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With a grant of $2,355,000 over five years, Marcos Simoes-Costa, assistant professor of molecular biology and genetics, will investigate how the spatial complexity of an organism is generated in early development.

The health of Earth’s oceans is rapidly worsening, and newly published Cornell-led research has examined changes in reported diseases across undersea species at a global scale over a 44-year period.

By editing specialized genes into laboratory fruit flies, scientists have reconstructed evolution and instantly conferred in the flies the same toxin resistance enjoyed by monarch butterflies.

Researchers, including Tory Hendry, assistant professor of microbiology, have uncovered new insights into a symbiosis between bioluminescent bacteria and deep-sea anglerfish. 

A team of scientists from seven institutions has published research that shows a massive loss of nearly 3 billion breeding adult birds since 1970, with devastating losses among birds in every biome.

Students in the Cornell Raptor Program staged a mock debate, eagles vs. falcons, on NBC Sports' "Football Night in America" show before the Philadelphia vs. Atlanta NFL game.

Chelsea Specht, the Barbara McClintock Professor of Plant Biology in the School of Integrative Plant Science, has been appointed the inaugural associate dean for diversity and inclusion for CALS.

“Bird of Prey,” the first feature documentary produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, was released to the public June 13. It tells the story of the great Philippine eagle, the largest and rarest bird of prey in the world.

Maria Harrison and Mariana Wolfner are among 100 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced April 30. 

More than 40 students and a dozen faculty and staff were honored for their outstanding achievements in undergraduate education, teaching and advising.

Ahmed Ahmed ’17, whose remarkable journey led him from a Kenyan refugee camp to Cornell, has been awarded a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which will support his medical school studies.

A Cornell researcher, who is a leader in developing a new type of gene editing CRISPR system, and colleagues have used the new method for the first time in human cells – a major advance in the field.

A new study reports on a robust and efficient new method – using the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 – for studying gene function.

As part of the CALS Global Fellows Program, Cornell undergraduate students now have the opportunity to participate in summer research internships at Szent István University in Hungary.

One of Cornell’s two flowering-sized Titan arums —dubbed Wee Stinky for its putrid smell — is set to bloom for the fourth time.

Changing winds may make it harder for North American birds to migrate south in the autumn but make it easier for them to come north in the spring.

A new series of dynamic bird maps from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology reveals unprecedented details not only about where the birds are, but how their numbers and habitats change through the seasons and years.

New research suggests for the first time that everything in those male birds-of-paradise theatrical breeding displays is driven by one thing: the female.

This year's AAAS electees from Cornell CALS include experts in entomology, ecology and evolutionary biology, animal behavior, natural resources and food safety.