/ Mollusks Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /blog/eggheads-weekend-basket-march-6 <p>Another week, another roundup of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis research news.&nbsp;</p><h2>Tracking bacteria in the salad bowl</h2><p>A series of outbreaks of E. coli illness linked to leafy greens grown on California's central coast prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ask 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis to <a href="/food/news/fda-uc-davis-e-coli-central-coast-study">lead a five-year effort to better understand how the bacteria circulate between soil, water, crops and animals in the nation's salad bowl</a>.&nbsp;</p> March 06, 2026 - 3:39pm Andy Fell /blog/eggheads-weekend-basket-march-6 /blog/evolution-new-physical-traits-mollusks-has-declined-and-grown-more-predictable-over-time <p><span>Paleobiologist </span><a href="https://eps.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/vermeij"><span>Geerat Vermeij</span></a><span> is enthralled with mollusks. Their shells line the surfaces and fill the cabinets and drawers in his office on the second floor of the Earth and Planetary Sciences Building at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis. But Vermeij’s deep study of these organisms isn’t just about the animals themselves, it’s an avenue for deeper insights about the principles governing evolution and history.&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p> March 04, 2026 - 12:11pm Andy Fell /blog/evolution-new-physical-traits-mollusks-has-declined-and-grown-more-predictable-over-time