 2025

A silvery blue fish with a large head against a background of water plants.

Fish Teeth Show How Ease of Innovation Enables Rapid Evolution

by Andy Fell
February 26, 2025

A man wearing a denim jacket and dark pants stands under a large tree with multiple spreading limbs.

Genetics of Alternating Sexes in Walnuts

by Andy Fell
January 02, 2025

Underwater photo of a colorful outcrop of coral with many layers against blue ocean background.

Can Corals Be Saved?

by Harrison Tasoff
November 04, 2024

Semitransparent, brightly colored tissues against a black background.

Invisible Anatomy in the Fruit Fly Uterus

by Andy Fell
October 25, 2024

Gumweed yellow flower with a small bee in the middle of it

Fighting Climate Change with Bee-utiful Pollinator Gardens

by Malia Reiss
May 09, 2024

Head and shoulders of a man wearing a dark blue shirt standing in a cornfield.

Maize Researcher Wins Prestigious National Academy of Sciences Prize

by Liana Wait
January 23, 2024

Mia Lippey's tattooed arm

Scientists and Their Science Tattoos

by Malia Reiss
December 18, 2023

A white man in a blue check shirt stands in front of water tanks against a white wall.

Renowned Marine Ecologist Jay Stachowicz Wins Teaching Prize

by Kate Washington
December 05, 2023

A ginger domestic cat stands on concrete outside a building.

More Than Meows: How Bacteria Help Cats Communicate

by Andy Fell
November 15, 2023

A close up of seagrass with a inflatable boat in the background

Genome Study Shows Recent Spread of Eelgrass

by Andy Fell
July 21, 2023

MJ MJ Farruggia samples water in an alpine pond

Science Storytelling Through a Camera Lens

by Malia Reiss
January 18, 2023

Microscopic coral A. poculata, white with tentacles extended

Hibernating Corals and the Microbiomes That Sustain Them

by Kat Kerlin
December 01, 2022

Woman diving with coral looks up from sea floor at camera

Corals Saving Corals

by Kat Kerlin
November 21, 2022

Image of a rat-like animal with long toes.

Revealing the Genome of the Common Ancestor of All Mammals

by Andy Fell
September 27, 2022

Center image is a large colorful fish feeding on a coral reef. A variety of other fish in the background.

Reef Fish Evolution Driven by Biting

by Andy Fell
July 27, 2022

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