Biology Content

Introducing ‘The Student Researcher’

Jose Antonio Vadi — October 24, 2023 - 9:28am

A new ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis storytelling platform highlights student research experiences.

“The Student Researcher” will showcase undergraduate and graduate stories from across campus and fields of study. These stories will focus on interdisciplinary collaboration with multimedia elements.

Native Girl’s Remains Returned to Alaska After More Than a Century

Karen Michele Nikos — August 30, 2021 - 1:47pm

A ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis doctoral student and her son returned their ancestor to her Native Alaska. They are among the hundreds of Native families rematriating children from "Indian Schools."

4 Receive Sloan Research Fellowships

Andy Fell — February 19, 2019 - 11:00am

Four young faculty members at the University of California, Davis, have been awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced today (Feb. 19). The two-year fellowships are worth $70,000 each.

The recipients are: Rachael Bay, assistant professor of evolution and ecology, and Patrick Shih, assistant professor of plant biology, both in the College of Biological Sciences; and Eduardo da Silva Neto and Inna Vishik, both assistant professors of physics, College of Letters and Science.

Dozens of New Wildlife Corridors Identified for African Mammals

Katherine E Kerlin — November 07, 2017 - 12:44pm

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have identified 52 potential wildlife corridors linking protected areas across Tanzania. Using a cost-effective combination of interviews with local residents and a land conversion dataset for East Africa, they found an additional 23 corridors over those previously identified by Tanzanian government reports.

The Biology of Color

Katherine E Kerlin — August 03, 2017 - 11:00am

Scientists are on a threshold of a new era of color science with regard to animals, according to a comprehensive review of the field by a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by professor Tim Caro at ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis.

On Ocean Plastic Instead of Turtle Shells, Crabs Abandon Monogamy

Andy Fell — September 28, 2016 - 9:17am

The oceanic crab Planes minutus lives far from land. The crabs find a refuge between the upper shell and tail of loggerhead sea turtles, where they are nearly always found as a monogamous pair, one male and one female. But floating plastic trash in the ocean provides many new places for these crabs to live — and more space opens up many different ways for crabs to live and find partners.

Sunflowers Move by the Clock

Andy Fell — August 04, 2016 - 1:56pm

Plant biologists at ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis and colleagues have discovered how sunflowers use their internal circadian clock, acting on growth hormones, to follow the sun during the day as they grow. Following the sun allows the plants to grow faster and put on more biomass. Mature flowers face east, where warm morning sun encourages pollinators.

Prestigious Pew Scholarship for Amoeba ‘Cell Nibbling’

Andy Fell — June 09, 2016 - 8:00am

A ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis microbiologist who studies how a parasitic amoeba kills cells has been named as a 2016 Pew scholar in the biomedical sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The scholarship program provides funding to outstanding young scholars working to advance human health.

Zebra Stripes Not for Camouflage, New Study Finds

Patricia Bailey — January 22, 2016 - 2:46pm

If you’ve always thought of a zebra’s stripes as offering some type of camouflaging protection against predators, it’s time to think again, suggest scientists at the University of Calgary and ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis.

Findings from their study will be published Friday, Jan. 22, in the journal PLOS ONE.

15 Professors Give Advice on Grad School

Susanne Rockwell — January 19, 2016 - 2:55pm

��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis professors give advice to prospective graduate students about what it takes to get that master’s or doctoral degree.