Staff
![Scott Collins and Kathryn Poloff of Hoofprint Biome pose smiling in their lab coats.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/animal-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2023/11/hoofprint-biome-collins-polkoff.jpg)
Trusting Their Gut: NC State Spinout Company Knows Cows Hold the Key to Quickly Cooling the Climate
![a greyish rhinoceros stands on a grassy hill; several other rhinos are sleeping on the ground nearby](https://cals.ncsu.edu/animal-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2023/06/white-rhino.jpg)
How Studying Poop May Help Us Boost White Rhino Populations
![Caroline Vande Berg sits next to a food trough, where a row of heifers eat.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/animal-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2023/05/carolinevandebergstory-hero.jpg)
Students Churn Out Dairy Creations From Farm to Table
![Students work with samples in the Hydraulics Lab in Fitts-Woolard Hall on Centennial Campus; hands-on experience is a core component of student research.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/animal-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2023/03/our-feature-story-feature-image.jpg)
Nurturing Research Know-How, One Student at a Time
![two elephants silhouetted against the sunrise](https://cals.ncsu.edu/animal-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/05/ange-elephant-2022-header.jpeg)
Researchers Conduct First Assessment of Metabolites in African Savanna Elephants
Graduate Returns to His Roots in the Online Master of Animal Science
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Active Duty Animal Science: Olivia Jones Pursues Her Passion
![Billy Ray Vickers carries the ball down field in a Technician photo, circa 1979.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/animal-science/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2021/01/vickers-1500-2.jpg)
Major Player
Nina Gierbolini
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