Center for Conservation Biology

For most of the 20th century, Riverside residents dumped their residential trash on 125 acres near the Santa Ana River. By the mid-1990s, the landfill was closed and deemed a leaking environmental mess. The city fenced it off and spent...

Factories mass produce goods for society and many emit greenhouse gases in the process, but not all are run by humans. Some factories lie underground and are operated around the clock by tireless six-legged workers. A new study in the...

It started with a 2011 study that indicated by the turn of the century there would be no more Joshua trees in the national park named after the iconic desert plant. And likely none in California. “I was shocked when...

If you’ve ever been to the deserts of Southern California, you know they are remarkable places filled with stunning vistas and wildlife found nowhere else. As a scientist, these places hold additional value for me: More than 2,500 plant and...