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Adult Colorado potato beetles eat a potato leaf.

News

October 30, 2025

Sprayable RNA pesticide works best when potato beetles are small

The first sprayable insecticide made of RNA can target and kill ravenous Colorado potato beetles while sparing most beneficial insects, making it a promising environmentally friendly option.

Cornell AgriTech
Entomology

Field Note

October 29, 2025

From dairy to trailblazing career in public service: Ashley Randle ’11

This year, Ashley E. Randle ’11, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, led the effort to launch the first “Year of Youth in Agriculture” in Massachusetts, with the goal to engage youth in farming. The initiative...

Animal Science
Agriculture
Animals

A jaguar stands in a stream in the jungle.

News

October 23, 2025

Bezos grant to fund AI innovations to monitor and protect wildlife

A $1.8 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund will help the Cornell Lab of Ornithology develop acoustic sensors and artificial intelligence analytics to identify real-time threats to forests from illegal activities and provide insights into...

Lab of Ornithology
Animals

Superb Fairywren and Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo on a branch

News

October 3, 2025

Birds’ vocal warnings provide new insight into the origins of language

New research sheds light on the evolution of language, discovering a link between innate and learned vocalizations.

Lab of Ornithology
Animals

Hand holding a phone with charts displayed with a cow in the background.

News

September 30, 2025

Cornell awarded NSF grant to build AI-ready living lab for agriculture

Cornell University has been awarded a portion of a $2 million planning initiative from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish AI4Ag, a national testbed for artificial intelligence in agriculture.