Ongoing research

(Note: UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal focuses his research on the biochemical and molecular basis of insect olfaction, or how insects perceive the world through the sense of smell. However, he is also heavily involved in public service.) It's not only good news, but great news.

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Update: Watch it here: https://youtu.be/Paq0ka3NIP0 Scientists will share information on COVID-19 saliva, hospital, and sewage surveillance tests--as well as the Healthy Davis Together program--at a UC Davis virtual symposium set for 5 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 13.

A Virtual Workshop via Zoom Sponsored by the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE)...

Virtual Workshop via Zoom Friday, January 22, 2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am See attached flyer for information and registration link...

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) kits are available at our office. The kits are made for kids 5 to 8 years old. This month is art! See the flier for details.

Grants up to $25,000 for small businesses that have been impacted by COVID including farmers and ranchers Healthy Soils updates...

One of my favorite late fall/winter blooming plants is the sunny "Mexican Marigold" (Tagetes lemmonii), which provides cheerful color in the colder months. This marigold isn't your small garden bed variety. It is a large, sprawling shrub that is assertive in both color and fragrance.

A post-fire area of the Sierra Nevada mountains with negligible conifer regeneration. (Joseph Stewart, UC Davis/USGS) In the aftermath of megafires that devastated forests of the western United States, attention turns to whether forests will regenerate on their own or not.

Seen any bumble bees lately in Yolo or Solano counties? If so, and if you photograph the first one of the year, you might win the Bohart Museum of Entomology's contest.