For the three-toed sloth, a trip to the restroom is no rest at all. It’s a long, slow descent into mortal danger from the safety […]

For plants, the only way to grow is for cells to expand. Unlike animals, cell division in plants happens only within a tiny region of […]

By Erik Ness Jim Steele used to be one of the skeptics. He’d be at a conference, listening to early research on the health benefits […]

CALS had some big moments in 2013—from completing a major fundraising campaign to developing a better hamburger for Gilly’s Frozen Custard to discovering a promising […]

The busloads of schoolkids who visit Jauquet Dairy each year have lots to talk about when they get home—from the really cute newborn calves to […]

The research advances at UW–Madison’s Hancock Agricultural Research Station are keeping vegetable growers on the cutting edge of the industry, producers told Chancellor Rebecca Blank […]

With the global population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, the world’s farmers are going to need to produce a lot more food — […]

There’s a story going around Nancy Nicholas Hall these days about a professor, teaching with his back to the building’s north-facing windows, who was interrupted […]

Anuj Modi was nervous when he arrived for the first day of his summer internship at the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station. The 20-year-old UW-Madison freshman […]

It’s tough being lactose intolerant in America’s Dairyland, especially on the UW-Madison campus. The Babcock Hall Dairy Plant churns out two dozen flavors of iconic ice […]