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There are many fun and educational events coming up in Tompkins County.

More than 70 Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (ESS) majors turned Minns Garden into an ephemeral art gallery Sept. 29, celebrating the biodiversity of the site.

Hundreds of fruit fans stopped by Cornell’s Society of Horticulture festival booth Sept. 29-Oct. 1 for a taste of the future.

Much like swim tests, Dragon Day or celebrating Theodore Zinck, the pumpkin mystery is woven into the fabric of Cornell history.

Our international programs helped support the participation of 12 farmers from Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Self-Help Women’s Association Group in Gujarat, India, during South Asia’s largest farmer-to-farmer fair.

It takes about about 280,000 pounds of apples grown in Ithaca and at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, to make 20,000 gallons of classic Cornell Orchards cider.

A forum in downtown Ithaca with faculty, staff and partners offered stories of experiences and answered questions about implementing community-engaged initiatives

The introductory online course addresses climate science literacy.

The research is providing an unprecedented glimpse into the life of king salmon, allowing Cornell researchers to understand the behavior and movement of adult king salmon with more precision than ever possible before.

Psychological distress can take a toll on more than just health. It can also significantly damage nest eggs, according to a new study by a Cornell financial economist and her co-author.

The consortium aims to address a variety of issues impacting the lakes’ ecology, such as harmful algal blooms and invasive species.

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Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred 66 million years ago when a giant asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, leaving modern birds as their only descendants.

New findings show that glyphosate does not target the amino acid production and metabolic gadgetry equally among an important soil bacteria species.

Molecular clocks suggest birds are much older than we know from the fossil record, but the discrepancy may be due to an underestimate of the pace of evolution.