The College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) at UC Riverside welcomed 13 new faculty members in 2026, bringing ...

POPULAR MECHANICS - Earth was a vastly different planet 2.4 billion years ago. Shrouded in a haze of carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor, its atmosphere was more similar to that of Saturn’s moon ...

An invader from South America The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, is native to the Paraná River basin in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It was first detected in the United States in ...

Retired UC Riverside entomologist Rick S. Vetter adds that juveniles can have red dots or white stripes. Their egg sacs can also indicate whether you’re looking at a black widow—they’re typically ...

NEWSWEEK - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Pitaloza Arriba, Panama, on Friday. Earlier estimates placed the magnitude between 7.6 and 8 and ...

Graduate students looking to pursue an advanced degree through the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences have an opportunity to work with and learn from some of the top minds in their fields.

Across a patchwork of green research plots at UC Riverside, thousands of experimental grasses are being put to the test. Some are subjected to weeks without irrigation. Others are evaluated for ...

Dear CNAS Community, Welcome to a new academic year at UC Riverside’s College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences. There is always a special energy across CNAS at the start of fall quarter, and we have ...

Welcome to a new academic year at UC Riverside’s College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences. There is always a special energy across CNAS at the start of fall quarter, and we have already seen it ...

Across a patchwork of green research plots at UC Riverside, thousands of experimental grasses are being put to the test. Some are subjected to weeks without irrigation. Others are evaluated for ...