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Ever watched a red-shouldered hawk on a hunt? They eat a variety of prey, including small mammals, birds, snakes, lizards, fish, crayfish, insects and worms, according to the California Raptor Center (CRC), a research center that's part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

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Lettuce is a leafy annual green, almost exclusively eaten raw.

from a Weed Science Society of America press release (Oct. 11, 2014) The U.S.

A new way of looking at plant nutrition? Frost damage? Disease? Heat damage? Research team at the University of Gttingen develops method for recognizing cell properties Checking whether an avocado is hard or soft by looking at it?

Are you farming or gardening in a city, suburb, tribal community or small town? From community gardens to indoor vertical farms, urban agriculture provides critical access to healthy food for local communities, as well as jobs, climate resilience, increased green spaces, and closer community ties.

The Coulter's Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), a California/Baja native plant, is a paradox. It is described as both difficult to grow and invasive. How can that be? Years ago, I decided the poppy was the plant for me because of the second attribute.

It's Friday Fly Day, and time to post an image of a fly that masquerades as a bee. That would be "the bee fly," a fly so named because it resembles a bee Order: Diptera. Family: Bombyliidae. In its adult stage, it's a pollinator that feeds on nectar and pollen. In its larval stage, it's parasitoid.

Fue durante el verano cuando John, de 15 años, llegó a la escuela popular en San José, California, con la intención de participar en uno de los talleres organizados por 4-H. John, movido por la curiosidad, decidió regresar a la escuela durante sus vacaciones para descubrir de que se trataba.