WASHINGTON—In a potential landmark action, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency has privately urged the Trump administration to reconsider a scientific finding that has long been the ...

As part of the nationwide Stand Up for Science protest, scientists from USC and UCLA marched to oppose federal policies they say is damaging to science and medicine.

The very threat of President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship may have a chilling effect on fearful ...

This month, we recognize one of the pioneers in the fight for social justice. When we acknowledge the César Chávez holiday, we honor the legacy of a leader who fought tirelessly for farmworkers’ ...

In a lawsuit, Climate United claims the E.P.A. is illegally withholding funds that have become a target of the Trump ...

Readers of the Los Angeles Sports section give their thoughts and opinions on UCLA basketball coaches Mick Cronin and Cori ...

Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. However, a major new study reveals that forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough ...

Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst ...

Trump's aggressive stance against transgender and nonbinary people threatens to make them invisible. Some fear it could also make them targets.

When scientists found a carcinogen in Santa Rosa's drinking water after the Tubbs fire, it triggered a race to develop ...

Scientists, professors and supporters rallied Friday in downtown Chicago and across the country against potential cuts federal funding for research, for things like cancer, pollution, climate change ...