Plant Talk
History & People, Plant Science
UnladyLike2020: Ynes Mexia
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
Ynes Mexia was an early 20th-century Mexican-American botanist and pioneering conservationist. UnladyLike2020, an innovative multimedia series created, produced, and directed by award-winning Documentary Filmmaker Charlotte ... Read MoreInside our Collections
Happy Little Trees
Posted in Inside our Collections
Like the elements of a Bob Ross painting, a little creativity can make a Herbarium specimen look like truly fantastic scenery. Read MoreInside our Collections
Herbarium Activities for Kids
Posted in Inside our Collections
What can you see? The Steere Herbarium’s 7.8 million specimens contain a world of patterns and shapes for kids to explore at home. Read MoreInside our Collections, Videos
The Hand Lens Submitted for the GLAMi Awards
Posted in Inside our Collections, Videos
This year NYBG is proud to submit The Hand Lens for consideration in the GLAMi Awards! Read MoreGarden News, Inside our Collections, Plant Science
Pressed for Time: Herbaria & Environmental Threats Assessment
Posted in Garden News, Inside our Collections, Plant Science
Herbarium specimens are one of the very few tangible sources of information about how plants and fungi lived before industrialization, and during each successive period ... Read MoreBehind the Scenes, Plant Science
Digitizing Herbarium Specimens
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Plant Science
In our Steere Herbarium, a combination of capturing ultra high-resolution images of specimens and entering detailed information about each specimen in a searchable database is ... Read MoreSUBSCRIBE
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