L.A. Times - Science

The extinct toad from the ice age was found among the amphibian collection at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum.

There are no known cyclosporiasis outbreaks in California, but officials say case numbers are higher than they expected for this point in the season.

California's attorney general has added an amendment to a suit he filed in 2022 against the makers of forever chemicals. He claims the defendants were involved in a fraudulent transaction scheme.

Driven by social media hype and a growing distrust of public health guidance, consumer demand for experimental peptides has exploded over the last decade.

The operator of a cold storage warehouse that burned in Boyle Heights has said it expects to spend $80 million to $100 million to clean up the site.

Independent scientists said it appears a SpaceX rocket, about the size of a school bus, has crashed into the moon.

The potential closure of the community hospital serving South Los Angeles would be 'devastating,' said L.A. County's Dr. Naman Shah. 'We would have untold misery from lack of access to care.'

A UCLA marmot lab has opened an OnlyFans account called OnlyMarms to raise funding for its research. So far, it's raised about $4,000.

The California Department of Public Health has identified agricultural workers in the state who were exposed to measles during an outbreak in Arizona.

At the turn of the century, wildfires destroyed only about 3% of the California homes they came into contact with. By 2020, the rate had risen to 18%, a new study found.

The CDC warns that electric fans can actually raise your body temperature in extreme heat. Learn the safe temperature limits and expert-backed ways to beat the heat.

Regulators and environmentalists are divided over the PFAS chemicals, which are widely used in agriculture.

A super El Niño could wreak havoc on commercial fishing off the California coast. If the 2015-16 El Niño is any guide, it's not going to be good.

It looks to be the start of a bad era, not merely a bad year for measles. Confirmed measles cases just hit a 35-year high.

I put animal-fat skincare to the test for two weeks to see if it's actually beneficial. Here's what happened to my skin, along with what dermatologists and cosmetic chemists say about the science behind the trend.