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How one commission controls invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes
By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Dec. 4Wisconsin Sea Grant specialists commented on sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes.
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Lindsay Pfeiffer is the science editor for The Daily Cardinal.
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Ridglan Farms to close beagle breeding facility
By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Nov. 13After an agreement with the La Crosse County DA’s Office, Ridglan Farms will no longer operate under its Department of Agriculture, Trading and Consumer Protection breeding license, but will continue as a research facility.
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Lead veterinarian’s license suspended at local dog breeder after reports of animal cruelty
By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Oct. 23The Wisconsin Veterinary Examining Board suspended the license of Ridglan Farms’s lead veterinarian after finding he delegated surgeries to unlicensed employees.
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Unclawful activity? The history behind beagle breeder Ridglan Farms’s lawsuit against Dane4Dogs
By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Sep. 4Local animal rights group Dane4Dogs and Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin company breeding beagles for scientific research, are tied up in a legal battle, but the history between the two organizations goes back much further than that.
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Researchers remain concerned while an invasive insect kills Wisconsin ash trees
By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Dec. 5, 2024Emerald ash borer eats ash trees from the inside out, resulting in 99% mortality for trees in Dane County, according to PJ Liesch, an entomologist for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension.
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Why does Thanksgiving dinner leave us so sleepy?
By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Nov. 21, 2024The science behind post-Thanksgiving meal drowsiness.
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UW-Madison student organization CLEAN urges students to sign energy burden petition
By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Nov. 7, 2024Campus Leaders for Energy Action Now urge students to sign petition for a rental energy burden disclosure ordinance in Madison.
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Invasive spongy moths strip aspen tree foliage, damage a native species, UW-Madison researcher says
By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Sep. 12, 2024Rick Lindroth at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that spongy moth caterpillars strip aspen tree foliage, increasing tree defenses and causing harm to a native species.
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WHO declares mpox international public health emergency, Wisconsin remains low in risk
By Sonia Bendre and Lindsay Pfeiffer | Sep. 5, 2024A new and contagious strain of mpox has made its way out of Central Africa, but the CDC considers the risk of the strain to be low in the United States for now.
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A fresh pair of eyes unlock the secrets of daddy longlegs evolution
By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Apr. 18, 2024Recent research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reveals daddy long-legs may have six eyes.
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By Lindsay Pfeiffer | Nov. 3, 2024CLEAN community executive Amanda Sadowski (left) and community team member Natalie Bouzas (right) urge students to sign an energy burden disclosure petition on Nov. 1, 2024.
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