UCR's Famous Tango Mandarin Now Open to Home Growers—With Caveats
Those seedless Cuties you pack in your kid's lunchbox? UCR scientists helped create them. Now anyone can plant the trees—if they can find them.
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Riverside Native Receives $3 Million Breakthrough Prize for Gene Editing Revolution
From Poly High valedictorian to medical breakthrough, David Liu's technologies offer hope for thousands of genetic diseases.
California’s Oldest Tree – Progress Towards Protection?
Four environmental groups seek to protect 13,000-year-old tree with larger buffer zone.
Donkeys and Burros and Asses – Oh my!
From roadside curiosities to Instagram stars, the burros of Riverside and neighboring communities embody the charm and complexity of Southern California’s wildlife tapestry.
California’s Oldest Tree – A Riverside County Celebrity
California’s own “Jurupa Oak,” thriving for over 13,000 years in Jurupa Valley, showcases the state’s deep natural history just minutes from Riverside.
Is it a crow or a raven? Nevermore confused
Riversiders often mix up the city’s black birds, but distinguishing the solitary ravens from the social crows is simpler than you might think.
Naturally Riverside: A Tale of Two Quarantines
Riverside’s historic Mother Washington Navel tree, progenitor of a global citrus empire, stands shrouded in protective netting to combat twin threats: the Asian Citrus Psyllid and the Oriental Fruit Fly. Professor Norm Ellstrand breaks down the science.