The nematode display, headed by associate professor Shahid Sidique, was a popular attraction at the 2024 UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. From left are doctoral student Nick Latina and doctoral candidates Pallavi Shakya and Alison Blundell. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day Set Saturday, Feb. 8

Chat with the Scientists! It's a Super Science Day, Free and Family Friendly

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
December 23, 2024

Microscopes at the Bohart Museum of Entomology are a popular attraction at the annual Biodiversity Museum Day. The 2025 event is set Feb. 8. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) — Visitors are drawn to microscopes at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the annual Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mark your calendar!

The 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is set for Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, announced coordinator and co-founder Tabatha Yang, public education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

Biodiversity Museum Day, billed as a "Super Science Day" is an opportunity to see displays, engage in scores of activities, and chat with the scientists. Visitors will see everything from red-tailed hawks at the California Raptor Center, dog heartworm specimens at the nematology display, monarch butterfly specimens at the Bohart Museum, and a variety of plants at the Arboretum and Public Garden, the Botanical Conservatory, and the Center for Plant Diversity. And much more.

It's free and family friendly. The participants:

Arboretum and Public Garden, Habitat Gardens in the Environmental GATEway, adjacent to the Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive. Hours: noon to 4 p.m.
Bohart Museum of Entomology, Room 1124 and main hall of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Botanical Conservatory, the greenhouses along Kleiber Hall Drive. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
California Raptor Center, 1340 Equine Lane, off Old Davis Road (Located three miles south of the central campus.) Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Center for Plant Diversity, Katherine Esau Science Hall off Kleiber Hall Drive. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Nematode Collection (part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology), Katherine Esau Science Hall, off Kleiber Hall Drive. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Room 1394, Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Paleontology Collection, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1309 Earth and Physical Sciences Building, 434 LaRue Road. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Robert Mondavi Institute Brewery and Food Processing facility, Old Davis Road. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Visual Journal Exhibit (new), Design Museum at Cruess Hall, Room 124, 375 California Ave. Hours: 1 to 5 p.m.
Moth Documentary (new), Cruess Hall, Room 100, 375 California Ave. Hours: 2:45 to 5 p.m.