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Glyphosate vs Bacon

November 9, 2015
By Cheryl A Wilen
When the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization that reviews scientific papers about substances for their likelihood to cause cancer in humans, reported that glyphosate probably causes cancer, there were many voices calling for its removal from use in the U...
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A red flameskimmer dragonfly, (Libellula saturata) perches on a bamboo stake. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Know Your Dragonflies!

September 4, 2015
You're walking through a park and suddenly spot a dragonfly perched on a stick. "What's that?" you ask. As you edge closer, it takes off. "Missed it!" Well, you won't want to miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Sunday, Sept.
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A honey bee prepares to visit another primose. Note the stringy mass of pollen hanging from her hind legs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Why She's Packing Pollen That Way

August 21, 2015
If you've ever seen honey bees foraging on primrose, you may have seen something unusual. What's with the pollen hanging below their hind legs as they buzz from primrose to primrose? There's a reason for that.
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The evolution of weeds: De-domestication?

November 26, 2014
This blog was originally supposed to be an interesting article on Thanksgiving foods; specifically, a discussion about crops (i.e. squashes, onion, corn, carrots, parsnips, etc...) that traditionally accompany our Thursday turkey, as well as their weedy relatives.
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Web mapping of high res imagery helps conservation

November 12, 2014
One of our collaborators on the Sonoma Vegetation Mapping Project has sent work on how web mapping and high resolution imagery has helped them do their job well. These are specific comments, but might be more generally applicable to other mapping and conservation arenas.
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