If you'd like to support the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set Saturday, Feb. 18 on the UC Davis campus, you can do so in memory of a loved one--or to honor a friend or family member--by accessing the newly launched crowdfunding site.

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Associate dean Jason Bond leads professor Lynn Kimsey into the Bohart Museum after informing her of "the water leakage." At right is doctoral student Iris Quayle from the Bond lab.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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'A Water Leak' That Turned Into a Surprise Birthday Party

February 1st, 2023

It's Saturday night, and UC Davis professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, is home, thinking about "what's for dinner" and concerned about the historic storms that recently drenched the campus.

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Adelaine "Addie" Abrams answers questions about agricultural entomology at the 2022 annual UC Davis Picnic Day activities in Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Addie Abrams Targeting Aphids and Thrips in California Lettuce

January 31st, 2023

Graduate student Adelaine "Addie" Abrams of the laboratory of Extension agricultural entomologist Ian Grettenberger, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present her dissertation proposal on "Precision Technologies for Integrative Pest Management of Aphids and...

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A tarantula in the Bohart Museum of Entomology's petting zoo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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'Super Science Day' on Saturday, Feb. 18 on UC Davis Campus

January 30th, 2023

The 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set Saturday, Feb.

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Bark beetles are the culprits in this forest image. USDA forest entomologist Chris Fettig will speak at 4:10 p.m., Feb. 1 on "Bark Beetles: How Tiny Insects Are Transforming Western Forests with a Little Help From Climate Change." (Photo courtesy of Chris Fettig)

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UC Davis Seminars: Two USDA Forest Entomologists to Zero in on Bark Beetles

January 27th, 2023

There's so much to know about bark beetles! How can a tiny insect wreak such havoc in our forests? Two USDA forest entomologists will be presenting in-person and virtual seminars at the University of California, Davis on Tuesday, Jan. 31 and Wednesday, Feb. 1.

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