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Historical Species & Ecosystems Study: LuEsther T. Mertz Library Collections
Posted in Inside our Collections, Plant Science
Materials held in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library are extremely important resources for research related to climate change, especially those related to species distribution and ... 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 MorePlant Science
One Thousand Plant Genomes: Understanding One Billion Years of Evolution
Posted in Plant Science
The green plant tree of life is built upon many evolutionary innovations. Plants have come a long way since they began as single-celled organisms one ... Read MorePlant Science
Living Fossils: Applying Advances in Genome Sequencing to Decode the Genomes of Ancient Plants
Posted in Plant Science
The concept of a “living fossil” was first proposed by Darwin in his book On the Origin of Species in 1859. The term “living fossil” ... Read MoreEnvironment & Conservation, Inside our Collections
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 MoreHistory & People
#plantlove: Leslie Coleman, Plant Information Specialist
Posted in History & People
As part of #plantlove at NYBG, we’re talking with people from all over the Garden about what inspires their passion for plants. Today, meet Leslie ... Read MorePlant Science
At a Crossroads: Plants and the Endangered Species Act
Posted in Plant Science
The federal government recently announced plans to significantly weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the most important legislation ever enacted to protect threatened plants and ... 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 MoreBehind the Scenes, Videos
Watch the 2019 Corpse Flower Bloom in an Instant
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Videos
This year’s corpse flower bloom was yet another spectacular display of what the world’s largest inflorescence—Amorphophallus titanum—can do. Check out this time lapse to see ... Read MoreEnvironment & Conservation
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 MoreSUBSCRIBE
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