Ever seen a live poison dart frog? If you've been to Central or South America, you may have. Or you may have seen one at a zoo. But if you attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, themed "Venomous vs. Poisonous," on Sunday, March 2, you'll see them up close.

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Medical entomologist Bruce Eldridge in 2007. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Entomology World Mourning the Loss of Bruce Eldridge

February 21st, 2025

The entomology world is mourning the loss of UC Davis Professor Emeritus Bruce Eldridge. As a medical entomologist, his exemplary military, academic and administrative career spanned more than six decades. He died Wednesday, Feb. 5 in Davis at age 91. Dr.

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Honey bee researcher Scott McArt of Cornell University

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CAMBP Free Webinar on Feb. 24: Scott McArt to Discuss Pesticides and Bees

February 20th, 2025

This is a presentation we've all been looking forward to: pesticides and the impact on bees and other pollinators. It's especially important now due to the troubling bee losses throughout the nation.

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A honey bee pollinating an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Tough Time for Beekeepers and Almond Growers

February 19th, 2025

It's a tough time for beekeepers and almond growers during California's almond pollination season. There's a nationwide bee shortage, rapidly increasing hive thefts and often uncooperative weather.

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Environmental scientist Severyn Korneyev of the Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, California Department of Food and Agriculture and a research associate at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, will be sharing his expertise at the fruit fly identification-training session.

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CDFA to Host Fruit Fly Workshop, Free to Participants

February 18th, 2025

Fruit flies are important economic pests, causing millions of dollars in damage, but not many scientists know how to identify them.

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