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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sequencing to Success Opens UCR Labs to Community College Students For community college students considering a future in science, spending a day in a university research laboratory can help them see ...