Biochemist John Ralph and his colleagues have pioneered a technology that could revolutionize how industry produces biofuels and other value-added goods

Clear-cutting in past centuries left Wisconsin with very few old-growth forests—and fewer of the environmental benefits they provide. CALS has partnered with the DNR and other institutions on a long-term project to learn how such forests can be reestablished and sustainably used.

When it comes to mosquitoes, nobody wants to be attractive

How CALS scientists help the world-renowned Whistling Straits golf course get ready for this summer’s PGA Championship

Growing populations of these animals on campus and in the city have inspired a new study aimed at living better together

CALS scientists from a wide range of disciplines help forge the future of a growing field

We depend on yeasts for products ranging from beer and biofuel to forage and pharmaceuticals. But according to Chris Todd Hittinger and his colleagues at CALS, we’ve only begun to understand and mine the possible uses of these hardworking model microbes

Biochemist Alan Attie tracks the internal mechanisms behind a fast-growing disease that takes millions of lives each year

Entomology professor Daniel Young presides over a prodigious collection of bugs on campus. Thanks to digital technology, this collection and many others will soon be available online for everyone to learn from and enjoy.

The tiny emerald ash borer is decimating trees in the Upper Midwest. CALS researchers are helping communities understand how to prevent and contain the damage.

Decades of field research at both poles has given soil scientists James Bockheim a front-row seat on climate change.

A CALS partnership engages Native American kids in science by integrating indigenous knowledge into teaching and learning