Bird lovers are more motivated to take action to prevent birds from colliding with their windows by messages that stress the effectiveness of those measures, while emotional appeals are more persuasive for the general public, a Cornell study finds.
Insecticides added to cattle feed to combat flies “significantly lower” populations of dung beetles, which control flies naturally, new research finds.
Helping to combat the rising threat of antibiotic resistance, Cornell biologists have identified a surprising mechanism that weakens bacteria from within—an insight that could guide the next generation of antibiotics as drug resistance rises worldwide.
The Employee Assembly presented the award to Adrienne Mason, the administrative director for two departments in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, on Aug.29.
A new study provides an example of asymmetry, a pattern found throughout biology where a pair of organs or appendages that mirror each other have different proportions and may have different functions.
A 25-year partnership between Cornell researchers and New York State Parks culminates at the 2025 Ryder Cup, the most sustainable professional golf tournament to date.
Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, assistant professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a biomedical sciences grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Cornell researchers have uncovered the genetic triggers that cause male and female bovine embryos to develop differently, as early as seven to eight days after fertilization.