Posts Tagged: Scott Carroll

Myfany Turpin: Virtual Seminar on 'Grub's Up

Grub's up!  Grub? Food? Yes, think specifically of insect larvae. Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney will speak on "Grub's Up! The Category of Edible Insect Larvae in Central Australian Aboriginal Languages" at the UC Davis...

These are the larvae that Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney will discuss at a virtual seminar to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

These are the larvae that Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney will discuss at a virtual seminar to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

UC Davis Researcher and Colleagues Target 'Billion-Dollar Pest'

If you like corn, you should be concerned about a pest that's known as "the billion-dollar beetle." The  Western corn rootworm is called that because its larvae ravage America's corn crops to the economic tune of $1 billion a year. Enter a...

This image by Keith Waldron shows rootworm damage. The corn rootworm is a billion-dollar pest.

This image by Keith Waldron shows rootworm damage. The corn rootworm is a billion-dollar pest.

Rootworm larvae. (Image courtesy of Wikipedia Creative Commons)

Rootworm larvae. (Image courtesy of Wikipedia Creative Commons)

The Western corn rootworm ravages cornfields across the nation. This image was taken in Franklin, Pa. (Photo by Fishhawk of Flickr, Creative Commons)

The Western corn rootworm ravages cornfields across the nation. This image was taken in Franklin, Pa. (Photo by Fishhawk of Flickr, Creative Commons)

UC Davis Evolutionary Biologist: About Those Out-of-Place Species

What, hippos thriving in Colombia? Yes! If you've been reading The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and National Geographic, you  know about this. And about the newly published research paper, “Introduced Herbivores...

Introduced species and nearest neighbors, an illustration in PNAS.

Introduced species and nearest neighbors, an illustration in PNAS.

Why They're Cautioning: 'Use Antimicrobials Wisely'

UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Scott Carroll and colleagues are on a mission. When the United Nations meets Sept. 21 in New York, they want the UN to reframe its action on the global antimicrobial drug resistance (AMR) crisis. It's crucial. How...

The malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Evolutionary ecologist Scott Carroll and colleagues point to a World Health Organization paper indicating that malaria is one of the diseases that "can no longer be cured with many older antibiotics or medicines." (Photo by Anthony Cornel, UC Davis)

The malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Evolutionary ecologist Scott Carroll and colleagues point to a World Health Organization paper indicating that malaria is one of the diseases that "can no longer be cured with many older antibiotics or medicines." (Photo by Anthony Cornel, UC Davis)

Forget the Soaps: Let's Talk Soapberry Bugs!

A soap opera is usually defined as a drama performed as a serial on daytime TV. But soapberry bugs and the people who study them are much more interesting!  Forget the soaps; let's talk about soapberry bugs and an entomologist at the University of...

Meredith Cenzer in front of her computer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meredith Cenzer in front of her computer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Soapberry bugs, Jadera haematoloma. (Photos by entomologist and soapberry expert Scott Carroll of UC Davis)

Soapberry bugs, Jadera haematoloma. (Photos by entomologist and soapberry expert Scott Carroll of UC Davis)

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