Month: August 2021
Craig Trester is a mycologist focused on educating residents of the New York City area about the benefits that fungi have for our health, environment, and society. Check…
Dr James Lendemer is a lichenologist and Associate Curator, Institute of Systematic Botany, at the New York Botanical Garden. Check out both of our Lichen Virtual Taxon Leaders in…
Friday, August 27, 2:00-3:00 Impress your friends with your ability to distinguish dragonflies from damselfiles, and bees from wasps! Featuring Seth Wollney, Sarah Kornbluth, and Caroline Devan.
Tuesday, August 31, 1:00-2:00 The colorful and complex worlds of plants and lichens are all around you, once you know where to look. Featuring James Lendemer and Kelly…
Tuesday, August 31, 5:00-6:00 Know your newts from your greenshields from your toadstools. Learn where to look for species that might be hidden–or hiding in plain sight. Featuring…
Dr Gautam Surya is a scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, working on a variety of climate adaptation and conservation planning projects around the world (e.g. Afghanistan, Cameroon,…
Wednesday, September 1, 1:00-2:00 In the air! On that flower! In the trees! Learn about common species of birds and bees in New York, and where you can…
Dr Jessica Allen is a biologist at Eastern Washington University specializing in lichens. She is the co-discoverer of three species of lichen, including Japewiella dollypartoniana (Dolly’s Dots) and…
Dr M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid is a biologist at Bridgewater State University. The Brooklyn Bridge Park BioBlitz will be her ninth Macaulay BioBlitz. Caitlin says, “I am a herpetologist,…
Seth Wollney is a New York native with interests ranging from dragonflies to birds and everything in-between. He currently teaches biology courses at the College of Staten Island…
