Largest-ever analysis of microbial data reveals an ecological law concluding 99.999 percent of species remain undiscovered

"For tens of millions of years before their ultimate demise, dinosaurs were beginning to lose their edge as the dominant species on Earth."

Microbial habitats worldwide likely shaped by RNA viruses that eat bacteria

Life in the city changes cognition, behavior, and physiology of birds to their advantage

Study bolsters view that sustainable, productive ecosystems depend on maintaining biodiversity

The four awards, totaling more than $4.8 million, will involve faculty and students from nearly every UC campus

It sounds simple, but the concept is only recently gaining international acceptance. 

Thirty-nine of the species discussed in the new study no longer exist on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas