Posts Tagged: Tabatha Yang
Can You Name California's State Insect?
Can you name California's state insect? Did you know that California has a state insect? It...
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, holds a drawer of California dogface butterfly specimens. The butterfly is California's state insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A 35-page children's book, "The Story of the Dogface Butterfly," is authored by UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, a professor at Folsom Lake College and a Bohart research scientist.
Introduce Your Children to Insects
How can you interest your children in insects? "For me, at least a lot of my interest developed...
Three-year-old Everly Puckett checks out a stick insect held by her father, Ryan Puckett, a UC Davis employee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis animal biology major Jakob Lopez shows a stick insect to Hunter Baker, 8. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hunter Baker, 8, delights in holding a stick insect. In back is Bohart collections manager Brennen Dyer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Danielle Hoskey introduces her 4-year-old son, Atlas Scott to a tomato hornworm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology major Oliver Smith eagerly shows a stick insect to a youngster. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology doctoral student Emma "Em" Jochim (left) and high school intern Syd Benson engage the youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mark Blankenship, 10, peers at a thorny stick insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis psychology major Naomi Lila, a member of the UC Davis Entomology Club, awaits visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sebastian Carrasco, 3, waves "bye bye" to a stick insect. He decided he didn't want to hold it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Congratulations, Tabatha Yang, Recipient of Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award
You usually see Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of...
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, greeting UC Davis Chancellor Gary May. (Photo by Anjie Cook)
A group photo: From left are Clare Shinnerl, vice chancellor for UC Davis Finance, Operations and Administration; Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator, Bohart Museum of Entomology; and UC Davis Chancellor Gary May. (Photo by Anjie Cook)
UC Davis Super Science Day on Feb. 10: A Day Before the Super Bowl
"Super Science Day" at the University of California, Davis, is a day before the Super...
Center for Plant Diversity: It's fun to see flowers under a microscope. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Botanical Conservatory. Marlene Simon, director of the Botanical conservation, with plants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum of Entomology. A staff member holds a tarantula. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. Vistiors will see how a carcass becomes a catalogued specimen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nematode Collection. Visitors learning about nematodes, aka roundworms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All Aboard for the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Feb. 10
All aboard for the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day! You can visit UC Davis museums or...
Passengers on a double-decker bus represent the museums and collections on a double-decker bus. The original art is by Ivana Li, with UC Davis student Caitlen Comendant colorizing it and updating it.