UC Gardening Blogs
UCD vs. UCD Biochemistry Games Set--Davis and Dublin

What a novel idea! UCD vs. UCD! One is the University of California, Davis,...
Eric Conn, a noted plant biochemist, nurtured the UC Davis Arborteum’s acacias for scientific as well as aesthetic reasons. He died in 2017 at age 94. (UC Davis Photo)
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)
Bernie Sanders Really Did Visit UC Davis

As a presidential candidate, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders visited the UC Davis campus in...
Bernie Sanders in front of the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.
Bernie Sanders on Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.
Bernie Sanders at Mrak Hall, UC Davis campus.
Bernie Sanders in front of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis campus.
Bernie Sanders on Kleiber Hall Drive, UC Davis campus.
Bernie Sanders in front of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis.
Bee-friendly Winter Gardening

Just because it is wintertime doesn't mean that bees, which are important pollinators for our...
In Search of Butterflies

Oh, to find a butterfly in January. Butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor...
Red admiral, Vanessa atalanta. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mourning Cloak, Nymphalis antiopa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
West Coast Lady, Vanessa annabella. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)