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A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 to 14 million more species than people thought, with few of them discovered.

The CCF provides catalytic seed funding to spark pioneering applied research to advance wildlife conservation solutions. The fund prioritizes initiatives that improve the health of free-ranging wildlife and/or solve environmental problems via a...

Doctoral students Divyanth Loganathan Girija and Sumit Sharma were selected for the 2026-2029 Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Fellows Program.

A new ecological discovery – that global warming is slowing tree growth – means current climate predictions could overestimate forests’ potential for carbon storage by as much as 30%.

Cornell Atkinson hosted its first executive education program – the Resilient Futures Leadership Program: Financing Sustainable Agriculture – with partner Field to Market. The successful program will be offered twice more over the next two years...

For 12,000 years, wheat has been the bread of life; its discovery sparked the beginnings of agriculture, which enabled human flourishing across the globe. For farmers in New York’s humid climate, growing small grains like wheat, oats, barley and...

Relevance Farmers across New York face rising input costs, labor shortages, and increasing environmental regulations that affect profitability. Small, dispersed fields and limited access to custom services can slow adoption of cost-saving...

A team of Cornell students bested the competition with their invention: an autonomous robot that kills weeds with electricity.

Heat stress on dairy cows not only decreases the amount of milk produced but also the fat and protein content, doubling the economic losses.

On-farm research is a valuable tool for New York farmers. It happens in real-time on farm fields that are actively being cropped, producing practical results that can be applied in future growing seasons. It fosters two-way learning among...

A Cornell graduate student and indigenous Ecuadorian partners are sampling eDNA in Amazonian riverways to understand how gold mining and other human disturbances impact aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem health.

Thirteen Cornell students will spend the summer advancing new technologies for agriculture after receiving 2026 Research Innovation Fund awards from the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture.

Students from Buffalo's McKinley High School — home to one of the few high-school horticulture programs in New York state — visited Cornell May 19 to view the work of the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS).

Cornell Atkinson has awarded $900k to support six new research projects that seek to protect coral reefs, improve greenhouse agriculture and understand whether wildfires affect disease spread.

In fall 2025, Matthew Haycook joined Cornell University’s Master of Professional Studies Program, with Quirine Ketterings of the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) as his main academic advisor. Growing up, Haycook was deeply integrated...

Patrick Webb, a globally influential scholar of nutrition, food and agriculture policy, and humanitarian assistance, will join Cornell July 1 as the inaugural executive director of the Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment in...

Raised on a small dairy farm near Binghamton, Brian Aukema’s path to Cornell was paved by 4-H and a seventh-grade spark that never dimmed. Today, as the New York State 4-H Livestock and Companion Animal Specialist, Aukema builds hands-on...

Grocery shopping online could help SNAP families access healthy foods, especially for those with young children or long commutes to grocery stores.