The world’s worst landfill methane polluters, exposed

UCLA’s STOP Methane Project identifies super-polluters, showing how a handful of sites are contributing to major climate and health risks.

4 UCLA professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Eva Baker, Elizabeth Ligon Bjork, Ursula Heise and Angela Riley — whose scholarship spans learning, memory, environmental humanities and Indigenous rights — have joined one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.

One of Los Angeles’ best-adapted urban creatures? Lizards.

March’s record heat brought plants into bloom early and coaxed animals out of their winter hiding places ahead of schedule.

How climate disasters are driving homelessness in America

UCLA-led studies link wildfires and other disasters to rising homelessness — and point to eviction protections and housing-first policies as key solutions.

Down syndrome reshapes the brain — before birth

Researchers’ new molecular atlas uncovers some surprising changes in prenatal neuron development, offering fresh clues to learning and memory differences.

California’s rail systems need more riders. High gas prices could be fueling a surge — and more media coverage of UCLA

Michael Manville, professor of urban planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, told the Los Angeles Times that it is generally hard to get people out of their cars, even in times of high gas prices. Read and hear more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Daily News, LAist and others.