At BOTANY 2025, NYBG's Cecilia Zumajo organized the symposium: "Evolutionary history of Gnetales" comprised of 6 talks & 8 speakers. She was joined by her mentee, Ormary Alvarez, who presented her research poster titled "Ovule development in the 'living fossil' Wollemia" 👏🌲 #NYBGscience

NYBG's Brad Oberle joined @globalmangroves.bsky.social's Science to Policy Webinar on the genetic footprints (eDNA) left in the air, soil, & water by organisms, & how it can be harnessed to improve mangrove biodiversity monitoring 🧬📝 Watch here! --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmpA... #NYBGscience 🐟🍄‍🟫🦟

Dehiscent fruits in Brassicaceae and Papaveraceae: convergent morpho-anatomical features with divergent underlying genetic mechanisms AbstractBackground and Aims. Dry dehiscent fruits have independently evolved multiple times during angiosperm diversification. A striking example is the co

New #scipub by NYBG's Barbara Ambrose, Cecilia Zumajo, & team explores fruit development, revealing shifts in the developmental genetic factors of dehiscence and tissue patterning, suggesting a rewiring between basal and core eudicots 🌱 academic.oup.com/aob/advance-... #NYBGscience 🧬

Hitting the beach this summer? 🌊 Take a closer look at seashells and you might just spot lichens! These resilient organisms thrive in nearly every ecosystem, including on marine life. Check out this example from 1986 in the NYBG Herbarium --> sweetgum.nybg.org/science/the-... 🐚 #NYBGscience

In June, the Society for Ethnobotany (SEB) held its annual meeting in Prague. Hosted by the Czech University of Life Sciences, 150 ethnobotanists from around the world convened to discuss research. Alex McAlvay was this year’s President of SEB, accompanied by an NYBG delegation. #NYBGscience

NYBG's Alex McAlvay is in Kenya launching ReMiCS: a project connecting farmers of diverse & nutritious mixed crops with local school meal programs. Jane Parker of Tharaka Nithi farms a 3-variety pearl millet mix, including "bird’s eye"- a bristly plant that deters birds 🐦🌾 #NYBGscience

2025 Plant Humanities Conversations: Soil Imaginaries | New York Botanical Garden Plants are the primary ecosystem builders supporting all life on earth and profoundly shaping human societies, from food and medicine to art and culture. Yet 45% of all flowering plants are threatened...

In the 4th session of 2025 Humanities Conversations, NYBG's Dr. Brad Oberle & Dumbarton Oaks' Dr. Yota Batsaki will discuss urban soil research onsite @NYBG, as well as the use of soil as living media in contemporary art. RSVP to join this free webinar! 🔗 www.nybg.org/event/2025-p... 🖼️🪵 #NYBGscience

Insights on Neotropical Plant Diversity from Collaborative Floristic and Systematic Studies | New York Botanical Garden Lowland Neotropical rain forests harbor more species of tropical trees in inventory plots than any other biome, but the underlying drivers of this diversity, as well as the historical assembly of the ...

There's still time to RSVP for today's 5pm webinar with NYBG Curator Dr. Benjamin Torke: "Insights on Neotropical Plant Diversity from Collaborative Floristic & Systematic Studies," discussing the evolution of Neotropical legumes & Amazonian flora 🌿🌱 #NYBGScience
🔗 www.nybg.org/event/neotro...

New #scipub coauthored by NYBG's Leeann Dabydeen, Greg Plunkett, Ben Torke & visiting student Rafael G.Barbosa-Silva uses Angiosperms353 data to reveal key insights into Erioculaceae, challenging long-held views of its evolution/classification 🧬🌸 www.researchgate.net/publication/... ⛰️ #NYBGscience

Episode 1 | New York Botanical Garden Paradise Bronx In the first episode of Season 2, we explore the resilience and creativity of the Bronx through the eyes of acclaimed author Ian Frazier, whose new book—Paradise Bronx: The Life & Times...

Tune in to S.2 Ep.1 of NYBG's 'Planet People' Podcast, where Ian Frazier discusses his new book "Paradise Bronx: The Life & Times of New York’s Greatest Borough" celebrating the resilience & creativity of the Bronx, NYC's greenest & most diverse borough! www.nybg.org/plantpeople/... 🌿🌳 #NYBGscience

Ancient reticulation, incomplete lineage sorting and the evolution of the pyrenoid at the dawn of hornwort diversification AbstractBackground and Aims. Resolving the phylogeny of hornworts is critical in understanding the evolution of key morphological characters that are uniqu

NYBG's @ebsessa.bsky.social & colleagues' new #scipub explores the role of incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) and ancient reticulation in resolving interrelationships and understanding the diversification and evolutionary processes within hornworts 📄🌱: academic.oup.com/aob/advance-... 🧬 #NYBGscience

Congrats to NYBG’s Fabián Michelangeli, graduate fellow Kate Samra & team on their new paper showing that anisophylly in Triolena species is linked to thermally stable and wet climactic conditions, rather than canopy-driven! 📄 --> onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌿🌧️🌡️ #NYBGscience

Advancing Floristic Knowledge and Conservation for Northeastern North America | New York Botanical Garden The New Manual Project More than 30 years ago, former New York Botanical Garden scientist Arthur Cronquist updated the Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, orig...

🌿 Join NYBG’s FREE Science Webinar to explore the "New Manual Project" with Dr. Robert Naczi—delving into the advancement of North American plant systematics & conservation. This will be held virtually on May 7th @ 5pm! 💻Register here: www.nybg.org/event/new-ma... 🌲 #NYBGscience

Can Ancient Farming Practices Tackle Modern Hunger? The Traditional Grains Mixture Project is focused on studying if innovations around an ancient practice — growing mixed grains in a single field — can improve global food security.

NYBG Asst. Curator Alex McAlvay is featured in the Rockefeller Foundation article "Can Ancient Farming Practices Tackle Modern Hunger?" regarding Ethiopia's traditional grain mixtures, which improve crop resilience to climate change #NYBGscience 🌾 www.rockefellerfoundation.org/grantee-impa...

Oophiocordyceps sinesis, "caterpillar fungus" or "yartsa gunbu"

Fritillaria cirrhosa, (baan lasoon)

NYBG Assistant Curator Kate Armstrong & colleagues visited Nepal's Tsum Valley to identify medicinal species, as well as assess harvesting/trade practices & local interest in cultivation. Oophiocordyceps sinensis & Fritillaria cirrhosa dominated among the 14 key traded species. #NYBGscience

Coffee and Caffeine Cultures | New York Botanical Garden Join us for an interdisciplinary exploration of one of the world’s most powerful plants and its active ingredient—coffee and caffeine. For over six centuries, coffee and other caffeine-rich plants have governed social rituals, economic systems, and even states of consciousness. From their origins in Africa and spread across the Indian…

Join us for "600 Years of Coffee and Caffeine Cultures" @ the Mertz Library on May 1st, 12-6pm: a free, day long conference where interdisciplinary experts will explore the history and cultural life of caffeine. Advanced registration is required --> www.nybg.org/event/coffee...
☕️🌿 #NYBGscience

#plantappreciationday is for admiring the photosynthetic roots that many orchid species have 🌺 They contain chlorophyll, the pigment responsible for that healthy, silvery green hue! #NYBGscience

✨Plant Spotlight🔎✨: Aristolochia arborea is a tree native to El Salvador, Guatemala & Mexico, w/ flowers that mimic the appearance & scent of mushrooms 🍄‍🟫 This attracts fungal gnats that carry pollen from plant to plant, aiding in the pollination of this species 🪰🌸 #plantappreciationday #NYBGscience

🚨ALERT!!🚨: Magnolia season is in full-swing! 🌸 Stop by Magnolia Way to witness the majesty of these blossoming trees as garden-goers have in decades past, including this herbarium specimen from 1928. Explore more specimens & our plant tracker here --> sweetgum.nybg.org/science/the-... 🌳 #NYBGscience

All About Ferns, with Dr. Emily Sessa of NYBG | joegardener® Evolutionary biologist Dr. Emily Sessa of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx teaches us all about ferns.

Dr. Emily Sessa, researcher & Director of the NYBG Herbarium, delves into the unique biology & history of ferns on this episode of the Joe Gardener Show podcast. She describes the ferntastic 🌿 world of "underdog plants" further in her book, linked below! #NYBGscience joegardener.com/podcast/all-...

an out of focus scientist crouches on a forest floor, snipping fern leaves into an open conical tube.

#talesfromthefield: During a field trip to the NJ Pine Barrens last summer, an NYBG scientist collected fern leaves for later laboratory analysis. After countless lab assays and hours of research, she has achieved her Ph.D., earning the title of Dr. Elissa Sorojsrisom! 🎉🌱 #NYBGscience

NYBG's Fabián A. Michelangeli & Lawrence Kelly led a group of 13 Yale graduate students on a "Tropical Field Botany" expedition to Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Hailing from 11 different countries, the students gained hands-on experience in species identification & worked w/ 80+ angiosperm families! 🌿🌸 #NYBGscience

Field Studies in Panama: Researching Aquatic Flora | New York Botanical Garden Assistant Curator Ana María Bedoya, Ph.D., recently returned from her field studies in Panama and shares her experience researching aquatic plants in the region. I have been in Panama with students an...

Working on cliffsides and in rushing rapids, Assistant Curator @botana-bedoya.bsky.social often finds herself in precarious places as she strives to discover and better understand aquatic plantlife on Earth. Get a first-hand look at what the adventurous life of a botanist involves. #NYBGScience

NYBG Science: A Year of Global Partnership and Local Action | New York Botanical Garden 2024 was a major year for science at NYBG. We made important impacts both locally and globally in furthering the public understanding of plant science and biodiversity conservation efforts. Impact of ...

Hello Bluesky! We're now live, and will soon be bringing you the latest adventures and discoveries from NYBG's team of expert scientists—who work around the globe to tackle our planet's climate and biodiversity crises.

Need to catch up? See what we've been up to over the last year. #NYBGScience