Grappling Grouse: Conservation for the Birds

Grappling Grouse: Conservation for the Birds

Puff up your chest, greater sage-grouse: you’re getting your limelight!   Strut your stuff: The greater sage-grouse, the largest grouse in North America, has seen a decline in its habitat over the years. The bird’s habitat—sagebrush—has seen destruction from...
Snake: It’s What’s For Dinner

Snake: It’s What’s For Dinner

Feeling sustainable? You might consider a main course that’s a little… different.   If it doesn’t bite (or squeeze) you first.   Plating up pythons: Researchers in Thailand and Vietnam recently conducted a study suggesting that python meat may be the answer...
Invasive Plants Are Ticking Time Bombs

Invasive Plants Are Ticking Time Bombs

New research from the University of California, Davis found that an explosion of invasive plants is possible even decades or centuries after introduction. These ticking time bombs could be lying in wait for the right conditions—or adapting to the new...
Moo-ving the Needle on Insulin Production

Moo-ving the Needle on Insulin Production

Cows could give Big Pharma a run for its money.   Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture and the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil are studying how cows can produce insulinfor humans.   Moo-ving the needle: In the study,...
Farm Kids Fretting About FAFSA

Farm Kids Fretting About FAFSA

The FAFSA Simplification Act, which passed in December 2020, is creating complexities that concern college-bound farm kids.   The previous FAFSA process didn’t take into account the value of family farms or the net worth of small businesses employing fewer than...