Posts Tagged: collections

UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day Officials Launch Crowdfunding Site

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...

The newly launched Crowdfunding site for the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day looked like this early today.

The newly launched Crowdfunding site for the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day looked like this early today.

First to donate to the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day's crowdfunding effort was Jakob Jess, a MET Sacramento High School interning at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. He is currently lending his video/computer/website skills to the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day project. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

First to donate to the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day's crowdfunding effort was Jakob Jess, a MET Sacramento High School interning at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. He is currently lending his video/computer/website skills to the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day project. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Youngsters delighted in the treasures at the Marine Invertebrate Collection, part of the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Youngsters delighted in the treasures at the Marine Invertebrate Collection, part of the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The crowd engages with scientists and checks out the displays at the paleontology collection, UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The crowd engages with scientists and checks out the displays at the paleontology collection, UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mark Your Calendars! UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is Feb. 18

Mark your calendars!  The 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, billed as "A Day to Celebrate Science," is set for Saturday, Feb....

Nematologist Shahid Siddique, assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty, answers questions at the 2021 UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Nematologist Shahid Siddique, assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty, answers questions at the 2021 UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Visitors gather at the UC Davis Anthropology Museum to learn about the displays. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Visitors gather at the UC Davis Anthropology Museum to learn about the displays. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A youngster gets acquainted with a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A youngster gets acquainted with a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Visitors learn "What is an herbarium?" at the Center for Plant Diversity. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Visitors learn "What is an herbarium?" at the Center for Plant Diversity. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ask me anything about yeast cultures! Kyria Boundy-Mills is the curator of the Phaff Yeast Culture Collection. She maintains the collection, distributes strains to researchers on campus and around the world, and performs research that builds and/or taps the collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ask me anything about yeast cultures! Kyria Boundy-Mills is the curator of the Phaff Yeast Culture Collection. She maintains the collection, distributes strains to researchers on campus and around the world, and performs research that builds and/or taps the collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

BioDivDay: Can't Wait to See You!

BioDivDay is Sunday. March 6 at the UC Davis Conference Center: Can't wait to see you! That's the message the organizers of the 11th...

The wonder of a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The wonder of a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A juvenile root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) penetrates a tomato root. (USDA Photo, Courtesy of Wikipedia)

A juvenile root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) penetrates a tomato root. (USDA Photo, Courtesy of Wikipedia)

Why You Should Clear Your Calendar for March 6, 2022: UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day!

It's happening. The UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is planned for Sunday, March 6, 2022. This is the 11th year of this free, science-focused...

A tarantula at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A tarantula at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (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 bees, orchid bees, Asian giant hornets, nematodes,...

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)

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)

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)

Ernesto Sandoval of the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory checks out a cacao tree, also called "a chocolate tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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