Agriculture

Similar to the disease survey we did last month, UC Cooperative Extension will be surveying rice weeds this fall.

Back in February, butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, told a monarch butterfly summit on the UC Davis campus--organized by the Environmental Defense Fund--that the monarchs are "on life support.

The highly respected California Academy of Sciences greeted its 2019 Class of Fellows on Oct. 15, and one of them is a pollination ecologist from the University of California, Davis.

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is now a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, a group of more than 450 distinguished scientists who have made notable contributions to science.

A newly published first-of-its-kind review involving pollinators, pollination and natural hazards signals a wake-up call to scientists and policy makers.

It's commonly called a "passion butterfly," but we call it a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillaea) or Gulf Frit. Or "spectacular.

There has been much buzz and renewed interest recently in planting trees as a tool to combat both the causes and impacts of climate change.

It won't be a Fright Night or a Delight Night. After all, it's in the afternoon. But the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Parasitoid Palooza" on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Authors: Alli Rowe, UCCE Ventura County and Niki Mazaroli, Strategy Research Science There has been much buzz and renewed interest recently in planting trees as a tool to combat both the causes and impacts of climate change.

You've seen honey bees buzzing past you to reach a good nectar or pollen source. But there's much more to it than that. What's in that floral nectar and pollen? Think plant-pollinator-pathogen webs.