Colin Khoury is the Global Conservation Lead Coordinator of the Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants. With increasing threats to plant diversity limiting our options for developing healthier and more resilient food systems, new papers in Plant...

Conservation gap analysis using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools relies on several sources of biological and environmental data, including in situ species occurrences and climatic and other environmental variables used to conduct species distri...

<p>Gabi Martínez explora el fascinante y vital universo de las plantas a través de una conversación con el científico colombiano Mauricio Diazgranados, director científico del Jardín Botánico de Nueva...

In the Bronx, NYC will unearth its first waterway to alleviate flooding and pollution -- a test case as it scrambles to adapt to a changing climate.

Abstract. The mutualistic symbiosis between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is widespread in plants but has been abandoned several times. Aban

Protecting wild populations and working landscapes: the case for transitioning to size-based criteria for federal regulation of American ginseng, Sheban, Karam C, Burr, Nat S, Plattner, Anna K, Duguid, Marlyse C, McAlvay, Alex C, Bradford, Mark A

Colin Khoury is Project Manager of the Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants (GCCFP) in the Center for Plants, People, and Culture at the New York Botanical Garden. “Great love springs from g...

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Este científico del Jardín Botánico de Nueva York descubrió todo un género de plantas que se encuentra en el norte de la Amazonia.

The Woody Plant Conference is a full-day seminar series on woody plants & their use in Mid-Atlatic landscapes held at the Scott Arboretum & Gardens in Swarthmore, PA

Urban green spaces are often overlooked in biodiversity research, with most ecological studies instead focusing on more “natural” environments like forests and grasslands. However, parks and gardens i...

Formulating software for the study of plant genomes

Vast numbers of plant and fungal species are still unknown to science, while biodiversity loss and climate change accelerate. Kew’s sixth State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report explores how digi...

Botanical gardens worldwide unite to promote plant-based responses to climate change.

When I was about 10 years old, I started drawing insects from observation. I would lift up the tetherball poll and tire in my backyard, and crickets, centipedes, and pillbugs would scatter all around,...

In our final Plant People episode of Season 3, we explore forests of a different sort—those that live beneath the ocean's waves.

On this episode of Plant People, host Jennifer Bernstein—CEO and The William C. Steere Senior President of NYBG—joins Dr. Dennis Stevenson, previously NYBG's Vice President for Botanical Science, to e...

Islands serve as natural laboratories for studying evolution. In fast-flowing rivers, rapids and waterfalls are discrete rocky habitats, acting as insular freshwater landscape units. In the Neotropic...

In this episode of Plant People, host Jennifer Bernstein, CEO and The William C. Steere Sr. President of NYBG, sits down with Professor Pathmanathan Umaharan, Director of the Cocoa Research Centre at ...

Los sueños verdes de Mauricio Díazgranados, director científico del Jardín Botánico

Before New York, there was nature. After New York, there will also be nature. Nature was, is, and forever will be a co-creator of the city we call home. The more closely we align our lives with the wa...

In this episode, we're joined by Anya Stansell, Western New York Small Fruits Specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension, to discuss the largest fruit native to the United States—one that you may ne...

Every month is Earth Month at NYBG, where we're dedicated to advancing plant research and conservation at home, in the Bronx, and around the world! We look to plants (and history) for the answers in addressing some of our most pressing environmental challenges. Learn more about NYBG’s work in protecting…

In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Rob Naczi, Arthur J. Cronquist Curator of North American Botany at the New York Botanical Garden. Listen in as he and host Jennifer Bernstein, NYBG President and C...

“Together, we can transform the entire watershed.” — Jennifer Bernstein, CEO and William C. Steere Sr. President   This year’s annual Bronx River Assembly convened at NYBG on Thursday, March 5, bringi...

A care for plants is a care for the planet, say Ben Goulet-Scott, Ph.D., and Jacob S. Suissa, Ph.D., who are co-founders of Let's Botanize®—an educational non-profit promoting the hobby of botanizing ...

In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Melissa Abdo, a Floridian whose work in conservation has brought her face to face with countless captivating yet threatened plants in the swamps of the southeast—in...

Human land-use and stewardship practices have long shaped ecosystems globally, but deciphering their effects today is challenging due to preservation …

The gametangia are critical organs of the land plant gametophyte that form, house, and disperse the gametes. Because of their biological importance, gametangium structure tends to be highly conserved ...

In this episode we're joined by Michael Goergen, President and CEO of The American Chestnut Foundation, to discuss the tragic past—and hopeful future—of the American chestnut tree.

Living plant collections hold an immense wealth of plant diversity and have critical educational, scientific and conservation roles. This Perspective examines current data management practices of livi...

Leafless, parasitic plants are among the most fascinating species, and about half of these occur within the orchid family. Yet, they are among the most dif

A tool for searching and comparing nearly 200 historical maps across New York City.

Living plant collections hold an immense wealth of plant diversity and have critical educational, scientific and conservation roles. This Perspective examines current data management practices of livi...

In 2025, NYBG launched a new Science Strategy, a pathway through 2030 to position the Garden as an innovator in future science and research conservation.

Genera with species of multiple ploidy levels provide models to understand successive rounds of whole genome duplication leading to intricate reticula…