UC Davis MWFB
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The Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology at the University of California, Davis. Promoting Education and Conservation through Preservation.
Davis, CA
Joined March 2011
The MWFB mourns the passing of Ronald E. Cole, founding curator of the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. He passed away at home among family. He was 85 years old. He was beloved by and gave so much to so many. We will miss you, Ron. Photo: Ron in Papua New Guinea, 1985
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RT @UCDavisWater: 📍Join us May 11, 1-4pm @ Winters Community Library!. Encounter live fish from #PutahCreek, go bird watching in the garden….
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RT @UCDavisEntomolo: All aboard for the 13th annual #ucdavis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 10. Ten museums or collections will….
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RT @UCDavisCAESDean: Hope to see you at Biodiversity Museum Day on Feb. 10! The free event aims to connect the community to science with pa….
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Meet the scientists! Ask questions! Plans are underway for the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a free "Super Science Day" for the public to see science in action and learn about 10 UC...
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RT @AGU_Eos: In the past 10 years, California’s Central Valley saw both the wettest winter on record and the worst drought in 1,000 years.….
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A “nestbox highway” in California’s Central Valley is guiding songbirds to safe nesting sites and giving scientists a peek at fledgling success in a changing climate.
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March Mammal Madness starts tonight!.
BRACKET DROP DAY!!!!! #2023MMM.Are you a player? an educator? a learner? .There is a dedicated page for you at the ASU March Mammal Madness LibGuide!
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What's that? Another FISH ALERT? 🐟 That's right! We are thrilled to announce another MWFB subspecies holotype, the McCloud River Redband Trout, newly described in Zootaxa today by Mac Campbell and Kevin Conway. Go read more about it at
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RT @JayLund113: Wonderful piece on the deeper history of not-yet-iconic California fishes. And how scholarship is fundamental to keeping t….
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By Peter B. Moyle, Nicholas Buckmaster, and Yingxin Su Lahontan Speckled Dace (left) and Santa Ana Speckled Dace (right), showing typical body shape and coloration of dace of the genus Rhinichthys,…
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FISH ALERT! This is not a drill! 🐟🙌 Check out Zootaxa to learn about four new species and subspecies of Speckled Dace, described by the one and only Dr. Peter Moyle and featuring MWFB type specimens. We're so excited for this publication!.Visit for more.
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Plan a visit to @ucdavis on Sat., Feb. 18, for Biodiversity Museum Day! Check out the biodiversity-related collections on campus, including the @bohart_museum, @MWFB & Phaff Yeast Culture Collection. More here:
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RT @nbcbayarea: Researchers at UC Davis took 11 years of data to study how spring rainfall and temperatures are affecting songbirds in the….
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Climate change is making it harder for some animal species to survive as weather patterns become more extreme.
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We are delighted to invite everyone to our 50th Anniversary Reception and Celebration next Thursday, October 13th from 5:30 to 7:30pm. If you'd like to join us, please RSVP at
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We're 50 years old today! 🦁🥳 On July 1st, 1972, Ronald A. Cole was hired as Curator, and his first accession of 259 mammal specimens founded the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology.
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