L.A. Times - Science

Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can make life easier for them.

With a very strong El Niño almost certainly on its way, the southern U.S. could see extra precipitation this winter, damping wildfire risk next summer.

Despite a false positive sample of lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms, the FDA says it is still looking at produce from the company as the source of the current oubreak.

After L.A. City Council rejected Mayor Bass's proposal to eliminate the city's climate emergency office, her administration quietly replaced its inaugural director with a senior Bass advisor.

After devastating fires turned their forest into a moonscape, members of the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu found evidence of their vibrant tribal history everywhere.

Employers are bracing for what could be the highest rise in health insurance premiums in 16 years, driving up the cost of family coverage in California to more than $30,000.

An outbreak of diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis has prompted warnings from experts about how to clean and prepare fruits and vegetables.

Dr. Erica Schwartz has the skills for the job running the CDC, doctors say. They just hope she'll be allowed to do it.

Boyle Heights activists are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to order a mandatory evacuation of the neighborhood, saying a recent warehouse fire has poisoned the air.

Proposed in late May, the rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over federal grants for research, education and infrastructure.

A parasitic disease that causes debilitating diarrhea has been reported in California this year. Officials explain how to fend off an infection.

A U.S. Forest Service plan to use glyphosate in a burned forest spurs a reckoning in Tahoe: How much should people do to bring forests back?