diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/partials/_results.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/partials/_results.scss
index c5e82cc1..79170a11 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/partials/_results.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/partials/_results.scss
@@ -156,10 +156,12 @@
 // --------------------------------------
 
 .result.use, .result.primo {
-  padding: 32px 0 32px;
+  padding: 28px 0 28px;
   margin: 0;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid $color-gray-200;
   border-top: none;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid $color-gray-200;
+
+  @media (max-width: $bp-screen-sm2) { padding: 24px 0 24px; }
 
   a:link, a:visited {
     color: $color-text-primary;
@@ -178,6 +180,13 @@
     background-color: transparent;
   }
 
+  // Trim bottom margin on last div to ensure consistent visual spacing between results
+  .result-content > div:last-child,
+  .result-metadata > div:last-child {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+  }  
+  
+  // Reverse the markup order of the eyebrow and title (which was set for screen readers)
   .title-lockup {
     display: flex;
     gap: 12px;
@@ -423,8 +432,11 @@
   padding-top: 12px;
   padding-bottom: 44px;
 
+  @media (max-width: $bp-screen-sm2) { padding-top: 0; }
+
+
   .results-header {
-    margin-bottom: 40px;
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
   }
 
   .results-context {
@@ -434,7 +446,7 @@
   }
 
   #results-section {
-    padding: 16px 0 0 0;
+    padding: 8px 0 0 0;
   }
 
   #results-layout-wrapper {
@@ -588,7 +600,6 @@
 
 // RESULTS LIST NLS ALERT
 aside.nls-alert {
-  margin-bottom: 40px;
   display: flex;
   gap: 6px;
 
diff --git a/app/views/search/_highlights.html.erb b/app/views/search/_highlights.html.erb
index 50a5c03c..78958d56 100644
--- a/app/views/search/_highlights.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/search/_highlights.html.erb
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <% highlights = trim_highlights(result) %>
 <% return unless highlights&.any? %>
 
-<h4 class="inner-heading">Search term found in:</h4>
-<ul class="list-unbulleted truncate-list">
-  <% highlights.each do |h| %>
-    <% h['matchedPhrases'].each do |phrase| %>
-      <li><strong><%= format_highlight_label(h['matchedField']) %>:</strong> <%= sanitize(phrase, tags: ['span']) %></li>
+<div class="result-highlights use">
+  <h4 class="inner-heading">Search term found in:</h4>
+  <ul class="list-unbulleted truncate-list">
+    <% highlights.each do |h| %>
+      <% h['matchedPhrases'].each do |phrase| %>
+        <li><strong><%= format_highlight_label(h['matchedField']) %>:</strong> <%= sanitize(phrase, tags: ['span']) %></li>
+      <% end %>
     <% end %>
-  <% end %>
-</ul>
+  </ul>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/search/_result.html.erb b/app/views/search/_result.html.erb
index 60543f5b..648a953c 100644
--- a/app/views/search/_result.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/search/_result.html.erb
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@
       <% end %>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="result-highlights use">
-      <%= render partial: 'search/highlights', locals: { result: result } %>
-    </div>
+    <%= render partial: 'search/highlights', locals: { result: result } %>
 
     <% if Feature.enabled?(:record_link) %>
       <div class="result-get">