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Elizabeth Ann is the first black-footed ferret to be cloned. She is 50 days old in this image. - Photo via Revive and Restore

Lonsdorf: Can Clones Solve the Biodiversity Crisis?

Tara Lonsdorf March 3, 2021

In February, news broke of the first cloned endangered North American animal, a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann. Her birth is the result of cells cryogenically stored in 1988 from an individual...

(Pictured) Dr. John Hasse, a professor in the Dept. of Geography, Planning & Sustainability and the founder/director of the Geospatial Research Laboratory. - Photo via Rowan.edu

Rowan University’s NJ MAP Project Receives 2020 NJ Planning Association Excellence Award

Corey Rothauser February 3, 2021

Rowan University's Geospatial Research Lab's online visualization platform, NJ MAP, received the 2020 NJ Planning Association Excellence Award for "Outstanding Community Engagement and Education." As...

Dr. Emile DeVito gives a talk at the New Jersey Conservation Foundation at Far Hills, N.J. - Source: YouTube

Pipelines and the Pinelands

Corey Rothauser October 9, 2019

In the immensely urbanized State of New Jersey, there are few intact ecosystems left. Yet, there is still green in the garden state. In South Jersey, the Pine Barrens reign supreme. Taking up 22%...

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Concepcion: Why we should eliminate plastic straw use

Vee Concepcion April 3, 2019

As a former waitress, the amount of straws that I had to throw away was absolutely ridiculous. It was often because there was a slight tear in the paper wrapping around it, or because it was bent a certain...

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Leady: Saving the planet

Jaryd Leady February 12, 2018

I wake up, I shower, I go to the gym, I shower, I get ready for bed, I shower. It’s entirely too much and it was recently brought to my attention. My girlfriend has always been the one to know what...

Artist and biologist Brandon Ballengée with his art piece, "Collapse." -Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Art and biology intersect in Brandon Ballengée’s “Sea of Vulnerability”

Joseph Gramigna September 20, 2017

Art and biology seldom commingle. At the Rowan University Art Gallery, the two disciplines find common ground in the current installation of Brandon Ballengée’s “Sea of Vulnerability.” A professional...

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