Senate Republicans join in rebuking White House over science funding

GOP leaders are supporting a spending bill that would prevent the White House from asserting greater control over hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants.

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Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNAS

In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ...

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Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. How avocados do this has been unclear — until now, thanks to a UC Davis study.

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Prescribed Burns Saved Thousands of Giant Sequoias

When two major wildfires burned through the Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021, they took thousands of giant sequoia trees with them. Without prescribed burns, thousands more would have died, according to...

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The feds no longer protect endangered species habitat. States say they can't pick up the slack. - East Oregonian

The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe. But experts say states aren’t equipped for the task. […]

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A Native California Wildflower Isn’t Keeping Up with Climate Change

The mountain jewelflower inhabits a wide swath of California and Oregon, from summer-scorched foothills to high mountains where snow falls during winter. But it is already suffering from climate chang...

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Surfing Webcams Help Demystify Oregon’s Coastal Fog

Webcams commonly used by surfers are helping scientists measure Oregon's coastal fog, shows a study from UC Davis and the USDA Forest Service.

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People who say college isn’t worth it haven’t seen this data

A UC degree pays off with higher earnings that grow over time, and UC graduates enter the workforce with greater financial flexibility due to no or low debt.

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Tahoe State of the Lake Report Released

The University of California, Davis, Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) today released its “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2026” which presents data from 2025 in the context of the long-term ...

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Honeybee Queens Push Pesticides to Eggs to Protect Themselves Over Their Offspring

A UC Davis study reveals the extent a queen bee will go to survive.

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The Research Roundup

From dogs and squirrels to concrete, whales and wetlands, here is a roundup of recent environmentally focused studies from UC Davis scientists

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The curious comeback of Putah Creek’s salmon - High Country News

All the efforts to rewild a Northern California stream leads to salmon rewilding themselves.

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What Molting Hawks Can Teach Researchers About Resilient Flight

UC Davis researchers found that red-tailed hawks adjust their wing and tail movements during molt to maintain flight performance despite missing feathers. The findings could improve wildlife rehabilit...

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2025 Lake Tahoe Clarity Report Released

Staring into the depths of Lake Tahoe, you might think the view goes on forever. But researchers at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center have been tracking precisely how far a person can s...

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Deer Are First Animals to Cross California’s First Wildlife Overcrossing

Three mule deer have become the first wildlife to cross over California’s first wildlife overcrossing, which is nearing completion on S.R. 97 in Siskiyou County, reported the UC Davis Road Ecology Cen...

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The Fungus That Spoils Nearly Everything

UC Davis scientists discovered gray mold adapts to different crops, revealing why decades of disease-resistant breeding failed.

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The Conversation: Is Nature Good For Business?

Nature is good for business – and we now have numbers to show it.When rivers degrade, pests spread or drought hits crops, nature sends a bill.Yet it’s one rarely itemised on any balance sheet, because...

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Study Projects Plant Extinction Rates Through 2100

A UC Davis study in Science found that 7% to 16% of global plant species studied face high risk of extinction by 2100 under current climate change projections.

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Forest Fuel Treatments Reduce Wildfire Spread, Prevent $2.8 Billion in Damage

A UC Davis study finds every dollar spent on forest fuel treatments saves $3.75 in wildfire damages.

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Alcatraz Coyote Wasn’t a City Boy After All

After months of fieldwork and scientific analysis, National Park Service researchers have determined that the coyote that drew international attention in early 2026 after swimming to Alcatraz Island l...

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Climate Change Increases Spillover Risk of Rodent-Borne Arenaviruses

Climate change is likely to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into parts of South America that have never faced these diseases, putting new communities of people at risk, finds a study from the Universi...

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Fish Evolution Accelerated After Adapting to Eat off Hard Surfaces

Why are there so many of species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it’s because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces. Evolution doesn’t pro...

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Stop-and-Go Science: Researchers Pivot to Try to Salvage Important Work

When climate change is faster than the speed of science and unstable funding threatens discovery, UC Davis scientists pivot to try to save important research.

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Wildfire-Driven Deforestation Rates in California Among Highest in World

California has one of the highest rates of wildfire-driven deforestation in the world, and the trend has accelerated over the past three decades, according to a UC Davis study.

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Where Science Meets the Herd

We put on a pair of “cattle vision” goggles to see how livestock perceive their world. Learn why understanding that is better for the animal and the rancher.

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Opinion | NASA Flew by the Moon, but Behind the Scenes, Its Science Is a Chaotic Mess

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Managed Wetlands a Culinary Hot Spot for SF Bay Fish, But They Need Delivery Options

A UC Davis study shows that part of the San Fransisco Estuary is teeming with fish food — the managed wetlands of Suisun Marsh. Timing seasonal flood releases from them could feed more fish.

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