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• UW Arboretum Launches Community-based Research Survey on Jumping Worms September 27, 2021

  Jumping worms are a group of non-native invasive earthworms that are invading forests, gardens, and landscaped areas throughout the United States. The first confirmed population… Read more

• Curtis Prairie: A Restoration Gem July 1, 2021

  The science of restoration ecology traces its beginning to the UW–Madison Arboretum with the first attempt to turn an abandoned field into a tallgrass prairie. Read more

• Most of Wisconsin has no native earthworms. What's with that? June 17, 2021

  Plenty of Wisconsin gardeners are suffering from worm confusion. Alarms sounded a few years ago about invasive jumping worms, ramping up the anxiety for a… Read more

• What’s with These Invasive “Crazy” Worms and Why Can’t We Get Rid of Them? May 6, 2021

  Tiny, wriggling horrors are hatching right now, under our feet, across the country. No, not the billions of Brood X cicadas emerging throughout… Read more

• Jumping Worms Are Eating — And Altering — Wisconsin's Forest and Garden Soils April 5, 2021

  After months of cold and snow, the arrival of mild spring weather is beckoning gardeners around Wisconsin. Yet increasingly, green thumbs are being tested by… Read more

• Arboretum 2021 Research Fellowship Recipients Announced March 30, 2021

  The Arboretum is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Research Fellowships. Three graduate students were granted fellowships for projects that investigate unique… Read more

• Arboretum Staff Receive Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Seed Project Grant for Jumping Worm Outreach March 30, 2021

  Seeing a need to learn more about the impact of jumping worms on native and ornamental plants commonly used in home landscapes, and then create… Read more

• Monarch Winter 2020–21 Population Numbers Released February 26, 2021

  According to newly released data, the population of monarch butterflies in Mexico wintering sites decreased by 26 percent over last winter. On February 25, 2021,… Read more

• New Zine Reveals the Wonderful World of Microbes February 11, 2021

  The Arboretum is excited to release The Wonderful World of Microbes – a fascinating and beautifully illustrated zine about the widespread influence of tiny organisms… Read more

• Research Symposium Showcases Student Research January 28, 2021

  The 21st-annual Arboretum Research Symposium will be held virtually on February 18, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CST. This free event is… Read more

• Cheers to the 2019 Arboretum Research Fellows September 29, 2020

  Last fall, the Arboretum welcomed its first cohort of Arboretum Research Fellows. With fellowship support, five graduate students conducted projects in forest ecology,… Read more

• As Summer Takes Hold, So Do the Jumping Worms July 22, 2020

  “At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, study of the worms began after they were discovered on the grounds in 2013. ‘They may have a cascading,… Read more

• Director’s Note, June 2020 June 1, 2020

  To the UW–Madison Arboretum Community, I hope that you are safe and healthy, and that the rhythms of the natural world are a source of… Read more

• Prescribed Fire Research at Wingra Overlook Prairie June 1, 2020

  Prior to European settlement, fires were a natural part of the North American landscape. Some habitat types, such as prairies, evolved to depend on fire… Read more

• Land Care Report: Monitoring and Restoring Noe Woods April 30, 2020

  Entering the Arboretum on McCaffrey Drive from Seminole Highway, visitors are greeted by a high canopy of large oaks and other tree species and then… Read more

• Arboretum 2020 Research Fellowship Recipients Announced April 30, 2020

  The Arboretum is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Research Fellowships. Five graduate students were granted fellowships for projects that investigate… Read more

• Director’s Note, May 2020 April 30, 2020

  To the UW–Madison Arboretum Community, I hope that you are safe and healthy, and that the hope and promise of this season and the natural… Read more

• Steve Ackerman Named Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education at UW–Madison March 2, 2020

  UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has named Steve Ackerman as the next Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE). News story» The vice chancellor… Read more

• February Symposium Highlights Student Research February 27, 2020

  On Thursday, February 13, UW–Madison students presented their Arboretum-based research projects to more than 100 people at the twentieth-annual Arboretum Research Symposium. During student talks,… Read more

• Cancel Earthworms January 23, 2020

  “In the absence of worms, North American hardwood forests develop a thick blanket of duff—a mille-feuille of slowly decomposing leaves deposited over the course of… Read more