- (Focus Area) Natural Resources
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology for 34 years until her retirement on Feb. 1, 2024, is among the 17 emeriti featured in a newly released video tribute to emeriti, an annual public service project by UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal.
The 17 featured represent about 20 percent of UC Davis faculty who retired in 2023-24.
Kimsey is a recognized authority on insect biodiversity, systematics and biogeography of parasitic wasps, urban entomology, civil forensic entomology,...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Nematodes are where it's at!
Two UC Davis nematology doctoral students were invited to give research presentations at the international Society of Nematologists' conference in Park City, Utah and they excelled.
Meet the two young women: Alison Blundell, a doctoral candidate who was invited to compete in a 12-minute student oral competition to discuss her research on root-knot nematodes, and doctoral student Veronica Casey, invited to share her research on "Pathogenic Hitchhikers."
Their major professor, Shahid Siddique,...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
We remember the reaction of Robbin Thorp (1933-2019), UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology and an international authority on bumble bees, when he spotted a lone Western bumble bee, Bombus occidentalis, on Aug. 15, 2012 in the Mt. Shasta area.
Its population is declining and he feared it might become extinct. B. occidentalis, sometimes called the "white-bottomed bee" due to its distinctive white markings on its abdomen, is known for pollinating blackberries, cherries, apples and blueberries.
Fast forward to today and the UC Davis research on how climate change is...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
So there you are, admiring your Coreopsis and suddenly you notice spots and holes--spots on the backs of two western spotted cucumber beetles, and holes cut in the petals.
Ah, there's two of them.
The beetles, about a fourth of an inch long, are fun to photograph, but they're not your buddies. Nor would they want to be!
"Cucumber beetles are very common pests in vegetable gardens and may also attack ripening stone fruit," says the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. "The most abundant species in California is the western spotted...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
It promises to be a program to remember.
Nine members of the UC Davis Animal Behavior Graduate Group (ABGG) who are active in The Ethogram will present a special outreach program, "Animal Behavior for Young Explorers," from 2:30 to 4 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19 in the Blanchard Room of the Mary L. Stephens branch of the Davis Library, 315 E. 14th Street, Davis.
It's a free, hands-on, science-communication event intended for the age group of kindergarten through eighth grade. As young explorers, they will learn why animals behave the way they do.
“There will be living and pinned animal specimens (including...