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Rod Stiefvater speaks at a Department of Plant Sciences seminar

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Gift extends UC Davis pistachio research on new scions, rootstocks

March 6th, 2025

By Emily C. Dooley

The University of California, Davis, is enhancing and expanding its Pistachio Breeding Program after a generous gift from philanthropist and pistachio farmer Rod Stiefvater, who is donating more than $335,000 over three years to develop new rootstocks that thrive under changing climate conditions.

A shepherd and dog move sheep across a field

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California producers: Climate change is real; we could use a little help

February 26th, 2025

By Trina Kleist

How can farmers and ranchers continue to grow our food while facing challenges of a changing climate, increasingly scarce water, land use pressures and rising costs? UC and UC ANR scientists are using surveys and interviews with people in the state's agricultural sector to learn what folks need to stay…

Poison dart frogs are found in Central and Southern America. This is an image shared by UC Davis neurobiologist-behaviorist Eva Fischer who researches them.

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Poison Dart Frogs, Robber Flies, Monarchs at Bohart Museum Open House

February 24th, 2025

Ever seen a live poison dart frog? If you've been to Central or South America, you may have. Or you may have seen one at a zoo. But if you attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, themed "Venomous vs. Poisonous," on Sunday, March 2, you'll see them up close.

Medical entomologist Bruce Eldridge in 2007. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Entomology World Mourning the Loss of Bruce Eldridge

February 21st, 2025

The entomology world is mourning the loss of UC Davis Professor Emeritus Bruce Eldridge. As a medical entomologist, his exemplary military, academic and administrative career spanned more than six decades. He died Wednesday, Feb. 5 in Davis at age 91. Dr.

Honey bee researcher Scott McArt of Cornell University

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CAMBP Free Webinar on Feb. 24: Scott McArt to Discuss Pesticides and Bees

February 20th, 2025

This is a presentation we've all been looking forward to: pesticides and the impact on bees and other pollinators. It's especially important now due to the troubling bee losses throughout the nation.

A honey bee pollinating an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Tough Time for Beekeepers and Almond Growers

February 19th, 2025

It's a tough time for beekeepers and almond growers during California's almond pollination season. There's a nationwide bee shortage, rapidly increasing hive thefts and often uncooperative weather.

Cows gathering in the shade of a clump of trees

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Sweet molasses feed key to understanding grazing behavior in cattle

February 19th, 2025

By Emily C. Dooley

Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to discover whether cows would roam far and wide to graze or stick close to the herd, water supplies and feed stations.

Environmental scientist Severyn Korneyev of the Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, California Department of Food and Agriculture and a research associate at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, will be sharing his expertise at the fruit fly identification-training session.

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CDFA to Host Fruit Fly Workshop, Free to Participants

February 18th, 2025

Fruit flies are important economic pests, causing millions of dollars in damage, but not many scientists know how to identify them.

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UC Davis Bio Boot Camps: Where Science Matters

February 17th, 2025

The UC Davis Bio Boot camps: Where science matters. The deadline for science-driven teens to apply for the 2025 UC Davis Bio Boot Camps is Saturday, March 1.

Lady beetles, aka ladybugs, are a crowd pleaser on Valentine's Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Getting the Red In: Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14th, 2025

Someone once said that "red doesn't tiptoe into a room; it kicks down the door." Red is bold, fiery, and confident. It's also a warning: think stop signs, traffic lights and fire engines. Don't blow through a stop signs or red traffic light, and please pull over when you hear a siren.

Professor Phil Ward, an ant specialist with the UC Davis Department of Entomology, responds to a question below a sign that reads "We have the Antswers." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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The Phil Ward Ant Lab: They Provided the 'Antswers'

February 13th, 2025

It's Saturday, Feb. 8--the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day--and you're heading toward the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane, home of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. You want to see the displays and chat with the scientists.

A Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) nectaring on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifola) in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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A Bright Spot in the Garden...

February 12th, 2025

Widespread rain, strong winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour, dangerous surf, hazardous roads, flood watch, maybe power outages. That's the weather warning tonight.

Felicity Muth (Photo courtesy of College of Biological Sciences)

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Native Bees in the Spotlight, and Felicity Muth's Zoom Presentation on Bumble Bees

February 11th, 2025

(Update: Felicity Muth's Feb. 20th presentation is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Nv3DMH38s) If you missed the native bee booth in the Academic Surge Building during the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Feb.

UC distinguished professor Walter Leal is featured as a "living legend" in the winter issue of the American Entomologist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal Used to Dislike Insects

February 10th, 2025

Entomologist Marlin Rice, who interviews "living legends" for the American Entomologist, a publication of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), uses a question-and-answer format in his popular Legends' column to connect with and draw out his subjects.

A scorpion fluoresces under ultraviolet (UV) light. See them at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Excitement Building for UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 7th, 2025

Ready? Set? Go! Excitement is building for the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, to take place Saturday, Feb. 8 on the UC Davis campus.

Mitzy Porras, assistant professor of global change ecology in the Department of Biology, San Francisco State University (SFSU) will discuss "Manipulation of Plant and Insect Phenotypes" at a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, set for 4:10 p.m., Monday, Feb. 10 in 122 Briggs Hall. It also will be Zoom.

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SFSU Faculty Member: Learn How Global Change Ecology Is Affecting Species

February 6th, 2025

It's a timely and important topic. It deals with global change ecology, which, basically, is the study of how ecosystems react to global environmental changes.

Award recipients include (top row) Professor Jason Bond and doctoral candidate Mia Lippey and (bottom row) Professor Douglas Walsh of Washington State University, a UC Davis doctoral alumnus; and UC Davis undergraduate student Kaitai Liu.

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Congrats to the PBESA Award Winners!

February 5th, 2025

Congratulations to all the newly announced recipients of awards from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA)! Honors well deserved! Capsule information on our four UC Davis-affiliated award recipients: Professor Jason Bond, described as a powerhouse in the world of systematics a...

A large field of green spinach under the irrigation equipment.

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Workshop highlights advances in desert irrigation, tech on Feb. 27

February 5th, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The latest in irrigation research and technology will be showcased at the Advances in Irrigation Tools and Technologies Workshop in Holtville on Feb. 27.

Image of Black Oak acorns with description and harvesting guidelines

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The Principles of Indigenous Food Sovereignty

February 5th, 2025

By Kitty Oppliger

Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Opportunities and Importance in Extension work In 2007, the first global Forum on Food Sovereignty defined the concept as the right of peoples to healthy, culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define t...

UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Diane Ullman (left) and Gale Okumura, lecturer emerita, Department of Design, stand in front of their project, "A Bird's Eye View," at the California Raptor Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Of Raptors and Insects

February 4th, 2025

When you visit the California Raptor Center (part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine), during the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 8, be sure to see "A Bird's Eye View," a ceramic-mosaic mural that graces an outer wall of the visitor center.

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