Jane Colden - America's First Female Botanist
Highly respected among her male peers in the 18th century, Jane Colden…
Carol Gracie: Interpreter of Nature's Stories
Women in ScienceWorks of ArtCollectors
A beloved member of the NYBG community for over 40 years, Carol…
Addisonia
Addisonia: Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants was a journal published by…
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…
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…
Pertusaria andersoniae
Specimen StoriesWomen in Science
Some of our herbarium specimens are of incredibly rare species. This is…
Violetta White
Violetta Susan Elizabeth White Delafield (1875–1949) was a promising young mycologist at the…
Some Algae of Nova Scotia
Although the bulk of specimens that find their way into the New…
Mary Treat
Those who have read Barbara Kingsolver's newest novel, Unsheltered, will be familiar with the…
Ellen's Algae
See more of Ellen Hutchin's beautifully detailed marine algae collections.
Wild Cinnamon
Although not related to true cinnamon, Cinnamodendron corticosum is a similar spice tree.…
Exploring the Conservation Status of Jamaican Root Tonic…
Jamaican root tonics are fermented beverages composed of roots, bark, and other…
Becoming a mountain woman
Marie Mooar spent a lot of time in the wilds of western…
A trip to Fire Island with Peggy Hopkins
While we might not get to summer with the likes of Madonna…
Women in Genera
What's in a name?Women in Science
For as long as we've been using binomial nomenclature to name species,…
Women's Scientific Empowerment
Natural history was immensely popular in the Victorian era, but women were…
The Lemmons: Partners in Botany
Sara Plummer met John Gill Lemmon in 1876 when he came to…
From 1920’s adventure narrative to new species –…
Focus on ScienceWhat's in a name?
The amount of time between when a species is first collected and…