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In recent years, there has been a rise in the number of backyard poultry farms as people have taken an increased interest in farming. With raising these animals comes new challenges in taking care of them and ensuring they stay healthy.

Doctoral student Erin Taylor Kelly of the Geoffrey Attardo laboratory, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the 2022 winner of the highly competitive Student Leadership Award from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America for her leadership in STEM and entomological activi...

UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, a global expert on vectorborne diseases, and renowned for his groundbreaking work on tsetse flies, is the 2022 recipient of the Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology Award from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America.

Before a drop of treated water in California ever reaches a consumer's faucet, about 8% of it has already been wasted due to leaks in the delivery system. Nationally, the waste is even higher, at 17%.

I commute to Fairfield just about every morning. While driving in, I listen to my Scottish crime thriller on Audible, and I take the time to look at the hills and note any changes to the landscape.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks? Well, how about nematodes? They can do "tricks," too. Professor and plant pathology researcher Melissa Mitchum of the Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, willpresent the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.

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UC Davis undergraduate entomology major Gwendolyn "Gwen" Erdosh, a research scholar in the campuswide Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology (RSPIB) and president of the UC Davis Entomology Club, is recipient of the inaugural Dr.