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The common tern is a sweet little waterbird, with white wings like an angel’s and a distinctive kee-er cry. They are fierce protectors of their families, fearlessly chasing down eagles and tirelessly building up their ground nests, which they...

Doctoral student Sylvana Ross and a team of Cincinnati youths spent their summer studying city-dwelling insects, amassing data that can inform decisions that support healthy green spaces.

September 4, 2026

Enthusiasm is always palpable at a Junior DAIRY LEADER graduation, held in August on the Cornell campus at Stocking Hall. The day is a culmination of an intense year of hands-on learning, exposure to industry issues, networking, farm tours and...

A Cornell-led research project is developing robots that can perform labor-intensive orchard operations; it’s supported by a four-year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative.

This discovery could help engineer living materials into different forms, such as the custom of growing bridges from roots in India, and breeding kale so it’s smooth instead of crinkly.

The PRO-DAIRY Agriservice Awards recognize outstanding contributions to New York agriculture and long-standing support of the PRO-DAIRY program. “This year’s recipients represent the strong partnerships that help drive innovation, education and...

by Angelina Tang '28 Millions of pets in the United States enter animal shelters every year, putting facilities at capacity with no end in sight anytime soon. Couple that with a trend of dogs, particularly large dogs, spending more and more time...

Kathy Burns' path to Cornell Cooperative Extension Onondaga County began with a chance discovery: a job listing for a Master Gardener Program Coordinator that caught her eye. She applied, drawn by the opportunity to combine her experience...

The June 2026 Dairy Market Watch provides an overview of dairy market trends affecting producers in the Northeast Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO #1). Component production remained historically strong, with average butterfat and protein tests...

What sparked your interest in robotics, and how did your journey lead you to this field? I’m not actually a roboticist, which may seem unusual given that I study in a robotics lab. Our work extends far beyond building robots: We draw on software...

If there’s someone that every animal science student knows, it would be Jeremy Allen, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies. And that’s for the better — from teaching to advising, Allen values helping students above all else. “My...

Mirielle Sherman leaned over her scientific poster, making a few final adjustments before presenting her work at Cornell AgriTech’s Summer Research Scholars symposium in July. Photographs of grapevines covered the poster. Some showed cameras...

Folic acid does not elevate toxic formaldehyde in the body, according to a new study on mice and human cancer patients who consumed high doses.

As an 8-year-old with a market turkey project, Autumn Lavine had no idea that 4-H would become her life's work. Now the 4-H New York State Fair and international exchange coordinator, Lavine has spent more than 20 years helping youth build...

Seven Cornell research teams have received Center for Advanced Technology grants to advance early-stage life science technologies through collaborations with biotechnology companies across New York state.

Diet changes and infection resize an organism’s intestines through different cellular strategies. In malnourished fruit flies, infectious microbes became a source of food, not just a threat.

Cows depend on microbes to live. Thousands of different species inhabit the rumen, the largest section of a cow’s four-section stomach. They ferment the grass that cow eats and extract nutrients, providing metabolites essential for the cow to...

The free website, called MeatSuite, helps customers find local meat producers and estimates the costs and savings of buying meat in bulk.