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Botanical Families

Nov 19 2019

Collectors

Memories are made on every field expedition. It's no wonder that for…

Works of Art Focus on Science

Botanical Lessons

Oct 18 2019

Botany students must learn the structures of flowers in all their intricate variety.…

Women in Science Collectors Specimen Stories

Botanical Ragtime

Mar 22 2023

Works of Art

Artists find inspiration from an infinite number of sources, and many artists…

By Kenneth Reginald Otero-Walker, Matthew C. Pace

Botanical Treasure Discovered at Lehman College

Sep 19 2025

In the basement of Lehman College’s Science Hall, in a dumpster waiting…

Botany & Birds: Taking Flight

May 12 2023

Cabinet of Curiosities

The exhibition on now at The New York Botanical Garden, is the work of…

By Matthew C. Pace

Britton's Chara

May 13 2019

In the United States, there is no formal regulation for the endangered…

By Laura Briscoe

Brown and Beautiful

Nov 1 2020

Works of Art

Whether naturally brown, or turning brown during the preservation steps needed to create herbarium…

Buried Treasure

May 14 2021

When you think of buried treasure, what image comes to mind? Some…

By Kelcie Brown

Captain Cook

Feb 5 2019

Expeditions Collectors

The first voyage of James Cook was an expedition to the south…

Cabinet of Curiosities Focus on Science

Carnivorous plants

Apr 22 2019

Watch out, these plants are hungry! Most carnivorous plants grow in bogs…

Women in Science Works of Art Collectors

Carol Gracie: Interpreter of Nature's Stories

Mar 10 2023

A beloved member of the NYBG community for over 40 years, Carol…

Focus on Science What's in a name?

Caroline Coventry Haynes

Mar 10 2022

Women in Science

Caroline Coventry Haynes (1858-1951) is best known for her significant contributions to…

By Amanda M. Chandler, Greer Lowenstein

Catnip: A Felicitous Herb

Aug 8 2019

Calling all cat lovers! As I was digitizing plants for the Southern…

By Philip Evich

Cattleya

Jan 27 2023

Plant Love Specimen Stories

Cattleya is a genus of 129 tropcial American orchids distributed from Costa…

By Matthew C. Pace

Celebrating Cryptogamic Botanists from Latin America

Oct 13 2022

Collectors

The Caribbean, Central America, and South America have long been geographical focal…

By Salem S. Hunter, Tristen J. Pasternak, Amanda M. Chandler, Laura Briscoe

Celebrating Pride with Flowers

Jun 13 2019

Works of Art Specimen Stories

As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots during…

By McKenna Coyle

Charles Fremont

Mar 22 2019

Collectors

Most of us take road maps for granted. Early voyagers across the…

By Amy Weiss, Nicole Tarnowsky

Chicita Culberson

Mar 31 2023

Cabinet of Curiosities Focus on Science

In early March of this year Chicita Culberson, whose work has been…

By Jeremy W. Howland, Laura Briscoe

Chock-full of chromosomes

May 8 2019

Behold this fern which has the highest recorded chromosome number of any living…

Specimen Stories Cabinet of Curiosities

Christmas Lichen

Feb 5 2019

This bright-colored lichen is called the 'Christmas Lichen' because of its bright…

By Laura Briscoe

Christmas Tree Species

Nov 20 2019

Though most Christmas trees are in the pine family, Pinaceae, they are…

Clara Eaton Cummings

Mar 10 2022

Women in Science

Clara E. Cummings (1855-1906) was a cryptogamic botanist who focused primarily on…

By Amanda M. Chandler, Greer Lowenstein

Climate Change & Alpine Retreat

Sep 27 2019