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Meet Awesome Annie, the Scorpion, at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
Are you ready to meet awesome "Annie" at the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on...
Doctoral candidate Lacie Newton collected this scorpion, Centruroides vittatus, at the Big Bend National Park in Texas. (Photo by Lacie Newton)
Doctoral candidate Lacie Newton collected this tarantula, Aphonopelma chalcodes, from the Superstition Mountains near Phoenix. (Photo by Lacie Newton)
It Was a Scorpion Kind of Day at the Bohart Museum of Entomology
Little Logan Loss of Rocklin is only 6 but already he knows more about scorpions than many, if not...
Logan Loss, 6, of Rocklin talks about scorpions to Bohart associate and scorpion scientist Wade Spencer. The kindergarten student is an avid scorpion enthusiast. Also pictured are members of the Vacaville Brownie Girl Scout Troop (from left) Jayda Navarette, Keira Yu and Kendl Macklin, front. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associates and entomology students Lohit Garikipati show scorpions to the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is Wade Spencer's desert hairy scorpion named Barthlomew. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wade Spencer's desert hairy scorpion named Barthlomew glows under UV light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wade Spencer holds his African burrowing scorpion (left) and desert hairy scorpion under UV light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Scorpion Scientist Lauren Esposito to Deliver Research Seminar at UC Davis
Everyone knows that scorpions are venomous--some are more venomous than others--and that they...
Scorpions are often difficult to find without the aid of ultraviolet light. (Photo byKathy Keatley Garvey)
Scorpions fluoresce under ultraviolet light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Scorpion scientist Lauren Esposito, who holds a doctorate in arachnology from the American Museum of Natural History, has worked at the California Academy of Science since 2015. (California Academy of Science Photo)
Crowd-Pleasing Hamilton Will Be at Dixon May Fair
If you missed seeing Hamilton, not to worry. Hamilton will be at the 142nd annual Dixon May Fair...
Meet Hamilton, a scorpion owned by Wade Spencer, an undergraduate entomology student at UC Davis and an associate of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Spencer will display Hamilton and another scorpion named Celeste on Friday afternoon, May 12 in the Dixon May Fair's Floriculture Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet Celeste, a scorpion owned by Wade Spencer, an undergraduate entomology student at UC Davis and an associate of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Spencer will display Celeste and another scorpion named Hamilton on Friday afternoon, May 12 in the Dixon May Fair's Floriculture Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology undergraduate student Wade Spencer holds his two scorpions, Celeste (left) and Hamilton. Fairgoers will be able to see and photograph them on Friday, but not hold them. Scorpions are venomous. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This scorpion sculpture, made of hex nuts, is the work of Roberto Ortiz of the Dixon FFA and is displayed in the Dixon May Fair's Youth Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dave Hutson, superintendent of the Dixon May Fair's Floriculture Building, stands in front of a bee-decorated exhibit. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet Buggy, a 275-pound Berkshire hog raised by Sophia DeTomasi (shown), 10, of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club. Trying to photobomb this image is her sister Toni's hog named Bea. They share a pen in the Dixon May Fair Livestock Barn.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
From Venomous Scorpions to Neuropathic Pain Research
Fascinating stories in the scientific world... Have you heard about the entomologist who went from...
Holding a copy of Discover magazine's edition of "The Top 100 Science Stories of 2015," are (from left) UC Davis researchers Bora Inceoglu, Fawaz Haj and Bruce Hammock. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
