Posts Tagged: Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology
Why Excitement Surged at the UC Davis Academic Surge Building
Excitement surged at the UC Davis Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane during the recent "Take...
Joshua Trombly, 4, eagerly asks for insect identification at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. In back is his brother Daniel, 5. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Checking out the insect specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology are David and Sarah Trombly and their three sons (from left) Joshua, 4, Daniel, 5, and Joseph, 11 months. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey (right), director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows insect specimens to Amiyah Robinson, 8, and her mother, Chelsy Robinson, who works for Human Resources. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate Wade Spencer, a UC Davis student majoring in entomology, shows jewel beetles to Amiyah Robinson, 8, and her mother, Chelsy Robinson. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Donnelly "Papaya" West of Papaya Pythons, Davis, shows her snakes to Amiyah Robinson, 8, (center) and other excited youngsters and adults at "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A rainbow boa inches closer to Amiyah Robinson, 8, while William Parsons, 6, watches. The Papaya Pythons owner explained "He thinks you're a tree." Amiyah's mother, Chelsy, works for Human Resources, and William's father, Justin Parsons, with the Chancellor's and Provost Office. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This Bio Boot Camp Is Just for Teens
Teenagers who dig bugs and wildlife biology will love this! The UC Davis Bohart Museum of...
The 2011 UC Davis Bio Boot Camp featured a tour of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road. Here the campers crowd around beekeeper Elizabeth Frost as she opens the hive. Frost is now the education officer for honey bees at the Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Berkeley's Sagehen Field Station, near Truckee, is a favorite of scientists. The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology hosted a faculty/graduate student retreat there Friday, Oct. 14 through Sunday, Oct. 16. Here Professor Phil Ward (far left) searches for ants. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)
Mark Your Calendar: Fifth Annual Biodiversity Museum Day Set Saturday, Feb. 13
DAVIS--The University of California, Davis will celebrate its fifth annual Biodiversity Museum Day...
Bohart Museum associate and entomologist Jeff Smith (in back, at left) talks about the Lepitoptera section that he curates. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum associate Robbin Thorp (center), distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, with visitors at a Biodiversity Museum Day at the Bohart Museum. At right (foreground) is UC Davis entomology undergraduate student and Bohart volunteer Wade Spencer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven will be a part of the Biodiversity Museum Day this year. The bee sculpture is the work of Davis artist Donna Billick, who co-founded and co-directed the UC Davis Art/ Science Fusion Program with professor/entomologist Diane Ullman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Feb. 8 Is UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day: Six Open Houses
DAVIS--It's like Super Science Day! Six rolled into one. UC Davis's fourth annual Biodiversity...
Madagascar hissing cockroach crawls on arm of youngster at Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors enjoying the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory.
Olivia Dally, a UC Davis grad who received her degree in wildlife fish and conservation biology in 2012, preparing specimens at the third annual Biodiversity Day.
This is the skull of an Asian elephant, Elephas maximus, displayed last year by the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology in the Academic Surge building.
Visitors to the Botanical Conservatory delighted in the dispersal method of the popping "firecracker fruit" seeds.
Biodiversity Reigns Supreme
Biodiversity--that's what it's at on Sunday, Feb. 12 at the University of California, Davis.That's...
Senior museum scientist Steve Heydon shows his son, James, 10, around the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)