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Fighting Dengue

The dengue research news coming out of medical entomologist Thomas Scott's lab at the University of California, Davis, is...

Aedes aeypti, also known as the dengue mosquito. (CDC Photo)

Aedes aeypti, also known as the dengue mosquito. (CDC Photo)

Street scene in Iquitos, Peru. (Photo courtesy of the Thomas Scott lab, UC Davis)

Street scene in Iquitos, Peru. (Photo courtesy of the Thomas Scott lab, UC Davis)

The Importance of Pollinators

It's a brief appearance but the message is important. Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, assistant professor of...

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams of UC Davis with native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams of UC Davis with native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A New Year and a First Bumble Bee

What an unexpected find! It was the first day of 2013 and what did we see: a queen bumble bee,  Bombus melanopygus,...

A queen black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, heading for manzanita blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A queen black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, heading for manzanita blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Long tongue of the queen bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, sipping nectar from manzanita. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Long tongue of the queen bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, sipping nectar from manzanita. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Queen bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Queen bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

January Chores

  By Tami Reece  Master Gardener Garden in January? Absolutely! Even though the wind may be brisk outside,...

He Nabbed It on New Year's Day

Art Shapiro knows where to find the cabbage white butterflies (Pieris rapae). No sooner had he announced his annual...

Close-up of cabbage white butterfly in mid-2012. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of cabbage white butterfly in mid-2012. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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