UC Blogs
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How to You Say 'Insect' in the Turkish Language?
How do you say "insect" in the Turkish language? That's a question posed by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, on its wall display of global flags and languages. That was an easy question for Dr....
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Five things you can do this weekend to help protect your home from wildfire
Despite recent rains, fire remains a danger across California, as there's still plenty of time this fall for grass, woody debris and other flammable material to become dry and ignite. “The smaller the fuels – pine needles, grass, and small...
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Prey Tell, Where Are All the Mantids?
Prey tell, where are all the praying mantids? Last fall, a Stagmomantis limbata deposited her egg case, or ootheca, on an clothespin on our outdoor clothesline. On April 9, the clothespin sprang to life. Hundreds of nymphs emerged,...
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Karrie Reid’s work helps optimize urban landscape irrigation, conserve water
Karrie Reid didn't plan to become a scientist, but she fell in love with plants. Reid joined UC Agriculture and Natural Resources as the environmental horticulture advisor for San Joaquin County in 2010, with funding from the county's Public Works...
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Nissa Coit: Ethyl Oleate Pheromone and Honey Bees
Interested in honey bee research? Then you'll want to attend--or listen via Zoom--the next seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. Nissa Coit, a master's graduate student in the laboratory of...
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UC California Naturalist Conference, Oct. 7–9, highlights environmental challenges, diverse voices
Climate change, extreme drought, intense wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic can all be linked to humanity's troubled relationship with the natural world. For more than a decade, healing and deepening connections between people and the environment...
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What You Can Learn About Figs at the Bohart Museum's Open House on Wasps
If you've eaten a fig, you've probably also eaten a fig wasp. These little insects pollinate figs, but some figs are self-pollinated. "There's no real way to tell from the outside, but if the fig contains seeds it will have been pollinated [by a fig...
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Welcome HREC GrizzlyCorps Fellow: Chloe Wanaselja
Hello, I'm Chloe (she/they) and I'm thrilled to be working as a Rural Climate Fellow through GrizzlyCorps here at HREC! I grew up in Berkeley, CA watching newts navigate burbling streams in the hills and building houses for fairies in the forest. Growing...
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A Unique Project: A Video Guidebook to Showcase a Scientific Textbook
There's never been anything like this before. A landmark textbook on the newly emerging field of biodemography, lead-authored by UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey, has evolved into another landmark: Carey has...