Garden Vegetables
If you're planting your own garden this spring what will you choose to grow?…
Botanical Treasure Discovered at Lehman College
Women in ScienceCollectorsSpecimen Stories
In the basement of Lehman College’s Science Hall, in a dumpster waiting…
Frances W. Horne
Frances Horne was an academic, an artist and a botanist. She earned her…
Mary Emily Eaton
Mary Emily Eaton was an accomplished natural history illustrator employed at the…
Ghost Forests of the Mid-Atlantic
One of the most visually apparent impacts of climate change are the emerging…
The Brittons: Partners in Life and Botany
The establishment of The New York Botanical Garden was the result of…
Jeanne Baret
CollectorsWomen in ScienceExpeditions
Jeanne Baret was the first woman ever to circumnavigate the globe, but…
Three Thousand Miles up the Amazon
At the age of 61, Ynés Mexía embarked on the adventure of…
Sticky Rice
Focus on ScienceWhat's in a name?
A couple of years ago I was asked by Michael Purugganan (Dean…
Mystery Tree of Rondônia
In September 2019 I went to Rondônia state in Brazil in the…
Traditional Medicine: Momordica charantia
Momordica charantia L. is a plant species that is used in the…
Thomas Gaither - Activist and Biologist
Dr. Thomas Walter Gaither (1938 - ) was born in Great Falls, South…
Christmas Lichen
Specimen StoriesCabinet of Curiosities
This bright-colored lichen is called the 'Christmas Lichen' because of its bright…
Old Man's Beard
This lichen grows as an epiphyte on trees. They require clean air,…
Wolf lichen
The Wolf Lichen is one of the most showy North American lichens,…
Smooth rock tripe
This Umbilicaria species is regarded to be one of the largest lichens…
Giant puffball
This spectacular giant puffball can be found in meadows, fields and forests…
Discovering a Darwin Collection
Cabinet of CuriositiesSpecimen Stories
In the museum world, there's a sort of joke that you never…
Mushroom Paintings
When mycologists collect mushrooms or other fungal fruiting bodies, it's important to…
Jean Baptiste François Bulliard
Jean Baptiste François Bulliard was French physician and botanist, especially interested in fungi.…