Entomology & Nematology News

An amber-preserved ant pupa discovered in southeast Asia, and estimated to be 99 million years old, provides new insights into the evolution of ants, representing a missing link, according to an eight-member international team of biologists from America, Germany, Japan and Brazil led by UC Davis alu...

Arachnids, myriapods, the California dogface butterfly and the Asian giant hornet will be among the critters or specimens sharing a Bohart Museum of Entomology booth at the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UC Davis Conference Center, 555 Alumni Lane.

By Ashley Han Marketing and Communications UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Bill Patterson, longtime butterfly collector and supporter of the University of California, Davis, is giving $1 million to the university's R.M.

Erica Henry, a postdoctoral research scholar at Washington State University (WSU), will present an in-person and Zoom seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on "Insect Conservation in an Uncertain Future" on Wednesday, March 2 in 122 Briggs Hall.

UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and a former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, is the recipient of the Academic Senate's 2022 Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award for his series of webinars educating the public ab...