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.

Ice cream and cranberries make the perfect couple

In honor of CALS’ 125th anniversary, a look at how alumni and friends help keep the college strong

Lucas Joppa BS’04 Wildlife Ecology

Insects play a role in the spread of food-born pathogens on crops

A dean’s loss is our students’ gain—and I couldn’t be more pleased about it. I’m referring to the beautiful Queen Anne home—in the middle of […]

Twenty years of reaching into rumens pays off

City Farmer

1. It is the stuff of life for monarch butterflies. Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed, and milkweed leaves serve as nearly the sole food […]

This past January a group of CALS students found themselves bushwhacking through a dense mountain forest in Costa Rica, crossing paths with monkeys, colorful birds, […]

Unpredictable flooding and droughts, which scientists predict will intensify with climate change, elevate the importance of dams for managing and storing water, even in places […]