The Lemmons: Partners in Botany
Sara Plummer met John Gill Lemmon in 1876 when he came to…
Jeanne Baret
CollectorsWomen in ScienceExpeditions
Jeanne Baret was the first woman ever to circumnavigate the globe, but…
The Brittons: Partners in Life and Botany
The establishment of The New York Botanical Garden was the result of…
A botanist's best friend
Botanists and dogs make good companions in the field. Dogs provide companionship, warn…
An Unrequited Botanical Love Story
The love of botany is responsible for both fostering and hindering this…
Hidden Women Botanists - Mrs. Herbert Huntington Smith
The NYBG herbarium has over two thousand specimens that are labeled as collected…
Flora Borinqueña
In February 1906, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Britton, founders of The New York…
Ethel Zoe Bailey
Women in ScienceFocus on Science
Ethel Zoe Bailey (1889–1983), was the first curator of the Bailey Hortorium…
Bigelow's mushroom photographs
In the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden there are over 30,000…
The Ames–Britton Connection
Specimen StoriesWomen in Science
Blanche Ames Ames (February 18, 1878 – March 2, 1969) was not…
Chicita Culberson
In early March of this year Chicita Culberson, whose work has been…
Trust in the Crust
earth /ˈərth/noun1) the planet on which we live; the world2) the substance…
The Case for Coevolution
Focus on ScienceCabinet of Curiosities
Charles Darwin’s keen observations of the natural world famously yielded predictions about…