Posts Tagged: Charles Darwin

A Chance Encounter with an Ichneumon

So here's this lady beetle patrolling a rosebud. It's early spring--April 15--in Vacaville, Calif.--and our little subject is  looking for some tasty aphids. Or perhaps a mate. Oh, a visitor is on my rosebud, heading right toward me. Identify yourself, please! It's a wasp, a male parasitic...

A lady beetle meeets a male parasitic wasp from the family Ichneumonidae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A lady beetle meeets a male parasitic wasp from the family Ichneumonidae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The lady beetle continues to patrol the rosebud, while the male parasitic wasp quickly leaves the scene. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The lady beetle continues to patrol the rosebud, while the male parasitic wasp quickly leaves the scene. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Face of Darwin

Look closely at Charles Darwin's ceramic face. You'll see selections from his secret notebooks and images of organisms that most influenced his scientific studies. His beard is peppered with moths. You'll also find barnacles, iguanas, finches, orchids and other creatures on his face. It...

The Face of Darwin

'THE FACE OF DARWIN,' a ceramic mosaic created in a freshman seminar at UC Davis in commemoration of Darwin's 200th birthday anniversary, shows the organisms he studied and the secret notes he harbored. (Photo courtesy of Diane Ullman)

Faces Behind the Face

UC DAVIS STUDENTS (from left) Angela Kaczmarczyk, Danielle Chavez and Ricardo Calles with "The Face of Darwin." They were among the students working on the project. (Photo courtesy of Diane Ullman)

Diggin' Darwin Day

It promises to attract a large crowd. The UC Davis Center for Population Biology is planning a Darwin Day on Monday, Feb. 23. If it sounds like a belated birthday party, it is and it isn't. Darwin Day, billed as "a global celebration of science and reason," is held on or around Feb....

Charles Darwin: Birthday Boy

CHARLES DARWIN: BIRTHDAY BOY--This caricature of Charles Darwin perches on a shelf in the lab of UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Andrew Forbes. The UC Davis Center for Population Biology is sponsoring a Darwin Day at 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 in the Varsity Theater, 616 Second St., Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wonderful World of Insects

Kids love bugs.    And they love books on bugs.  One of the bug books we bought our son during his childhood was “Insect World: A Child’s First Library of Learning,” published by Time-Life Books.  It includes such chapters as: Why Do Butterflies Love...

Diversity of Insects

DIVERSITY OF INSECTS--From the Madagascar hissing cockroach to the praying mantis to the grasshopper, insects are diverse. This is part of a collection owned by UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Andrew Forbes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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