Environment & Conservation

How Many Plants Have Gone Extinct in the Past 250 Years?

Posted in Environment & Conservation, Plant Science

The International Day for Biological Diversity, which is today, is an especially important occasion to appreciate Earth's biodiversity and yet acknowledge that many plants and ... Read More

How to Participate in an EcoQuest Challenge

Posted in Environment & Conservation, How To, Videos

Citizen science is as simple as pulling out your smartphone. Read More

Earth Day 50: Still Closing the Circle

Posted in Environment & Conservation

As the world marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, NYBG's Dr. Brian Boom reflects on his own history with the very first event, NYBG's ... Read More

Project Rondônia: On the Ground in the Brazilian Amazon

Posted in Environment & Conservation, Videos

For most of the past decade, NYBG scientist Dr. Douglas Daly has focused his efforts on a research and training project in Rondônia, Brazil, to ... Read More

Rarest of Them All: New Research Using Data from NYBG and Other Institutions Finds More Than a Third of All Plant Species Are “Exceedingly Rare”

Posted in Environment & Conservation, Garden News

An international team of researchers, including an NYBG scientist, has concluded that more than a third of all plant species are exceedingly rare, making them ... Read More

Examining the John Torrey Papers During #ClimateWeekNYC

Posted in Environment & Conservation, Inside our Collections

John Torrey is considered one of the most important botanists in the early development of scientific botany, horticulture, and agriculture in 19th-century America. Read More

Wildlife at the Garden: Red-tailed Hawk Nest 2019

Posted in Environment & Conservation

I am happy to report that for a third straight year, a pair of Red-tailed Hawks has chosen to nest at The New York Botanical ... Read More

Amazonia Ablaze: A Record Year for Forest Fires in Brazil

Posted in Environment & Conservation, Plant Science

A renowned landscape architect, Burle Marx was also a passionate, outspoken conservationist. His writings on environmental topics in Brazil—powerful when written a half-century ago—have a ... Read More

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A New Global Assessment by the United Nations

Posted in Environment & Conservation, Garden News

Before this week, most readers probably had not heard of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), but they certainly will know ... Read More

NYBG Receives New York’s First All-Electric Truck

Posted in Environment & Conservation, Garden News

In September 2017, the New York State Attorney General announced that four non-profit organizations had been selected to demonstrate the benefits of battery-powered electric delivery ... Read More