Rangelands

Don't miss this seminar by Tobin Hammer Wednesday, April 13 on "Mystery of the Missing Microbes: Why Do Bees Keep Losing Their Symbionts?

When UC Davis entomology alumnus Gary Lamberti, professor of aquatic science in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, and director of the university's Stream and Wetland Ecology Laboratory, accepts a Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Career Award on May 18 in Grand Rapi...

Forests in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range are being stressed by many factors that put them at risk. High-severity wildfire, drought stress, insect outbreaks, disease, and a backdrop of changing climate are a few.

A tip of the net to our trio of UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology award recipients who will be honored when the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) meets April 10-13 in the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country. Santa Rosa.

UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will be in the spotlight at the April 10-13 meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA), to be held in the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country. Santa Rosa.

They're not exactly cute, cuddly little critters. Some folks say they look like miniature alligators or "ugly, spiky orange-and-black buggy thingies.

Tobin Hammer, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, UC Irvine, will give an in-person and virtual seminar on Wednesday, April 13 to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on "Mystery of the Missing Microbes: Why Do Bees Keep Losing Their Symbionts?

The alliteration doesn't get much better--bees buzzing on breathtaking berry blossoms. Berry blossoms are in full bloom in the UC Davis Ecological Garden of the Student Farm, part of the UC Agricultural Sustainabilty Institute.

They're curious little critters. When solider beetles (family Cantharidae) go on patrol in your garden, don't kill them. They're not being deployed to harm you. They're the good guys. They eat aphids and other soft-bodied insects.

You'll enter the world of parasitic worms, poverty and solutions when you listen to the virtual seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, April 6.