Found in oceans around the globe, invertebrate comb jellies have been proven to be the sibling group to all other animals.

UC offers some of the most highly-ranked schools and programs across nearly every field imaginable.

UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome — a new, usable reference for genomics that combines the genetic material of 47 individuals from different ancestral backgrounds to allow for a deeper, more accurate understanding of worldwide genomic diversity.

Bringing species back — and keeping them away — from the brink.

Peregrine falcon populations crashed in the 1960s as a result of DDT. UC people helped bring them back.

As the leader of CalEPA, alumna Yana Garcia heads California’s fight against the ongoing climate crisis.

Students are tackling today’s pressing issues, from solar to education, through technological innovation.

Urban infrastructure was designed to take stormwater out to the ocean quickly. Now, California needs that precious water.

Find out how UC is making a strategic effort to cultivate a student, staff and faculty community that reflects the state it serves.

New research shows the Bering Strait remained flooded until around 35,700 years ago, not long before humans began migrating into the Americas.

Irene Vasquez preserves her Southern Sierra Miwuk heritage while serving as Yosemite National Park’s first-ever Cultural Ecologist.

A grant of more than $700,000 from the USDA will support a UC collaboration to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.