Rangelands

La agricultura genera 59 mil millones de dlares y emplea a cerca de 400 mil individuos en California. La industria, sin embargo, frecuentemente se ve amenazada ante los desafos que representan los cambios climticos, la conversin de tierras y la escasez de agua.

A veinte aos del inicio de un experimento de la Universidad de California en la Sierra Nevada, investigadores confirman que no existe una solucin nica para la reduccin en los riesgos de incendios forestales catastrficos en California, ya que la efectividad es mayor cuando se combinan estrategias com...

Remember when San Francisco 49'ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk credited his spectacular 51-yard catch in the 2024 NFC championship game with the Detroit Lions to a ladybug (note that entomologists correctly call it a "lady beetle") landing on his shoe before the game?

(Note: The main UC Davis Department of Entomology news page is at https://entnem.ucdavis.edu/news. Archived news and features are at https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/archive.cfm)

What's a picnic without bugs? Well, it wouldn't be a picnic at all! The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT) is planning scores of displays and activities at Briggs Hall for the 110th annual campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day, to take place Saturday, April 20.

**** Students, it is the time of year to apply for the CWSS Student Scholarship! Awards will be given to both graduate and undergraduate students ranging from $1,000-2,000. Any students interested in Weed Science should apply! Click here to submit an application and for further instruction.

Like to participate in an evening City Nature Challenge Bioblitz on the UC Davis campus and search for insects? And document other fauna and flora, as well?

Why, what's the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?

If you want to feed the birds, start by feeding the caterpillars! Most songbirds will not thrive or choose to nest in habitats devoid of caterpillars. The plants best suited to support a diversity of caterpillars are native plants, but not just any natives.

DroneCamp June 24-28, 2024 CSU Monterey Bay (plus virtual open) DroneCamp is a premiere five-day training program that covers everything you need to know to use drones for mapping and data collection.