Posts Tagged: Be a scientist

An Interview with a Budding Scientist

Teach 'em young, they say. Encourage them to learn about insects, spiders and other critters at a young age. When you first meet Brandon DeGroot, 6,...

Brandon DeGroot,6, examines the bug he just collected outside McCormack Hall, Solano County Fairgrounds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brandon DeGroot,6, examines the bug he just collected outside McCormack Hall, Solano County Fairgrounds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brandon DeGroot monitors how a bug crawls. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brandon DeGroot monitors how a bug crawls. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brandon DeGroot gets a closer look at his bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brandon DeGroot gets a closer look at his bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When you first meet 6-year-old Brandon DeGroot, he'll tell you "I love spiders and snakes" and he'll flash a big smile. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When you first meet 6-year-old Brandon DeGroot, he'll tell you "I love spiders and snakes" and he'll flash a big smile. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Who Wants a Wasp Waist?

"Around 250 million years ago, at the start of the Triassic period, a species of insect evolved to have a narrow waist, called a petiole. This...

The mud dauber wasp, Sceliphron caementarium, sporting its "wasp waist." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The mud dauber wasp, Sceliphron caementarium, sporting its "wasp waist." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ecologist from Argentina to Give UC Davis Virtual Seminar on Arthropods and Green Roofs

A green roof, commonly described as "living roof" or "a vegetative or eco-roof," is an increasingly popular installation on a wide range of...

Ecologist and research scientist Maria Silvina Fenoglio (shown here on a green roof) will present a virtual seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on "Do Green Roofs Benefit Urban Arthropod Communities? Evidence from a South American City," at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 6.

Ecologist and research scientist Maria Silvina Fenoglio (shown here on a green roof) will present a virtual seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on "Do Green Roofs Benefit Urban Arthropod Communities? Evidence from a South American City," at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 6.

Zeroing in on the Deadly Game Between Honey Bees and Their Predators

If you're around honey bees, you've seen their predators: crab spiders, orb weavers, praying mantids, birds and more. It's a tough world out there...

A crab spider nails a honey bee while another honey bee watches. This image, on bluebeard, Caryopteris x clandonensis, was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A crab spider nails a honey bee while another honey bee watches. This image, on bluebeard, Caryopteris x clandonensis, was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gene Robinson: Distinguished Speaker at UC Davis

Bee scientists and bee enthusiasts are among those looking forward to the UC Davis Chancellor's Colloquium on Monday, Feb. 22. That's when eminent...

A newly emerged honey bee worker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A newly emerged honey bee worker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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