The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the ...

Encroachment on plant and animal life by man is fueling diseases. As the war against COVID-19 brings entire countries to a screeching halt, the planet is beginning to see a glimpse into a world ...

Human-wildlife conflict has driven the decline of once-abundant species and is pushing others to the brink of extinction.

Note: This story is intended to be listened to. Text associated below is simply a transcript of the audio. I’ve been thinking about human-caused climate change and what it means to be resilient in the ...

In the largest study of its kind, scientists have accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and ...

Every cell in the body holds a story written in three billion letters. For decades, scientists struggled to translate that code into something they understood and could use. On a sunny Santa Cruz ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Laysan albatrosses (above) and California sea lions (below) are among the marine predator species tracked by the TOPP program. (Photos by Dan Costa, UC Santa Cruz) Humpback whale. (Photo by Bruce Mate ...