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  • Posted on February 25, 2019
    How did insects fare in the polar vortex? – Audio
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    PJ Liesch, Extension entomologist Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Science pliesch@wisc.edu Twitter: @WIBugGuy 3:00 – Total time 0:13 – Polar vortex […]

  • Posted on January 28, 2019
    Controlled burn: Thea Whitman digs into questions of soil, carbon and biochar that could determine the trajectory of climate change

    In a small utility room in UW–Madison’s Animal Science Building, the world’s smallest and most precise forest fire is burning. The fuel today: 100 grams […]

  • Posted on January 22, 2019
    New method assesses lead hazard in soil

    As Milwaukee, Flint, Michigan and other cities grapple with the toxic impact of lead water pipes, another lead-contamination hazard lurks in soil. The nervous-system damage […]

  • Posted on January 16, 2019
    Study: “Post-normal” science requires unorthodox communication strategies

    Proposals to fight malaria by “driving” genes that slow its spread through mosquitoes is a high-risk, high-reward technology that presents a challenge to science journalists, […]

  • Posted on December 21, 2018
    Phone to farmer: Fungus on the way, time to spray

    The struggle against plant disease will never end, but farmers can now get a boost from big data, advanced predictions, and, of course, the computer-in-a-pocket […]

  • Posted on December 12, 2018
    2019 OGRAIN Organic Grain Conference offered in January

    Farmers interested in transitioning to organic grain or improving their existing organic grain systems are invited to attend the 2019 OGRAIN Organic Grain Conference, set […]

  • Posted on December 10, 2018
    Discovery of prions in soil and water near mineral licks points toward transmission route for chronic wasting disease

    Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a progressive illness that causes severe weight loss and eventually death in deer and elk. The disease has been detected […]

  • Posted on December 4, 2018
    New summer program helped Finucane get ‘QuickStart’ at UW–Madison

    Skyler Finucane of Algonquin, Illinois, plans to study entomology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It’s a topic near and dear to her heart: back at […]

  • Posted on November 9, 2018
    The poverty-diodiversity link in Western Amazonia

    In examining the loss of plant and animal life in the Amazon, scientists and the media often focus on the effects of deforestation. But a […]

  • Posted on November 8, 2018
    Woodland hawks flock to urban buffet

    For the nearly 35 million Americans who faithfully stock their feeders to attract songbirds, an increasingly common sight is a hawk feeding on the birds […]