Not all pastures are created equal. Some have a diverse mix of grasses and legumes. Others can be dominated by a single grass species or […]

Doing fieldwork in the remote wilderness of Russia isn’t for the faint of heart. There are long distances to travel on deeply rutted roads, bleak […]

The Kickapoo Valley is a picturesque area of western Wisconsin that attracts many visitors during the summer. But to improve economic development throughout this rural […]

Mark Cook, professor of animal sciences, has been selected to receive a 2015 UW-Madison Entrepreneurial Achievement Award for turning his research and 20 patented technologies into […]

The power of the Wisconsin Idea lies not in the solitary action of a single person, but in the collective action of many. Kayla Sippl […]

Scientists have demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorporate a key feature of hardwoods. The […]

Food science major Hannah Fenton gratefully recalls the kindness shown to her during the three years she and her family spent in Thailand. “I know […]

With the precision of a surgeon, Jeremy Hemberger swiftly, but gently, situated the tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) tag on the fuzzy yellow collar — the […]

Science Expeditions, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 13th annual science open house, will open the doors of dozens of campus attractions — and the expertise of […]

When you discover a new organism, you get to name it — but not for yourself. There are rules to the naming business in biology. […]