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No matter how humble or obscure, all plant, animal and insect life in America is eligible for protection under the Endangered Species Act, one of the most far-reaching and important

No matter how humble or obscure, all plant, animal and insect life in America is eligible for protection under the Endangered Species Act, one of the most far-reaching and important conservation …

Distinguished professor Art Shapiro’s Beer for a Butterfly Contest is one of two entomology contests at UC Davis to open the new year.

The quest to save a rare pollinator from extinction has just gained an unlikely ally: a mutt named Filson. A six-year-old Australian cattle dog mix with black and tan fur and oversized ears, Filson will soon join the mission to find the endangered Franklin’s bumblebee (Bombus franklini). The fuzzy pollinator, which no one...

Happenings in the insect world

First-ever listing of insects under the California Endangered Species Act

UC News about Entomology and Nematology.

The first step to saving our native species of bees is learning how to identify them and then creating habitat where they can flourish....

Happenings in the insect world

It’s a “go” for the Bohart Museum of Entomology’s second annual bumblebee contest starting Jan. 1. Distinguished Professor Art Shapiro, though, has canceled his Beer for a Butterfly contest for a second consecutive year due to the pandemic.