Entomology & Nematology News

When the annual Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest, hosted by UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro as part of his scientific research, gets underway on Sunday, Jan. 1, it will be of special interest.

Wanted: the first bumble bee of the year in the two-county area of Yolo and Solano. The third annual Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble Bee-of-the-Year Contest will begin at 12:01, Jan. 1.

In the American reality television series, Shark Tank, entrepreneurs pitch their business presentations to a panel of investors or sharks. The sharks then decide whether to invest in the projects.

UC Davis doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert Alberts, who recently published the first chapter of her dissertation on a new species of assassin (robber) flies in ZooKeys, knows what it's like to juggle multiple roles of responsibility. She's been there. She's doing that.

Plans are underway for the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a "Day of Science." Scheduled Saturday, Feb.