On a splendid May day, Valentin Picasso is visiting tests of a crop called kernza at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station north of Madison. As […]

The soil supporting a field of crops teems with life. Untold numbers of bacteria and fungi strive for space and food. Most are harmless. Many […]

It’s a common assumption: Bats are important because they feast upon those pervasive warm-weather pests known as mosquitoes. You want to see bats flying above, […]

Imagine if squirrels were fearless and rabid and preyed upon your pets rather than the acorns in your yard. In Puerto Rico, this is quite […]

New research out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison has, for the first time, detected prions responsible for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in samples taken from […]

The students were thrilled that, for the first time all semester, they could conduct their lab outing without huddling under winter coats. Though it was […]

Gerry Weiss BS’67 admits he knew nothing about the steep-valleyed fields of southwestern Wisconsin when, back in 1975, he bought 350 acres in Grant County and […]

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Why birds fly into windows - Audio

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This podcast was originally published in April 2017. Anna Pidgeon, Associate Professor Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences […]

Sometimes dairy scientist Michel Wattiaux approaches his research like a cop at a traffic stop. He uses a breath analyzer to check for problematic products […]

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Brian Hudelson, UW-Extension Plant Disease Specialist Director of the Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic Department of Plant Pathology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 608-262-2863 […]