Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Squirrels
Posted in Photography on December 26 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Well that was quick! Time to get back to the task at hand: Preparing for the winter! Or so our furry friends would have you believe.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Wildlife on July 26 2011, by Thomas Andres
Thomas C. Andres is an Honorary Research Associate at the Garden. |
Humans weren’t the only ones suffering during last week’s record-breaking heatwave. The Garden’s plants and animals were also feeling the heat. And while the plants relied upon human-intervention to maintain their cool, the Garden’s feathered and fluffy residents were able to take matters into their own hands, paws, and wings.
Coping Mechanism One: Cool Off the Belly On a Mossy Tree Trunk

Eastern Gray Squirrel
Coping Mechanism Two: Sip a Mimosa

Tiger Swallowtail feeding on the nectar of a Mimosa tree, Albizia julibrissin
More coping mechanisms below!
Posted in Photography on February 20 2011, by Plant Talk
We know they’re just squirrels, but we can’t help it. They really are pretty funny animals.

Do you have food? (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on January 24 2011, by Plant Talk
Squirrels. They have so much attitude. Where does it come from?

Squirrel! (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on December 19 2010, by Plant Talk
Was it you?

Tracks in the Snow (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on November 26 2010, by Plant Talk
It’s Black Friday. Time to shop, hop, hop!

Common Squirrel (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on November 17 2010, by Plant Talk
This reminds us quite a bit of our favorite Twitter user, Common Squirrel.

Do a Little Dance (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen).