Undergrads in scientific disciplines often it challenging to study abroad because of their rigorous academic schedules. A unique international program run by the UW-Madison’s bacteriology department offers a partial solution to this problem.

Bangkok may be half a world away from Madison, but there are many important connections between Wisconsin and Thailand.

Second-year student Jenna Klink says that she also values her research experience. Klink, a biology and women”s studies major from Slinger, Wis., conducted a survey […]

While developing a new agricultural industry for the dairy state, a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher is working to address a major nutrition issue in the developing world: the scarcity of milk.

When it comes to energy metabolism, hummingbirds are the heavyweight champions of vertebrates. Pound for pound, the thumb-sized birds have higher energy demands than elephants.

When wildlife researchers and students from around the world converged on Madison in September, several of them made a point to stop by campus to take a look at some of the Aldo Leopold memorabilia on display in the library of the Department of Wildlife Ecology.

One of the isomers of conjugated linoleic acid, a group of fatty acids found in milk, is a natural regulator of the COX-2 protein, which plays a significant role in cancer and inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, according to a study published recently by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison team scored 2,074 points to finish high team overall for the third year in a row at the Southern Intercollegiate Dairy […]

History was made, disaster was averted, and most of the several hundred spectators stayed dry at the first Wisconsin Giant Pumpkin Regatta, held on a brilliant October Sunday at the docks of the Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus.

Wisconsin’s lakes and waterways, along with our nation’s helicopter crews in Iraq, are better off thanks to the work of Gary Bubenzer. Bubenzer’s efforts on behalf of his students, the UW-Madison, the environment and the engineering profession have earned him the Distinguished Service Award for 2005 from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.