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Phoresy! If that word is not in your everyday vocabulary, just think of a symbiotic relationship where one organism transports another organism of a different species for the benefit of both.

It's top secret as to what's in those drawers. And they're not letting the secret out until Saturday, Dec. 3. What it is: the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program will sponsor a "Cabinets of Curiosity" scientific art show on Saturday, Dec. 3 in Davis.

Dates for Presentation Day and Home Ec Review announced, Thrive training, Poultry field day, and much more!...

It's not your average garden variety calendar. It's absolutely bee-utiful. Native bees reign supreme in Garden Variety Native Bees of North America, a calendar produced by University of California alumni as a benefit for two non-profit organizations.

My calendar says November but the weeds in my garden think its spring. That nice rain last month followed by warm, sunny days has prompted them to grow like, well, weeds and thats not good news for my winter crops.

Fevers from the forest... Dengue is one of them. Dengue, transmitted by the daybiting Aedes aegypti mosquito, globally infects 50 to 100 million people yearly, according to dengue expert Tom Scott, professor of entomology at UC Davis. At risk are some 2.

Gotta love that Bug Girl. Oh, sure, there are lots of bug girls and bug boys out there--bug women, bug men and real insects, too--but there's only one Bug Girl. She's the one who writes that witty/informative/tell-it-like-it-is-not-what-you-want-it-to-be bug blog called...drum roll...Bug Girl.

It's Thanksgiving, and time to be grateful. In the bug world, we're all grateful for the people who study insects, monitor them, and share information to impart scientific data and help save declining species.

If you're interested in native bees, you'll want to read the newly published University of California research article, "Tiny Saviors in Our Backyard.

Quick! Answer this question: Until recently, praying mantids were thought to be deaf. We now know that 65 percent of all mantid species can hear.