A new gift to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will further expansion of the sound archive and its signature Merlin Bird ID app which is opening the world of birds to more and more people around the world.
The Hudson River Eel Project – which has netted, counted and released roughly 2 million juvenile eels since its inception in 2008 – owes its success to a cadre of nearly 1,000 high school, college and adult citizen scientists donating time and effort each spring along the Hudson River.
Francine Barchett, a doctoral candidate in natural resources and the environment, was selected as the third youth representative for the World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors since the program launched in 2021.
Feline-centric chatbot connects cat owners with credible, science-based information in a novel way. Users can ask the chatbot questions, get to the answers quickly and ask follow-up questions – or even play games.
For the first time, cows at dairy farms across the U.S. have tested positive for avian flu. The virus is believed to have spread to at least five states. Cornell University experts are available to discuss impacts and precautions.
Two faculty members – one studying killer fungi and the other using yeast to find safer painkillers – are winners of Schwartz grants, given annually to female faculty or faculty who enhance the diversity, equity and inclusion goals of the university.
Awarded graduate students will study sustainability, biodiversity, accelerating energy transitions, advancing human health, increasing food security or addressing climate change.