William Basil Fox

…in Raleigh, N. C., early last Wednesday morning. The fatal shooting was described as accidental, but police officers who investigated were quoted as saying there was no way of telling…

Spring Board Meeting 2024

NCBGF Spring Board Meeting Friday, May 17, 2024 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Hybrid NCBG – Reeves Auditorium or via Zoom Join online: https://unc.zoom.us/j/92745095992 Join by phone: 1-301-715-8592 Enter Meeting…

Spreading the Herbarium Gospel

…if Williston collected any herbarium specimens. Fortunately, the online database where we catalog our specimens (sernecportal.org) also searches other herbaria consortia across North America, including the Mid-Atlantic Herbaria Consortium. Searching…

The BGF Gets a New Name

…want – it’s the same organization, with the same bylaws, governance structure, and mission. It just got a little bit better. Greg Fitch President, North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation, Inc….

Carnivorous Conservation

…in a prison of spiky hairs. It’s a grisly end for the insect. Over the next few days, digestive enzymes will turn it into an absorbable goo. But for the…

When Hairy Met the Herbarium

…(NCU) Successfully searching for Truffles (L-R: Corbin Bryan, Ezra Knight, Dan Meyers. Corbin and Dan are Carolina undergrads, Ezra is a carpenter, and all are volunteers in the UNC Herbarium.)…

Cathleen Ann Touchton Kabat

…as a little girl. She graduated from St. Petersburg High School in 1996 and began her undergraduate degree at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Here, while pursuing dentistry,…

Amos Jones “AJ” Bullard

…North of Peninsular Florida. Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science: Summer 2013, Vol. 129 (2): 37-43. https://doi.org/10.7572/2167-5880-129.2.37   SOURCES: 1. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000 [database on-line]. Provo,…

Flora Help

…is similar in most browsers, but the buttons look a little different. The table of contents at the beginning of the flora contains links to families that you can click….

Maeburn Bruce Huneycutt

…Lucile McCook, the current Curator of MISS. Researchers and visitors to MISS remember Sir Henry, Huneycutt’s nippy Chihuahua. “Huneycutt absolutely loved that little dog, just like he loved the Pullen…