Kristin Smart’s remains not found in search of California home
Authorities did not find the remains of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college student who went missing in 1996,…
J. Craig Venter, who won the race to sequence the human genome, dies in San Diego at 79
J. Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes…
Environmental groups urge California to track methane from reservoirs
Methane, the second-biggest contributor to climate change, is spewing into the atmosphere from the oil and gas industry,…
Extreme heat is making life increasingly unlivable
The number of days where extreme heat makes it too dangerously hot to walk the dog, sweep the…
Earth is warming faster than previously estimated, new study shows
Planetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years, with temperatures rising at a higher rate since…
Contributor: The planet’s other forest crisis
The decline of California’s kelp forests since the marine heat wave of 2013-17 has seen only minor recovery…
Trump administration’s climate skepticism effort violated federal law, judge rules
A federal judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Department of Energy violated federal law when it formed…
Scientists marvel at a Galapagos seabird that wandered 3,000 miles to California
Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second…
Who is Alex Honnold, the California native climbing Taipei 101?
Alex Honnold, the rock climber who famously scaled Yosemite’s El Capitan without ropes, will try his hand at…
Coyote makes astonishing swim to Alcatraz — the start of a prison-island pack? We asked experts
When Aidan Moore heard a guest had spotted a coyote on Alcatraz Island, he figured they were mistaken.…
Antarctic penguin breeding is happening sooner, and that’s a problem
Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that’s a big problem for two of the…
The Earth keeps getting hotter, and Americans’ trust in science is on a down trend
As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth’s third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are…