Category: Around CALS
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Posted on August 30, 2021
WiBee mobile app seeks to assess, bolster Wisconsin’s wild bees
On a warm summer day in Wisconsin, bees across the state are hard at work collecting pollen and nectar for their livelihoods. Hopping from flower […]
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Posted on August 23, 2021
A Wisconsin Idea win-win
At a sweeping bend of the Mississippi River, where the waterway widens and flows through shimmering Lake Pepin, tourists come to snarf slabs of homemade […]
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Posted on August 16, 2021
Francisco Pelegri explores biobanking, cloning approaches to preserve endangered animal populations
The last known Pyrenean ibex, a wild goat named Celia, died more than two decades ago, the victim of a falling branch. But before she […]
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Posted on August 9, 2021
Featured photos: Researchers assess dairy barn camera footage in Dorea lab
The research and outreach program of Joao Dorea, assistant professor of animal and dairy sciences, focuses on dairy-related applications of precision agriculture and data analysis. […]
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Posted on August 2, 2021
Listen to the forest – and learn
In the forest, life is often heard before it’s seen. Hikers and hunters are familiar with the creature chorus: cicada trills and tree frog chirps, […]
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Posted on July 26, 2021
The future holds no limits for meat science at CALS
Jordan Nehls BS’17 cooks up a lot of hamburgers and chicken breasts — but it’s not the sort of fare she can serve to her family […]
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Posted on July 19, 2021
Catching up with the Urban Canid Project: Impacts of COVID-19
COVID-19 forced us to change our behavior, but what about animals? How (if it all) did the pandemic change wildlife behavior?
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Posted on July 12, 2021
Midwest bumble bees declined with more farmed land, less diverse crops since 1870
As farmers cultivated more land and began to grow fewer types of crops over the last 150 years, most native bumble bee species became rarer […]
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Posted on June 26, 2021
Polar vortex, winter heat may change bird populations
For birds and other wildlife, winter is a time of resource scarcity. Extreme winter weather events such as a polar vortex can push some species […]
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Posted on June 21, 2021
Seven things everyone should know about tardigrades
In the spring issue of Grow magazine, soil science’s Thea Whitman helps us better understand these tiny, resilient animals.