/ Mollusks Content for UC Davis en /blog/eggheads-weekend-basket-march-6 <p>Another week, another roundup of UC 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 UC 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 UC 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