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As a new graduate student studying mycology at the Gardens, I spent the summer foraying and collecting fungal specimens across the Rocky Mountains. Fungal diversity and abundance are dependent on

The City Nature Challenge is a yearly community science event for folks all over the world to observe and document biodiversity in their own backyards. To participate, people make observations of any

iNaturalist has unwrapped the Year in Review, showcasing highlights and scientific triumphs from 2025. We’d like to take a moment to celebrate our Denver-Boulder metro community by sharing local

When I talk about my work as a scientist in the Research and Conservation Department at Denver Botanic Gardens, I explain how I study the role of genetic diversity in conserving biodiversity. People

Documenting biodiversity is crucial for conservation and is a major aim of our research programs at the Gardens. To work toward this goal, we have been pairing up with the public through community

Natural history collections have served as libraries of our world’s biodiversity for centuries. These libraries—holding plants, fungi and insects—are known as herbaria. There are over 3,565 herbaria

Botanic gardens are wonderfully vibrant places where we connect people to plants in myriad ways. Not only do gardens provide respite and beauty to our visitors, but they play an important role in

During this year’s City Nature Challenge, researchers and citizen scientists alike in the Denver-Boulder metro area documented different lifeforms, capturing the biodiversity of the places we recreate

The City Nature Challenge is a yearly event for folks in cities all over the world to observe and document biodiversity in their own backyards. To participate, people make observations of any organism

Last summer one of the projects I was most excited about was a biodiversity survey at a golf club. “At a golf club?!” you say. That’s right! Ballyneal Golf Club, situated near Holyoke, Colorado, on

DNA contains the information that can help create a plan for conserving populations of rare plants in decline, inform strategies for restoring degraded ecosystems, identify species, describe new