Posts Tagged: ants
Professor Phil Ward: Our Friends, the Ants
If you missed the family-friendly seminar on ants by UC Davis Professor Phil Ward on Feb. 20 during...
UC Davis Professor Phil Ward delivered a presentation on "All About Ants" at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day/Month on Feb. 20. It is now on YouTube. Photos are by Alex Wild. (Screen shot)
Let's All Appreciate Ants! Don't Miss These Biodiversity Museum Programs
Let's take a moment to appreciate ants. You know you want to! Did you own--and treasure--an ant...
UC Davis professor Phil Ward looking for ants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A winter ant, Prenolepis imparis, encounters a jumping spider on an almond tree on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Program: Learning About the Diversity of Life
It's science-based and it's family friendly. And it's where you can learn more about honey...
This sculpture of a worker bee anchors the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. Titled "Miss Bee Haven," it is by Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee and a velvet tree ant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ernesto Sandoval of the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory checks out a cacao tree, also called "a chocolate tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UCF Researcher: When a Fungal Parasite Turns an Ant Into a Zombie
If you're curious about how a fungus can turn an ant into a zombie, you'll want to hear what...
A Zombie ant. (Photo by Nash Turley)
On Making a Mountain Out of an Ant Hill
When you "make a mountain out of a molehill," you're exaggerating the severity of the...
Piper, a West Highland white terrier, aka Westie, "polices" two carpenter ant mounds in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Being the curious sort, Piper, a West Highland white terrier, sniffs a carpenter ant mound in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus (as identified by UC Davis-trained entomologist Brendon Boudinot). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)