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Before-and-After Photos of Sierra Show Snow Levels Worse Than During Drought

Dramatic images of this year's snowpack compared to last year's show just how far below normal we are.

From Drugged Oysters to Birds Full of Plastic, Oceans Are Feeling the Burden of Pollution

Woman bends over a bag of oysters on a tidal flat

Signs of our life on land, pharmaceutical medications, bits of plastic and household chemicals are increasingly being found in ocean life.

For Pacific Mole Crabs It's Dig or Die

Pacific mole crabs dig with astonishing speed. Benjamin McInroe, a Ph.D. student of biophysics at UC Berkeley, studies these crustaceans in an effort to eventually build a new generation of burrowing robots.

Love Is an Albatross. Literally. Watch This Courtship Dance

Meet Wisdom and Akeakamai. They became life-long partners on the dance floor 12 years ago.

Battle Over Dirty Air Brewing in West Oakland

A West Oakland community is battling a debris-hauling company over its alleged poisoning of air and water.

California Cities Could Wield Zoning Laws Against Offshore Drilling Plan

In the 1980s, California towns used local zoning rules to block offshore oil and gas drilling. State lawmakers are considering a similar strategy to push back against the Trump administration.

Watch This Cancer Cell Get Caged Within Walls of Light

The video, created using high-speed laser microscopy, shows a cancer cell genetically engineered to break down under four walls of blue light.

Support of KQED Science is provided by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation, the Vadasz Family Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the members of KQED.