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DAVIS--Topics ranging from the wonders of black holes to the analysis of poetry reading recordings to protecting the world's last pristine ocean will highlight the UC Davis Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) presentations on Thursday, Feb. 15 in Room 115 of the Music Building.

It's about value. It's about respect. It should not be about fear. UC Davis entomology major Lohitashwa Lohit Garikipati, who will be displaying his praying mantis collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the seventh annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb.

In some respects, you could say the seventh annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 17 will be bugged! Lots of insects and other arthropods will be among the scores of attractions. The campuswide event, set from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

DAVIS--Keynote speaker at the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium: Keeping Bees Healthy, set Saturday, March 3 in the UC Davis Conference Room on Alumni Drive, is noted bee scientist/professor/author Tom Seeley of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., who will speak on "Darwinian Beekeeping.

Do you know where your nematodes are? If you're a grower, you should.

Reposted from UC Davis News As climate change transforms California's landscape in the years to come, coastal habitats appear to be more resilient than many other places in the state.

Dandelions are broadleaf plants easily recognizable by their bright yellow flower and puffball of white tufted seeds heads.

(Editor's Note: The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will showcase three museums or collections on Feb. 17: Bohart Museum of Entomology, Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, and the Nematode Collection.

If you're a graduate student engaged in pollinator research, you may want to enter the Graduate Student Research Poster competition, to take place Saturday, March 3 during the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium in the UC Davis Conference Center. The winners will share $1800 in cash prizes.

It's "bee" time! Make that "time for healthy bees!" Registration is underway for the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium: Keeping Bees Healthy, set Saturday, March 3 in the UC Davis Conference Room on Alumni Drive.