Humanity may forfeit the chance to save North Atlantic right whales from extinction if conservation policies are not drawn up and implemented fast, says a new Cornell study in Oceanography.
Carl Gortzig, professor emeritus and chair of the former Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, died June 2 at the Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home in Ithaca at age 87.
A study finds that following an asteroid impact 66 million years ago, only small ground-dwelling birds survived a mass extinction, profoundly changing the course of bird evolution.
Events this week include a celebration of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art's 45th anniversary, ongoing exhibition of the Wicked Witch of the West's crystal ball and food science presentations.
Cornell will establish a new Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, thanks to $1 million in state funding.
Cornell researchers are benefitting from the launch of the Cornell Institute of Biotechnology’s new Metabolomics core facility, which opened in January.
