New boardwalk open at Mason Farm

…Reserve is a 367-acre wildlife sanctuary and research site in southern Chapel Hill managed by the North Carolina Botanical Garden. It’s home to hundreds of species of native plants and…

Gertrude I. Grimsley Scott

…perhaps means breast cancer. She is buried with many family members in Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina, and her status as a World War II veteran is noted on…

Wade Thomas Batson, Jr.

…University. Dr. Batson entered the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1948 he entered Duke University, receiving a M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Botany. Dr. Batson taught botany and…

John R. Bozeman

…John’s real interest was in ecology.(1) “In the spring semester of 1968, Steve Leonard took over as Curator,” says Bozeman, “and I served as an instructor, teaching an undergraduate course…

George Andrew Christenberry

…“A taxonomic study of the Mucorales in the southeastern United States”. Pilobolus crystallinus in the fungi order Mucorales Image was created by Sava Krstic at Mushroom Observer   Published in…

Carnivorous Conservation

…North Carolina’s humid swamplands, a predator lies in wait. It’s perfectly still. It doesn’t breathe. It hasn’t had a meal in almost a month, but patience goes a long way…

Edward Avery McIlhenny

…yet, the Pileated Woodpecker has survived in numbers, extended its range, and is in no danger of exterminations, while the Ivory-bill has gradually disappeared, until now it is practically exterminated….

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…investigate UNC’s discriminatory practices in wages, hiring and admission. This investigation resulted in positive changes for female students, faculty and employees. In 1980 she was inducted into the Order of…