The College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) at UC Riverside welcomed 13 new faculty members in 2026, bringing expertise across seven academic departments in fields ranging from quantum ...
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 ...
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.
THE WASHINGTON POST - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that he was diagnosed with mercury poisoning around the same time doctors discovered a parasitic worm in his brain, adding ...
UC Riverside’s College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences Dean Peter W. Atkinson, a Professor of Genetics in the Department of Entomology, joined UCR in 1997. Prior to his tenure at UC Riverside, he ...
The UC Riverside Academic Senate awarded paleontologist Mary Droser with its top prize during their annual awards. Droser, a distinguished professor of geology, is the recipient of the 2024-25 Faculty ...
Tomatoes in space: UC Riverside scientists making big strides in mission to grow food for astronauts
ABC 7 - Space is the final frontier for agriculture. "It's expensive to send food up to astronauts, so ideally, we want them to grow some of their own food," said Dr. Robert Jinkerson, an associate ...
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