Biology Content / Biology Content for ٺƵ en Introducing ‘The Student Researcher’ /news/introducing-student-researcher <p>A new ٺƵ storytelling platform highlights student research experiences.</p> <p><a href="/student-research">“The Student Researcher”</a> will showcase undergraduate and graduate stories from across campus and fields of study. These stories will focus on interdisciplinary collaboration with multimedia elements.</p> October 24, 2023 - 9:28am Jose Antonio Vadi /news/introducing-student-researcher Native Girl’s Remains Returned to Alaska After More Than a Century /curiosity/news/uc-davis-family-rematriates-their-ancestor-alaska-native-school A ٺƵ 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." August 30, 2021 - 1:47pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/uc-davis-family-rematriates-their-ancestor-alaska-native-school 4 Receive Sloan Research Fellowships /news/4-receive-sloan-research-fellowships <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> February 19, 2019 - 11:00am Andy Fell /news/4-receive-sloan-research-fellowships Dozens of New Wildlife Corridors Identified for African Mammals /news/dozens-new-wildlife-corridors-identified-african-mammals <p>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.</p> November 07, 2017 - 12:44pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/dozens-new-wildlife-corridors-identified-african-mammals The Biology of Color /news/biology-color <p>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&nbsp;team of researchers led by professor Tim Caro&nbsp;at ٺƵ.</p> August 03, 2017 - 11:00am Katherine E Kerlin /news/biology-color On Ocean Plastic Instead of Turtle Shells, Crabs Abandon Monogamy /news/ocean-plastic-instead-turtle-shells-crabs-abandon-monogamy <p>The oceanic crab <em>Planes minutus</em> 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.</p> September 28, 2016 - 9:17am Andy Fell /news/ocean-plastic-instead-turtle-shells-crabs-abandon-monogamy Sunflowers Move by the Clock /news/sunflowers-move-clock <p>Plant biologists at ٺƵ and colleagues&nbsp;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.&nbsp;</p> August 04, 2016 - 1:56pm Andy Fell /news/sunflowers-move-clock Prestigious Pew Scholarship for Amoeba ‘Cell Nibbling’ /news/prestigious-pew-scholarship-amoeba-cell-nibbling <p>A ٺƵ 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.</p> June 09, 2016 - 8:00am Andy Fell /news/prestigious-pew-scholarship-amoeba-cell-nibbling Zebra Stripes Not for Camouflage, New Study Finds /news/zebra-stripes-not-camouflage-new-study-finds <p>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 ٺƵ.</p> <p>Findings from their study will be published Friday, Jan. 22, in the journal <a href="http://www.plosone.org/">PLOS ONE</a>.</p> January 22, 2016 - 2:46pm Patricia Bailey /news/zebra-stripes-not-camouflage-new-study-finds 15 Professors Give Advice on Grad School /news/professors-give-advice-grad-school <p>ٺƵ professors give advice to prospective graduate students about what it takes to get that master’s or doctoral degree.</p> January 19, 2016 - 2:55pm Susanne Rockwell /news/professors-give-advice-grad-school