Backyard Orchard News
Learn about the 'Drinking Drosophila and Drunk Drosophila' at UC Davis Seminar
"How do animals filter sensory information from their environment and integrate it with their past...
UC Merced assistant professor Fred Wolf uses this graphic to illustrate his research.
This image of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is by Sanjay Acharya. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Of Skittles and Magnolia Leaves and Mosquito Eggs
Quick! Can you think of published research that involves Skittles, magnolia leaves and mosquito...
Christian Nansen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, illustrated his research paper, published in PLOS ONE, with this graphic.
University of California and the Citrus Research Board Establish a $1 Million Endowment for Research at Lindcove REC
The Citrus Research Board and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources have established...
UC Davis Community Ecologist Rachel Vannette: Hellman Fellowship to Research Pollinator Microbiomes
Congratulations to community ecologist Rachel Vannette, assistant professor in the UC Davis...
A honey bee heads for a lupine blossom. Nectar-living microbes release scents or volatile compounds, too, and can influence a pollinator’s foraging preference, according to UC Davis community ecologist Rachel Vannette, recipient of a Hellman Fellowship. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Insect-Inspired Fashions! Compliments of the UC Davis EGSA
Talk about insect-inspired fashions! Insects are in. They're not only everywhere in nature (well,...
EGSA members and their award-winning t-shirts: president Brendon Boudinot; EGSA t-shirt coordinator Jill Oberski; and Corwin Parker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"The Beetles" t-shirt is EGSA's all-time best seller. Beneath the images of the beetles are their family names: Phengogidae, Curculionidae, Cerambycidae and Scarabaeidae. Think glowworm, snout, long-horned, and scarab beetles.