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UCLA researchers say the approach could help tackle cancer, antibiotic resistance and food-related disorders.

The honorees are Roger Wakimoto, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Kenneth Nagy, Yi Tang, Tommaso Treu, Christine Dunkel Schetter and Gary Orfield.

Sequencing the genome of the unarmored threespine stickleback has given scientists clues that could guide conservation measures.

His research helped explain the evolution of dogs and showed that freeways are a barrier to bobcat and coyote migration.

A new UCLA study could help scientists better understand threats to birds — and their ability to adapt.

In a twist that surprised researchers, the insects were less likely to forage for food when they were starving than when they were well fed.

A study led by four UCLA undergraduates also found that the arachnids cooperate, a rarity among spiders.

The 30-year study of 105 migratory species reveals how strongly temperature affects animals’ physical characteristics.

The continent’s diverse species all evolved very rapidly from a single ancestral population, a UCLA-led study shows.

Understanding the adaptations that protect female animals from disorders may help humans too, UCLA research suggests.

Professor emeritus Bruce Runnegar was part of the team that got to the bottom of the situation.

The visionary leader served the campus as vice chancellor of medical sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA from 1994 to 2010.

Sifting through studies on various species’ play behavior, researchers tracked vocalization patterns that show a strong similarity to human laughter.

A new study reveals new findings about the animals’ evolution and the tough prospects they face for survival.

The first study to report genome-wide data on the prehistoric canid puts to bed a mystery biologists have pondered for more than 100 years.

The longer COVID-19 continues, the more entrenched these psychological, social and societal changes are likely to be, the study authors suggest.

In very early life, sleep helps build the brain’s infrastructure, but it then takes on an entirely new decluttering role, research shows.

Two UCLA studies of ocean mollusks shed light on how new species may emerge through a phenomenon known as host-switching.

UCLA’s Daniel Fessler explains why staying away from each other seems so tough, even when we know it will save lives.

The findings have implications for the conservation of rare and endangered species, in which low genetic diversity could increase the odds of extinction.

“Today’s rich biodiversity among marine fish shows the fingerprints of the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period,” said Michael Alfaro, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.

The study, by UCLA and the University of Wisconsin, was based on analysis of specimens more than 3 billion years old.

UCLA research shows that the changes have had a dramatic effect on Colpichthys hubbsi, a species that lives only in the region near the Sea of Cortez.

UCLA research findings show changes in same genes that clipped the sea bird’s wings cause human bone disorders.

Studying the animals’ bones, UCLA biologists found injuries to shoulders and backs after likely attacks on large prey.