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Aprenda sobre plantas comunes. Embárcate en tu propia aventura con las plantas con estas guías para aprender, explorar y hacer manualidades.

Aprenda sobre plantas comunes. Embárcate en tu propia aventura con las plantas con estas guías para aprender, explorar y hacer manualidades.

Aprenda sobre plantas comunes. Embárcate en tu propia aventura con las plantas con estas guías para aprender, explorar y hacer manualidades.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Corina Newsome is a wildlife biologist dedicated to the integration of environmental justice and conservation science and practice. Corina earned her bachelor’s degree in zoo and wildlife biology from Malone University and, after several years as an animal care professional, went on to earn her master’s degree in biology from Georgia Southern University.

Zine (voz inglesa) es una publicación casera que todxs podemos crear y compartir. ¡Hoy te invitamos a crear una zine sobre “la historia de un insecto!”

Living things are adapted to live in many different kinds of environments. Their bodies look very different from one another and they have different skills. Some are huge: blue whales can be over 80 feet long. Others are tiny: bacteria are too small to see without a microscope. Some have bodies for climbing, like sloths. Some create their own energy and stay in one place, like trees.

You can use art to play a game! This game is full of surprises, and you and the people you play with will create new creatures.

David Greaves is a wildlife photographer and videographer.

Deja is a birder, North Carolina Stem Leader, TEDx Speaker, and Geospatial Analytics PhD student at North Carolina State University’s Center for Geospatial Analytics.  I use mapping and open source geospatial tools to investigate environmental inequity in urban areas.  She advocates for equitable nature access and promote exploring neighborhood nature. Nature can be found everywhere, not only in the amazing national parks, and state parks that we see on tv, but even close to home. She believes that everyone should have equal access to natural spaces, especially within the city, but research has shown that societal policies and systemic structures have created a legacy of inequitable nature distribution in urban areas.

Gardens can be a place where communities get the things they need, right in their own neighborhood. Gardens can be a place where communities get the things they need, right in their own neighborhood.

Dr. McGee is a scientist, coordinator of conservation engagement, and public speaker.

Wild and In Color blogger.

The Evans lab is interested in the ecology and evolution of phenotypic diversity, integrating data from developmental biology, ecology, biomechanics and phylogeny to understand this process at various timescales. Teleost fishes provide a unique opportunity to study the origins of phenotypic diversity along with the interface between phenotype and environment, within the most species-rich assemblage of vertebrates on the planet.

Explore Duke Gardens’ vast collection of video content.

eBird data document bird distribution, abundance, habitat use, and trends through checklist data collected within a simple, scientific framework. Birdwatchers enter when, where and how they went birding, and then they fill out a checklist of all the birds seen and heard during the outing. eBird data have been used in hundreds of conservation decisions and peer-reviewed papers, thousands of student projects, and to help inform bird research worldwide.

For children in grades K-8, ecoEXPLORE combines science exploration with kid-friendly technology to foster a fun learning environment for children while encouraging them to explore the outdoors and participate in citizen science. Duke Gardens is an ecoEXPLORE HotSpot!

Each card provides a way to explore a different aspect of Duke Gardens and fun facts about the natural world. Explore your favorite spots in new ways or use the cards to discover new things in the garden. You can use any card in any location.

¡Todo ser vivo necesita agua para sobrevivir! Aprende más acerca este líquido con tres actividades que enganchan sus sentidos a través del arte y la ciencia.

Every living thing needs water to survive! Learn more about this liquid with three activities that engage your senses through art and science.

Find out how plants are named and what the different naming conventions mean.

Go on a leaf treasure hunt!

Learn how to use field guides.

A sit spot is a special place outside that you choose. It’s a place you can return to everyday, where you can settle in, be comfortable and use your senses to observe the world around you.

FloraQuest connects you with everything you need to know about naturally occurring plants in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S.: interactive keys that use your location to streamline the process of identifying plants; an illustrated glossary to decipher botanical terms; full descriptions of species, varieties, subspecies, genera and plant families; references, identification notes, images, and distributions; and a way to record plants you find, with photos, dates and location, and browse others’ records.

A food web is a way to show how living things get their energy, from other living things, light or chemicals. Each member of the web is dependent on the ones they get their food from. The sun is the beginning of many garden food webs.

Find yellow flowers, ducks, bridges, etc.

Welcome to GLOBE Observer, an international citizen science initiative to understand our global environment. Your observations help scientists track changes in clouds, water, plants and other life in support of climate research. Scientists also use your data to verify NASA satellite data. And by submitting your observations, you can help students of all ages do real scientific research as part of the GLOBE Program.​

The Haliwa-Saponi are Native American Peoples of the North East Piedmont region of the State of North Carolina. The name Haliwa is derived from the two counties of Halifax and Warren, which are the ancestral homelands of the Saponi People dating back to the early 18th Century. The Tribe consists of just over 4,060 Citizens that live all over the United States and across the globe. Most of the members live in the very tight-knit communities on the border of Halifax & Warren Counties with Hollister, NC serving as the Tribal Center.

Help feed the birds – especially in the winter.