At UC Santa Cruz’s Coastal Science Campus, Kelley is uncovering how life endures in extreme environments.

Eventually, the team hopes for a return of these stars to Monterey Bay, where they can help maintain kelp forests, which are declining at a fast pace.

As LA sifts through the ashes of several wildfires, what happened in the Santa Cruz Mountains provides a stark example of the lasting hazards posed by drastic swings between extremes ...

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and ...

Some of the largest clusters this season were found in Santa Cruz County, with 1,406 monarchs at Lighthouse Field State Beach, 1,400 at Natural Bridges State Beach and 645 at... Climate ‘whiplash’: ...

For many conditions including immune-related ones, genetics often explains only a small fraction of the differences between people.

"I really want to spread the word that we should not give up right now," said Isis Howard, a conservation biologist with the Xerces Society.