Plant hardiness zones are used to determine if a plant can thrive in a given climate — and your own backyard. The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone […]

When hydrology engineer Anita Thompson was growing up in Minnesota, she knew what to expect from winter. The temperatures would drop below freezing around November or December, […]

The complex shape of respiratory syncytial virus is one hurdle limiting the development of treatments for an infection that leads to hospitalization or worse for […]

As the sun begins to set on an August evening, Emma Mason strides onto a glowing pasture on her family’s farm near Mineral Point, Wisconsin, […]

Winners in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s 14th annual Cool Science Image Contest span a wide range of perception — from molecules interacting in the membranes […]

The 2024 Wisconsin Science Festival will be held Oct. 14-20. The festival will focus on agriculture, aiming to showcase its profound impact on our world and […]

The Urban Canid Project, led by wildlife ecology professor and extension specialist David Drake, has released a new story map, a multimedia visualization of fox and coyote location data overlaid with landcover maps. It reveals patterns in the movement of these animals and insights into how canids and humans can coexist.

Land was once set aside as Native American reservations because it was undesirable and low in resources, but now interested Native Americans may have economic […]

The filters of modern news media create disparate, personalized perceptions of science. Researchers at CALS are looking for ways to craft messages that resonate with people of all viewpoints.

An invasive insect with an insatiable appetite can cause serious problems for a favorite native moth that likes the same food source — even though […]