Santa Claus and the monarch butterfly share a commonality. Both are icons, easily recognizable. One may become extinct. The U ...

Moringa plants can be cultivated from seeds and cuttings.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking another step to reduce potential impacts to farmers from implementing endangered species protections while continuing to protect ...

My mother adored pepper—black, red, green, hot, sweet, any kind. She used so much cracked pepper in our meals that most of ...

Hearing a queen bee piping is music to her ears. So is the shimmering sound of the harp. Meet Samantha Murray, the newly selected garden coordinator of the UC Davis Bee Haven, a pollinator and ...

For everyone across UC ANR, 2024 has been an extraordinary year of research and extension activities that have made a true difference in so many lives. I can never thank you enough for everything you ...

A wide variety of citrus fruits brighten winter gardens and winter menus this month. Control cool-season weeds before they mature and go to seed. Plants planted last spring and fall may need water if ...

Just because it is wintertime doesn't mean that bees, which are important pollinators for our flowers, fruits and vegetables, don't need food. Plants and shrubs can provide pollen, nectar, or both to ...

The annual UC Davis Bio Boot Camps not only connect youths with nature, but with each other. Meet Cole Cramer, and Connor Hsu, both 15, and both students at La Canada High School, La Cañada Flintridge ...

As of 11:59 p.m. at the conclusion of GivingTuesday 2024 on Dec. 3, generous donors gave $106,334 for UC Cooperative Extension and the statewide programs, institutes and research centers that make up ...

Back in 2010, UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (1944-2022) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and yours truly, department communications specialist, wondered why ...