UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day: from Owl Butterflies to Great-Horned Owls

An owl butterfly will be among the attractions at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Feb. 15. The event is free and family friendly. See more at https://bit.ly/2OEBlBk. Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey/Courtesy photo

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The Schedule The Botanical Conservatory, the Greenhouses along Kleiber Hall Drive, will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The following five will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: •Arboretum and Public Garden, Shields Oak Grove, alongside the Vet School, Garrod Drive on campus. •Bohart Museum of Entomology, Room 1124 and Main Hall of the Academic Surge Building, Crocker Lane. •California Raptor Center, 340 Equine Lane, off Old Davis Road. •Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Room 1394 and Mail Hall, Academic Surge Building, Crocker Lane. •Paleontology Collection, Earth and Physical Sciences Building, 434 LaRue Road. Two collections will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: •Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Robert Mondavi Institute of Wine and Food Science, 392 Old Davis Road, on campus. •Viticulture and Enology Culture Collection, Robert Mondavi Institute of Wine and Food Science, 392 Old Davis Road, on campus. These four will be open from Noon to 4 p.m.: •Anthropology Museum, 328 Young Hall and grounds. •Center for Plant Diversity, Sciences Laboratory Building, off Kleiber Hall Drive. •Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, Bee Biology Road, off Hopkins Road (take West Hutchison Drive to Hopkins). •Nematode Collection, Sciences Laboratory Building, off Kleiber Hall Drive. •Marine Invertebrate Collection, Sciences Laboratory Building, off Kleiber Hall Drive. •New this year will be public talks from noon to 1 p.m. in 194 Young Hall. Among those speaking will be butterfly expert Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology. All participating museums and collections have active education and outreach programs, Yang said, but the collections are not always accessible to the public. Maps, signs and guides will be available at all the collections, and also online at http://biodiversitymuseumday.edu, and on social media, including Facebook and Twitter, @BioDivDay. For more information, see https://bit.ly/2OEBlBk.]]>

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