Science & environment

Two people sit on chairs made from tree trunks and smile at the camera. Behind them is a long wooden table that holds basketry and serving utensils.

Campus & community

Initiative aims to create a ‘rightful presence’ for the Ohlone community at UC Berkeley

“Our long term goal is for every student, every faculty member, every professor — everybody that's engaged with the university — to have a common understanding about Ohlone people and our living identity,” said Vincent Medina, co-leader of the campus-wide ‘ottoy initiative.

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People

This shy California shrew avoided the camera and the limelight — until now

A coyote walks along a ridge at night, with a view of the lights of Los Angeles in the background.

Research

How urbanization shapes coyote life in Los Angeles

A person wearing black waders stands waist-deep in a creek, inspecting what appears to be a black pipe that spans the width of the creek.

Research

Diversity in coho salmon could be key to species survival

Mars depicted as a brown and blue orb

Ancient beaches testify to long-ago ocean on Mars

brown frog with yellow stripe on side, sitting on a brown leaf

En busca de una rana venenosa y de un nombre culturalmente apropiado

brown frog with yellow stripe on side, sitting on a brown leaf

In pursuit of a poison frog — and a culturally appropriate name

UC Berkeley professor Noah Whiteman.

Watch a professor explain the evolutionary war that gave us caffeine

A close up of a small shrew sitting in grass and leaves.

California’s most elusive mammal photographed for the first time

A hand holds up a European green crab, revealing it's yellow-colored underside.

Invasive green crabs offer lessons on ecosystem management amid environmental change

a brown grasshopper on sand soil

Life cycles of some insects adapt well to a changing climate. Others, not so much.

A chameleon flashing a bright array of rainbow and pastel colors sits on a tree branch.

New electromagnetic material draws inspiration from the color-shifting chameleon

looping steel structure lit up against a starry sky

Astronomers thought they understood fast radio bursts. A recent one calls that into question.

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The Andromeda galaxy struts its stuff

wildfire burns through forestland at night

UC Berkeley experts in wildfires, environmental health, climate change and more

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Health, housing and the path ahead: UC Berkeley researchers on the Los Angeles fires

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