UC Santa Cruz, Pie Ranch, and the Amah Mutsun Land Trust are collaborating to show how leftover water from aquaculture can be ...

Late afternoon sunlight streams through the flora at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum. The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden’s collection contains representatives of more than 300 p… ...

However, there are gourds that grow in the desert with very little water. Bottle gourds and luffa (which is a highly ...

“Rocks for a local rock garden are best chosen from those that are naturally occurring in the area,” writes columnist Tom Karwin. “The Santa Cruz County environment includes all t… ...

Carolyn Chandler explains her agave farm to Matt Kettmann. California’s agave industry is exploding right now, expanding from ...

Key takeaways UC Santa Cruz posted the first human genome sequence online 25 years ago today, launching a revolution in medicine and biology through open-access science. The Human Genome Project was ...

On March 28, Myanmar was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed over 5,000 lives and caused damage even in ...

Here’s our list of the best places to beat the heat with a cool breeze — along with some of the science behind why and where ...

In interviews, Santa Cruz County locals share their creative survival strategies in the nation's least affordable housing ...

Art/Education/Community' at MSP features grandfather clocks, Vietnamese storefronts, vanitas-style still lifes.

With money to burn but no time to burn it, some young professionals are choosing to pause their careers for a “mini ...