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Good News About Chronic Pain Relief That Began with Caterpillar Research

Good news! EicOsis Human Health LLC, the Davis-based pharmaceutical company developing a non-narcotic drug to relieve chronic pain and inflammation, today announced the next step in its ongoing human clinical trials: the initiation of Phase 1b to test...

Approximately 50 million Americans (20 percent of the population) suffer from chronic pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Approximately 50 million Americans (20 percent of the population) suffer from chronic pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Approximately 50 million Americans (20 percent of the population) suffer from chronic pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Focus Area Tags: Innovation, Natural Resources

Inside the World of Caterpillars with Sam Jaffe of The Caterpillar Lab

Want to learn more about native caterpillars and their importance in the world? Sam Jaffe, founder and executive director of The Caterpillar Lab, Keene, New Hampshire, will present a UC Davis virtual seminar on Wednesday, April 26...

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The caterpillar of a "Gravity" Cecropia giant moth. (Photo by Sam Jaffe, the Caterpillar Lab)

The caterpillar of a "Gravity" Cecropia giant moth. (Photo by Sam Jaffe, the Caterpillar Lab)

Posted on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Gotta Love Those Woolly Bear Caterpillars

You gotta love those woolly bear caterpillars. Richard "Rick" Karban, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, studies them. The rest of us admire them. We usually see them in the spring along the cliffs of Bodega Head on the Sonoma coast....

A wooly bear caterpillar investigating an ice plant on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, in April 2022.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A wooly bear caterpillar investigating an ice plant on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, in April 2022.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A wooly bear caterpillar investigating an ice plant on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, in April 2022.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The wooly bear caterpillar becomes a tiger moth, Arctia virginalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The wooly bear caterpillar becomes a tiger moth, Arctia virginalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The wooly bear caterpillar becomes a tiger moth, Arctia virginalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 3:40 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Perseverance Prevailed

Perseverance prevailed. The third instar monarch caterpillar we found munching on the remnants of our cut-back milkweed on Jan. 23 in Vacaville, Calif., is now an adult butterfly fluttering around the neighborhood. We brought the caterpillar in...

A winter monarch caterpillar munching on the remnants of milkweed on Jan. 23 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A winter monarch caterpillar munching on the remnants of milkweed on Jan. 23 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A winter monarch caterpillar munching on the remnants of milkweed on Jan. 23 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The caterpillar is about to
The caterpillar is about to "J" and pupate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The caterpillar is about to "J" and pupate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's almost a chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's almost a chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's almost a chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The formation of the chrysalis is complete. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The formation of the chrysalis is complete. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The formation of the chrysalis is complete. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The iconic monarch wings are visible through the translucent chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The iconic monarch wings are visible through the translucent chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The iconic monarch wings are visible through the translucent chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

New life! A monarch butterfly, a male, drying its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
New life! A monarch butterfly, a male, drying its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

New life! A monarch butterfly, a male, drying its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The male monarch spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The male monarch spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The male monarch spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ready to lift off! Shortly after this image was taken, the male monarch fluttered away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ready to lift off! Shortly after this image was taken, the male monarch fluttered away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ready to lift off! Shortly after this image was taken, the male monarch fluttered away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, March 1, 2021 at 4:26 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Surprise! A Monarch Caterpillar in C-O-L-D January

"What are YOU doing here?"  It was Saturday morning, Jan. 23 and the monarch caterpillar seemed to be sunning itself on a milkweed leaf in our family's pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif., a Solano County city situated between San...

A monarch caterpillar on a milkweed leaf on Jan. 23 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch caterpillar on a milkweed leaf on Jan. 23 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch caterpillar on a milkweed leaf on Jan. 23 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The third-instar monarch caterpillar crawling to dinner. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The third-instar monarch caterpillar crawling to dinner. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The third-instar monarch caterpillar crawling to dinner. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 3:54 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Food, Yard & Garden

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