Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology Content

Climate Change Presents a Mismatch for Songbirds’ Breeding Season

Katherine E Kerlin — January 17, 2023 - 6:59am

Climate change presents a mismatch for some breeding songbirds, finds �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis study drawing from a decade of data from our Nestbox Highway project.

Celebrating 176 Years of Putting Nature on Display

Dave Jones — October 11, 2022 - 11:43am

The Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology and the California Raptor Center celebrate their 50th anniversaries this week, while another nature museum, the Bohart Museum of Entomology, only 76 years old, holds an open house coinciding with Aggie Spirit Week. All events are free and open to the public.

BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM DAY: From Bones to Yeast and Everything in Between

Dave Jones — February 08, 2016 - 4:56pm

The bones and bugs are back, and so are the flowers and fish. But this year’s �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, Saturday (Feb. 13), will welcome even more diversity: nematodes and raptors, the arboretum and Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven — and even yeast!

In the event’s fifth year, the additions bring to 11 the number of research collections that the public is invited to see. The collections showcase natural history, biodiversity and the cultural-ecological interface.