Rangelands

Last month, the Thelma Hansen Fund hosted a three-day series to inform about climate change and the science behind it.

It's World Bee Day, as declared by the United Nations. "The fourth observance of World Bee Day will be celebrated--in the midst of a still ongoing pandemic--with a virtual event organized by the FAO on 20 May 2021 under the theme Bee engaged Build Back Better for Bees.

Well-managed grazing can control non-native plants and maintain habitat and ecosystems to support a variety of species Research recently published in the journal Sustainability documents a role for livestock grazing to support the conservation of imperiled plant and animal species in California.

English click here Conocemos el mes de mayo por el Da de la Madres (espero que no lo hayan olvidado!), sin embargo, despus de la extensa temporada de incendios del ao pasado, muchos californianos han llegado a identificar mayo como el mes de la preparacin contra los incendios forestales.

Spanish click here Many of us know May for flowers and Mother's Day (hope you didn't forget!), but after last year's widespread and long-lasting fire season, many Californians have come to recognize May as Wildfire Preparedness Month.

Community ecologist Rachel Vannette, assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and eight colleagues have described three new species of bacteria from the genus Acinetobacter that are specialized to flowers, with Vannette isolating two of the new species from UC Davi...

Her passion is ants. And she'll be conveying that passion and her passion for science when she presents a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology online seminar on Wednesday, May 19.

Christmas in May? When it's in full bloom, the aptly named "tower of jewels," Echium wildpretii, which can tower as high as 10 feet, looks very much like a Christmas tree. Think of the brilliant red blossoms as red bells. Native to the island of Tenerife, it belongs to the family Boraginaceae.

If you're a veterinarian or a veterinary technician in California or Oregon, then you'll want to register for a free online bee biology course aimed at training veterinarians in their new role in supporting beekeepers and maintaining the health of bee colonies.

California has faced many droughts in the past, and we have always been able to manage them to some extent.