Being an elite athlete, at least as a mouse, does not shorten lifespan or limit how many children you can have.

Hundreds of Venus-like planets could soon help determine why some worlds become sweltering greenhouse hellscapes, but to fully understand that, scientists first need to know how fast those planets are spinning.

NIH funds UCR-led research to develop new treatments for malaria and babesiosis

UCR scientists helped find a genetic switch that could shave years off avocado breeding by allowing researchers to identify one of a young tree’s most important traits long before it flowers.

Thermal imaging could boost future gravitational-wave detectors

A $2.1 million grant will help a UCR synthetic biologist understand how cells stay stable despite stress.

A slowing Atlantic Ocean current will intensify powerful storms in California while reducing snowfall over Greenland.

A UC Riverside scientist has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to develop a better tool to track avian flu on poultry farms, help prevent future outbreaks, and avoid egg shortages.

UC Riverside researchers have found evidence, for the first time, that desert mosses may host fungi inside their tissues. The finding offers a clue about how ancient life crawled from oceans onto dry land.

UC Riverside researchers link immune signaling to memory loss, seizures, and disrupted brain function after concussion

A roundup of commencement must-knows for graduating students and their families.

The New World screwworm lays its eggs in open wounds and burrows into skin. While human infections are rare, the insect poses an existential threat to cattle farming and dairy production. And it is now in Texas.

For generations, scientists believed a queen honeybee was made almost entirely by diet: feed an ordinary larva enough royal jelly and a ruler emerges. But new research suggests queens are created through a more elaborate process.

This month, thousands of Highlanders will cross the stage at UC Riverside’s 72nd Commencement. While they will celebrate as one class, each arrived at this milestone through a distinct journey. Here, nine graduating seniors share stories that defined their UCR experience. Standing atop the campus’s iconic stretch of lush green...

Scientists have identified the two biggest reasons that once-pristine rivers across the Arctic are growing cloudy with toxic orange iron particles that smother insects and suffocate fish.

Researchers warn that repeated vaping can create harmful byproducts linked to lung cell damage

Though a major fire killed a million Joshua trees in the Mojave desert, researchers found that fungi and bacteria underneath the scorched earth were totally unaffected.

QuVET at UC Riverside studies how quantum wave functions move through ultra-thin materials

UC Riverside study shows how the brain abandons outdated strategies and adapts to new rules

In northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, producing a sound scientists have puzzled over for decades. Now, researchers have captured the behavior in detail, revealing how scissor-tailed nightjars create one of the most curious sounds in the avian world.