The explosive popularity of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound is transforming the way Americans treat obesity, with demand soaring beyond doctors’ offices and into online marketplaces, med spas and unregulated gray-market vendors. And while the medications are helping many people lose significant weight and improve their health, one Madison doctor warns the trend is outpacing the science.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) wildlife ecologist quickly swung into action. He placed a small speaker on the hood of the truck and set it to play the same “Who cooks for you?” call on repeat, an irresistible provocation for the aggressively territorial owl species. Then, he pulled his 12-gauge Beretta shotgun from the truck’s cab and snapped a single birdshot-packed cartridge into place.
Lily leaf beetle, also called scarlet lily beetle, is an invasive species that is native to parts of Europe and Asia. It first showed up in Wisconsin in 2014 in the Wausau area. It likely came in with infected nursery stock to a garden center or big box store in that part of the state and was then purchased by customers who moved the plants elsewhere, said entomologist PJ Liesch, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab.
