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When we think about where our food comes from, we often picture farmers on tractors, sweet-faced dairy cows, and well-tended fields of crops shining in the summer sun. But many bountiful and nutritionally rich sources of food exist in the wild...

The new scourge of North American forests is proving a sweet treat for some birds. Scientists scouring data from the Lab of Ornithology’s citizen science project, Project FeederWatch, have discovered that four species of native insectivorous...

Congratulations to the Cornell Local Roads Program, which was recently awarded a 2013 Roadway Safety Award by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration and the Roadway Safety Foundation. The National Roadway Safety...

Orientation week at Cornell officially kicks-off today with Move-In Day, as new students converge on campus with family and friends to settle into their homes for the coming academic year. For CALS freshman and transfer students, the next week...

Being a small- to medium-scale dairy farmer in New York State just got a little bit easier, thanks to the recent announcement of $1 million dollars in new state funding for a program designed to help the state’s dairy farmers reduce energy costs...

Congratulations to Food Science and Technology alumnus August Deimel, M.P.S. ’11, winemaker at Keuka Springs Vineyards. The winery’s 2012 Riesling was awarded the Governor’s Cup as best New York wine at yesterday’s New York Wine & Food Classic...

Yup, it’s that magical time of the year again: SHARK WEEK on the Discovery Channel, when we can enjoy the awe of the fascinating creatures from the comfort and safety of our own homes. Although there are no great whites, makos or even spiny...

The garden may seem an unusual venue for a lesson in geometry, but Buffalo high school math teacher Elizabeth Kent has found it is a useful way to integrate math formulas and hands-on learning, by designing garden layouts and building raised...

Wow! Mother Jones, Monsanto, and Cornell are all on the same page regarding the benefits of the Eastern Broccoli Project! As Thomas Björkman, associate professor of horticulture, recently explained to the notoriously left-leaning magazine...

“Roots need oxygen to breathe, just like we need oxygen to breathe.” These words of wisdom from Neil Mattson, an associate professor in the department of horticulture. He recently shared some pointers with Good Housekeeping Magazine, for a...

Norman C. Dondero, professor emeritus of microbiology, has died at the age of 95. A scientist, artist and naturalist, he was born and grew up in Massachusetts, earning a B.S. at the University of Massachusetts in 1941, an M.S. at the University...

Corals have immune systems? We learned that fun fact and much more in this blog post by ecology and evolutionary biology professor Drew Harvell, who is currently in reefs off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico for three weeks to investigate...

Michael Gore’s first foray into breeding was on his family farm in Virginia. But the budding scientist wasn’t pollinating peas or crossing carrots; he was poring over pedigrees and assessing blood lines – of horses. He assumed he’d become a...

The Albany Times-Union recently published this Op Ed from Dean Boor: Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced that New York has surpassed California as the top producer of yogurt in the U.S. This is a hard-earned and well-deserved honor, but one...

The mighty blue whale is the largest and loudest mammal on earth. Yet its voice is getting lost in the chaotic cacophony of sounds generated by human activities, from offshore development and energy exploration to commercial shipping...

What wine can be found in this enologist’s recycling bin? Recently, it was a Bedell 2009 Merlot, which she described as “complex and very pleasant." However, as Kathy Arnink admits to colleague Chris Gerling in this interview in the Appellation...