A state jury’s award for a Northern California couple followed awards in separate cases in March and August, and was the largest by far.

A former Navy officer who is now a New York Times reporter explains how the American military trains marine mammals for underwater operations.

Like other small farmers and researchers, Brad Gates is trying to ensure a future for the tomato by breeding hardier varieties and persuading more Americans to grow their own.

The Golden State Killer case was just the start. Hundreds of cold cases are hot again thanks to a new genealogy technique. The price may be everyone’s genetic privacy.

The jury found that Monsanto should be held liable for the man’s cancer because it failed to warn him about the herbicide’s cancer risks.

The recalled avocados were packed at a facility in California and distributed in that state, Arizona, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

Clouds of painted lady butterflies are flying through Southern California. The reason? Abundant rainfall that has caused an explosion of plant growth.

The unit of UnitedHealth Group was found to have abused its discretion under federal laws.

David Bernhardt, the agency’s acting chief, wants to roll back endangered-species protections on a tiny fish, a change that benefits few outside a California group he once represented as a lobbyist.

The National Parks are in partial shutdown. But America’s wilderness shines in a show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston that reveals how human intervention has changed purple mountains’ majesty.