Notes from the Field

Summer in Paradise: Preserving Plant Genomes across Texas

This article was written by GGI-Gardens Summer 2019 Fellow, Seth Hamby. Texas is a state that you can drive through for 7 hours and still

Botanists Amidst the Texas Flora: A GGI Summer Fellowship

This article was written by GGI-Gardens Summer 2019 Fellow, Farahnoz Khojayori. Climbing up the Tobe Spring Trail over 7,000 feet elevation past rattlesnakes, tall evergreens,

A Trip to Seville Farms

A couple of weeks ago, over half of the BRIT building was eerily empty for a day as the whole research department set off for

Yunnan, China

Dr. Peter Fritsch, BRIT’s VP of Research and Director of the Herbarium, is on a visiting scholarship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, based at

Youth Range Workshop 2016

Just imagine trying to keep up with 25 energetic, enthusiastic, inquisitive high school students for a week in the middle of a hot, dry summer

The changing plant life of small islands in the Sea of Cortéz

This “Notes from the Field” post was written by BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank. Exploring the plant ecology of the Bahía de Los Angeles

Grey Fox: Exploring an Ancient Maya Center

Over the past two summers (2015 & 2016), BRIT Resident Research Associate Dr. Grace Bascopé, a Medical and Environmental Anthropologist, worked with the Maya Research

Sustainable Ranching in Mexico

This “Notes from the Field” post is from BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank. Mission: launching Alianca da Terra in Mexico. This blog: a visit

Plant Hunting on the Islands in the Sea of Cortez

This “Notes from the Field” post is from BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank, a Biodiversity Explorer for BRIT. She is a field botanist who

Generating field guides in Baja California, Part 1

This “Notes from the Field” post is from BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank, a Biodiversity Explorer for BRIT. She is a field botanist who

Generating field guides in Baja California, Part 2

This “Notes from the Field” post is from BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank, a Biodiversity Explorer for BRIT. She is a field botanist who

A Month in the Field in Baja California Sur: Part III

Part III — “Cabo Pulmo: Documenting the terrestrial biodiversity adjacent to Mexico’s National Marine Park” Trip participants (19) from 10 institutions: Botanists: Dr. José Luis Léon

Botanizing with La Mula Mil

This “Notes from the Field” post is from BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank Riders: Trudi Angell, Leslie Pringle, Theodora “Teddi” Montes, Karen Brown, Polly “Polita”

A Month in the Field in Baja California Sur: Part II

Part II — “Rancho Chivato, Sierra de las Cacachilas” Botany Team Colleagues: Dr. Jon Rebman (SDNHM, San Diego Natural History Museum ) John LaGrange (SDNHM) Dr. Alfonso

A Month in the Field in Baja California Sur: Part I

Part I—“Bighorn Sheep Habitat, Sierra Tres Virgenes” Colleagues: Dr. Alan Harper, Benjamin Wilder, Rodrigo Rentería Guides and muleteers: Jesus “Chuyito” Arce Ojeda and wife María

BRIT’s Cheerful Naturalist and His Exploration to Alaska

Cold, foreign, and practically inaccessible, I think many people view Alaska as analogous to the end of the earth. There are few that brave the

Field Dispatch: Ireland, Day 1

Traveling to do field research is similar in some ways to our other experiences of travel, but in some ways peculiar. Field researchers are fond

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