Plants Adapt to Climate Change, But There’s a Catch
Brassica rapa, a spindly plant with yellow flowers that’s commonly known as field mustard, is…
Evolution
Study Reveals Common Threads in Urban Rat Evolution
When is a canal or a highway better at stopping movement than helping it? When…
A Day in the Wildlife: Among the Ecosystems and Ecologists at the Calder Center
At the Louis Calder Center, scientists explore ecological mysteries and study society’s impact on the…
Fordham Scientist Finds Cities Now a Major Factor in Species Evolution
Cities are not just hotbeds of human activity. They are also changing the way plants…
Calder Center at 50: Tracking Plant Evolution at Warp Speed
If you want to study how plants evolve, you need a space that you can…
Climate Change Drives Fast Genetic Changes in Plants, Study Finds
A new Fordham-led study shows how a plant species can quickly change at the genetic…
FordhamScience: Science in a Jar
When asked where he gets his ideas, science fiction writer Harlan Ellison famously answers “Schenectady.”…