Scientists from Conservation International and the Indonesian Biodiversity Research Centre (affiliated with UCLA Life Sciences),have recently discovered a new species of flasher wrasse in the coral reefs of Indonesia.

UCLA Life Scientists have discovered fundamental rules of leaf design that underlie plants' ability to produce leaves that vary enormously in size.

Philip Atiba Goff, UCLA assistant professor of social psychology, was interviewed Wednesday on MSNBC's "The Cycle" about receiving a National Science Foundation grant to establish a new national database that tracks racial profiling by law-enforcement agencies.

Gregory A. Miller, distinguished professor and chair of the department of psychology, received the Distinguished Contributions Award from the Society for Psychophysiological Research at their annual meeting in Florence, Italy, this month.

Brain-imaging studies carried out by UCLA psychologists, show what happens to the human brain when it slips into unconsciousness.

A growing body of research shows that the need to connect socially with others is as basic as our need for food, water and shelter, writes UCLA professor Matthew Lieberman in his first book, "Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect," published this week by Crown Publishers.

H. Bradley Shaffer, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, discusses the ecological dangers resulting from the interbreeding of endangered California salamanders and imported Texas salamanders, which has created a new type of hybrid "super-salamander."

Research led by Robert Wayne, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, weighs in on the controversy accompanying the federal government's proposal to remove grey wolves from the endangered species list.

Jerome Zack and Donald Kohn, professors of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics are among four UCLA scientists who received Early Translational grants totaling $13M from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.