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MSU-led international research team receives $1 million grant to build multi-disciplinary precision livestock farming network

Published on March 1, 2021
Building a multi-disciplinary livestock farming network is the focus of a new $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems program.
MSU professor leads the way on PFAS research

Published on February 12, 2021
Studying the effects of contaminants on fish populations
MSU researcher leading Great Lakes sea lamprey eradication project

Published on February 5, 2021
Helping to prevent both the decline of native fish populations and negative impacts on the fishing industry
Examining the impact of climate change on freshwater fish

Published on February 4, 2021
Research in the MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife uses maps and models to create a more sustainable future for Michigan waters and the fish that live in them.
MSU scientist’s work to eradicate invasive grass carp earns national recognition

Published on February 4, 2021
Kelly Robinson receives 2020 Decision Analysis Practice Award
Fisheries and wildlife researcher partners with MDNR to study red swamp crayfish

Published on February 4, 2021
Focusing on eradicating emerging invasive species
Scientists advocate breaking laws – of geography and ecology

Published on February 2, 2021
All that’s local is a lot more global, and scientists say solutions can only be found through broader views and collaborations nearby and far away.
Creating innovative models to assess spread, possible management of deadly chronic wasting disease

Published on February 1, 2021
Researchers in the Boone and Crockett Quantitative Wildlife Center are taking on the insidious deer disease.
Improving the health of Michigan’s fishes

Published on February 1, 2021
Thomas Loch, who leads the Aquatic Animal Disease Ecology Program of the MSU Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory, and his team perform an array of clinical and diagnostic analyses on fish in Michigan.
Remembering a true champion of conservation

Published on February 1, 2021
Bill Porter — a beloved researcher, mentor and the first Boone and Crockett Chair of Wildlife Conservation at MSU — died in October 2020. He was 69.
MSU Quantitative Fisheries Center meeting dire modeling, decision-making needs for Great Lakes fishery management

Published on February 1, 2021
Nearly two decades ago, scientists at Michigan State University seized an opportunity to add their expertise in sophisticated quantitative methods to the fold through an initiative called the Quantitative Fisheries Center.
Scientists to global policymakers: treat fish as food to help solve world hunger

Published on January 18, 2021
Fish provide 17% of the animal protein consumed globally and are rich in micronutrients and essential fatty acids. In Ambio experts argue seeing fish in a food system perspective.
MSU researcher receives Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant to continue lake sturgeon study

Published on January 11, 2021
Kim Scribner, a professor in the MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, has received a $780,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for research to restore declining lake sturgeon populations in Michigan.
Ships take environmentally friendly path

Published on January 11, 2021
Ships passing through the Aleutian Islands are heeding advisories to stay further from shore for safety.
Pandas’ popularity ‘umbrella’ not protecting neighbors

Published on January 4, 2021
Doubt is cast on the long-held hope that the conservation protections granted pandas and other adored threatened species extended to their wildlife neighbors, calling for broader conservation efforts.