by Guest | May 26, 2020 | Nature
Perhaps no word in the lexicon of conservation is more powerful than “extinction.” It evokes images of skies once darkened with the flight of unnumbered passenger pigeons, now empty; of a grainy film from 1933 of the last Tasmanian tiger pacing in a dusty exhibit in a...
by Abby Cantrell | Mar 27, 2018 | Exhibits
Roots of Wisdom showcases the ways in which the traditional knowledge of indigenous people and cutting-edge sciences are applied to challenges that face society today. The exhibit, which runs through May 6, 2018, in the Arboretum’s Baker Exhibit Center, features four...
by Jonathan Marchal | Sep 14, 2016 | Nature
Monarch butterflies are one of the world’s most recognizable species, and with good reason. In just two weeks, they emerge from jade-green and gold chrysalises to become strikingly colored and uniquely patterned adult butterflies that make an amazing 2,000-mile annual...