(Update: Felicity Muth's Feb. 20th presentation is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Nv3DMH38s) If you missed the native bee booth in the Academic Surge Building during the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Feb.

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UC distinguished professor Walter Leal is featured as a "living legend" in the winter issue of the American Entomologist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal Used to Dislike Insects

February 10th, 2025

Entomologist Marlin Rice, who interviews "living legends" for the American Entomologist, a publication of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), uses a question-and-answer format in his popular Legends' column to connect with and draw out his subjects.

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A scorpion fluoresces under ultraviolet (UV) light. See them at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Excitement Building for UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 7th, 2025

Ready? Set? Go! Excitement is building for the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, to take place Saturday, Feb. 8 on the UC Davis campus.

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Mitzy Porras, assistant professor of global change ecology in the Department of Biology, San Francisco State University (SFSU) will discuss "Manipulation of Plant and Insect Phenotypes" at a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, set for 4:10 p.m., Monday, Feb. 10 in 122 Briggs Hall. It also will be Zoom.

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SFSU Faculty Member: Learn How Global Change Ecology Is Affecting Species

February 6th, 2025

It's a timely and important topic. It deals with global change ecology, which, basically, is the study of how ecosystems react to global environmental changes.

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Award recipients include (top row) Professor Jason Bond and doctoral candidate Mia Lippey and (bottom row) Professor Douglas Walsh of Washington State University, a UC Davis doctoral alumnus; and UC Davis undergraduate student Kaitai Liu.

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Congrats to the PBESA Award Winners!

February 5th, 2025

Congratulations to all the newly announced recipients of awards from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA)! Honors well deserved! Capsule information on our four UC Davis-affiliated award recipients: Professor Jason Bond, described as a powerhouse in the world of systematics a...

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