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UC Davis doctoral alumna Lacie Newton, formerly of the Jason Bond lab and now a postdoctoral fellow in the Jessica Ware lab, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York City, is the lead author of a newly published article on three sibling trapdoor spiders, Aptostichus barackobamai, A.

The University of California Board of Regents endorsed Senate Bill 28 (SB 28), the Public Preschool, K12, and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2024, authored by State Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda). If approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the bill would place a $15.

What is California's native milkweed and why should we plant it? Native milkweeds are perennials with clusters of small (usually white or pink) flowers that grow in every eco-region of California.

The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County invite you to join us for a free, online Garden Talk on Monday, June 5, 2023, at 7 pm.

In a beneficial move for all of us, the statewide office will be better equipped to be responsive in addressing the needs of our county-based programs.

Fifth-year doctoral candidate Elizabeth Postema of the lab of community ecologist/professor Louie Yang, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will be presenting her exit seminar Antipredator Color and Behavior in Swallowtail Caterpillars at 12:10 p.m.

It was a little late. The first flameskimmer of the year usually arrives in our yard in early April. Not this year. The species, Libellula saturata, was late. The easily recognized red dragonfly, also known as "the firecracker skimmer," touched down in our yard today, May 24.

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