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drywood termite colony

Discovery: a better, more targeted termite terminator

UC Riverside researchers find a chemical able to kill about 95 percent of a drywood termite colony without off-target effects on mammals.

By Jules Bernstein | May 6, 2025 | Science / Technology
Bees in a hive

Beehive sensors offer hope in saving honeybee colonies

A UC Riverside computer science team has developed a sensor-based technology that could revolutionize commercial beekeeping by reducing colony losses and lowering labor costs. Called the Electronic Bee-Veterinarian, or EBV, the technology uses low-cost heat sensors and forecasting models to predict when hive temperatures may reach dangerous levels. The system...

By David Danelski | February 21, 2025 | Science / Technology
bees

A $1.2 million Rosetta stone for honeybees

If you upset one bee, what determines whether the entire hive decides to avenge her grievance? A $1.2 million grant will support UC Riverside scientists in answering questions like these about how honeybees communicate.

By Jules Bernstein | September 5, 2024 | Science / Technology

Cage-free chickens are louse-y

Lice have been found feeding on the skin and blood of free-range chickens, which are infected at much higher rates than caged flocks.

By Jules Bernstein | July 17, 2024 | Science / Technology
Infected cantaloupe plants

Wild plants and crops don’t make great neighbors

Native plants and non-native crops do not fare well in proximity to one another, attracting pests that spread diseases in both directions, according to two new UC Riverside studies.

By Jules Bernstein | July 11, 2024 | Science / Technology
termites

A greener, more effective way to kill termites

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a highly effective, nontoxic, and less expensive way to lure hungry termites to their doom.

By Jules Bernstein | May 31, 2024 | Science / Technology
ant queen

Researchers Solve the Mystery of Tiny Ant Queens

Researchers at UC Riverside discovered how supergenes control the origin and duplication of petite ant queens.

By Stacy Kish | March 28, 2024 | Science / Technology
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Buzzworthy: new podcast sorts insect facts from fiction

For those curious about insects – their behavior, love lives, the threat or lack thereof they pose to humans – there is a new podcast from UC Riverside: Can I Bug You?

By Jules Bernstein | March 6, 2024 | Science / Technology, Arts / Culture
Oriental fruit fly closeup

One of the world’s worst pests attacks California

One of the world’s worst pests is infesting crops all over California. There are seven active quarantines spanning the length of the state, but experts say those affecting San Bernardino and Riverside counties are especially serious.

By Jules Bernstein | November 21, 2023 | Science / Technology
cows in a field

Sheep and cattle-killing disease carriers never take a break

Bluetongue virus, an incurable cattle and sheep-killing disease, is spread by tiny flies once thought to disappear in winter. New UCR research demonstrates that though they are harder to find when it’s cold, they remain active.

By Jules Bernstein | July 3, 2023 | Science / Technology
bumbles on a flower

When it comes to bumblebees, does size matter?

While honeybee workers are all the same size, that’s not true for bumblebees. Scientists aren’t sure what’s behind the wide variety in bumble body sizes, but a new UC Riverside project aims to find out.

By Jules Bernstein | June 6, 2023 | Science / Technology
painted lady butterfly

195 ways to help California’s painted ladies

By documenting hundreds of new nectar plants for painted ladies, scientists have renewed hope these charismatic butterflies may prove resilient to climate change.

By Jules Bernstein | October 5, 2022 | Science / Technology
Aedes aegyptii

Chemical cocktail in skin summons disease-spreading mosquitoes

A UC Riverside-led team discovered the exact chemical combination that causes Zika, dengue and yellow fever-spreading mosquitoes to locate and land on their victims.

By Jules Bernstein | September 21, 2022 | Science / Technology
Avocado weevil

The scent that could save California’s avocados

UC Riverside scientists are on the hunt for a chemical that disrupts “evil” weevils’ mating and could prevent them from destroying California’s supply of avocados.

By Jules Bernstein | September 2, 2022 | Science / Technology
citrus greening

Cousin of crop-killing bacteria mutating rapidly

A bacterial species closely related to deadly citrus greening disease is rapidly evolving its ability to infect insect hosts, and possibly plants as well.

By Jules Bernstein | August 12, 2022 | Science / Technology
Bombus vosnesenskii

Scientists fail to locate once-common CA bumble bees

Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first statewide census of the fuzzy pollinators in 40 years. If they can be found, a recent court ruling could help save them.

By Jules Bernstein | June 16, 2022 | Science / Technology
mosquito feeding on finger

Genetic discovery could spell mosquitoes’ death knell

A UC Riverside genetic discovery could turn disease-carrying mosquitoes into insect Peter Pans, preventing them from ever maturing or multiplying.

By Jules Bernstein | June 14, 2022 | Science / Technology
trigona bee

When bees get a taste for dead things

Typically, bees don’t eat meat. However, a species of stingless 'vulture' bee in the tropics has evolved the ability to do so, presumably due to intense competition for nectar. UC Riverside scientists find these bees' guts resemble those of hyenas and other carrion feeders.

By Jules Bernstein | November 23, 2021 | Science / Technology
bumble

Rising temperatures overcook bumblebees’ brunch

Bumblebees pollinate many of our favorite foods, but their own diet is being upset by climate change, according to a new UC Riverside study.

By Jules Bernstein | November 10, 2021 | Science / Technology
hummingbird at flower

Hummingbirds can smell their way out of danger

In less time than it takes to read this sentence, hummingbirds can catch a whiff of potential trouble. That’s the result of new UC Riverside research showing, contrary to popular belief, the tiny birds do have an active sense of smell.

By Jules Bernstein | September 6, 2021 | Science / Technology
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