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Plant Science
Not the Last of Us: The Truth about Zombie Fungi
Posted in Plant Science
HBO’s new series The Last of Us has drawn millions of viewers and generated considerable buzz since its release in mid-January. Read MoreHistory & People, Plant Science
Cowpeas and the African Diaspora: What Can Natural History Collections Add?
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
Cowpeas, which belong to the legume family of plants, are an annual crop—planted anew from seed each year—grown throughout much of the world. Read MoreHistory & People, Plant Science
Cowpeas and the African Diaspora, Part Two: A Life-Giving Crop
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
Genetic, historical, and archeological evidence suggests that cowpeas were domesticated in the Sahelian region of West Africa, and perhaps also in East Africa, several thousand ... Read MoreHistory & People, Plant Science
Cowpeas and the African Diaspora, Part Three: Can Herbarium Specimens Fill Historical Gaps?
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
Unfortunately, many of the early written records of cowpeas in the Americas are ambiguous, either because the descriptions of the plants are insufficiently detailed to ... Read MoreEnvironment & Conservation, Plant Science
Color of Biodiversity
Posted in Environment & Conservation, Plant Science
Pink is not just pretty—it’s primeval. And this year, pink is being honored as PANTONE’s Color of Biodiversity. Read MoreEnvironment & Conservation, Plant Science
East End Story: Protecting Shinnecock Plant Knowledge and Biodiversity on Long Island
Posted in Environment & Conservation, Plant Science
The Indigenous people of the Shinnecock Nation have long maintained a strong connection to the plants of their homelands on the eastern end of Long ... Read MorePlant Science
More Than a Decade of Research Yields New Guide to Palms of Belize
Posted in Plant Science
We have combined our interests in plant systematics and ethnobotany to produce a compact yet comprehensive treatment of the most visible and highly useful plant ... Read MoreHistory & People, Plant Science
Remembering Thomas E. Lovejoy and Edward O. Wilson
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
This past weekend, two world-renowned biologists who were stalwart advocates for scientific research, biodiversity collections, and plant conservation at The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) ... Read MorePlant Science
The Unsettling Lifecycle of a Zombified Ant
Posted in Plant Science
Some of the things we study here at NYBG are a little creepier than others. Hear from João Araújo, Ph.D., Assistant Curator of Mycology at ... Read MoreInside our Collections, Plant Science
Cosmic Views of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt
Posted in Inside our Collections, Plant Science
Humboldt’s ideas were based on the view of the harmonic order of the Universe, a concept called cosmos, borrowed from ancient Greek philosophy. Read MoreSUBSCRIBE
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