Local efforts to control nutrient runoff could stave off toxic cyanobacterial blooms around the world despite a warming climate, according to a Cornell researcher's article in Science magazine. (Oct. 6, 2011)
A 23-year partnership between the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, and the College of Veterinary Medicine provides care for endangered species while giving veterinarians and students specialized training.
After three decades of being lost, the nine-spotted ladybug, New York's official insect, has finally been found in New York state - rediscovered first by a citizen scientist on Long Island July 30. (Oct. 3, 2011)
A new hydrogen filling station – nestled in Ithaca – could help to activate a new, national energy economy, since automakers plan to begin selling fuel-cell cars by 2016.
As oil washes ashore along the Gulf Coast, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is asking birders to keep an eye on nesting birds - not just near water, but hundreds of miles inland. (July 7, 2010)
With new Iscol Internships for a Sustainable Future, three rising seniors spent the summer working with the Environmental Defense Fund on projects concerning the ocean, pollution and chemical testing. (Sept. 21, 2011)
Four Cornell undergraduates will showcase their scholarly articles at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Feb. 17-21 in Washington, D.C. (Feb. 18, 2011)
Cornell's 100+ MPG Team is one of 43 that have made it to the next stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Competition, contest officials announced Oct. 19. (Oct. 20, 2009)
Researchers and extension educators are working to help promote regional wild fish and game species to locavores as healthy food options, by adding the data they've collected to nutritional databases and starting a Wild Harvest Table initiative.