Borrowing a leaf from biology to preserve threatened languages

Published: 13 December 2017

One of the world’s 7,000 languages vanishes every other week, and half – including scores of indigenous North American languages -- might not survive the 21st century, experts say. To preserve as...

Statistical tool reveals climate change impacts on plants

Published: 6 November 2017

Early flowering, early fruiting: Anecdotal evidence of climate change is popping up as quickly as spring crocuses, but is it coincidence or confirmation that plants’ timing is shifting in response...

Mammals, spiny plants and the savanna story

Published: 7 September 2016

McGill Newsroom The evolution and distribution of spiny plants holds clue to spread of African savanna

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