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The City Nature Challenge is a yearly community science event for folks all over the world to observe and document biodiversity in their own backyards. To participate, people make observations of any

Each year, the Research and Conservation Department highlights our previous year’s accomplishments and projects through the annual Science Year in Review. In 2025, we welcomed a new head curator of

2025 was our final year of support from the National Science Foundation funded CLIMUSH project. This project – named from a portmanteau of “climate” and “mushroom” – sought to understand how the

When you stop to smell the flowers, you’ll notice that many of them do not quite smell the same. The Science Behind Floral Scents There are biochemical reasons behind distinct scents. To discover them

We are excited to launch the North American Alpine Plant Conservation Atlas this month. This new website brings together information about the taxonomy, ecology and conservation of alpine plants found

Welcome to the third (and most exciting!) update on the High Line Canal tree project, a multi-year collaborative project between the Gardens and the High Line Canal Conservancy. We have been

There are 26 native orchid species (family Orchidaceae) in Colorado. Native orchids often rely on specific pollinators or fungal partners, which can limit their ranges. But while many are uncommon and

iNaturalist has unwrapped the Year in Review, showcasing highlights and scientific triumphs from 2025. We’d like to take a moment to celebrate our Denver-Boulder metro community by sharing local

This summer I led a floristic inventory at Daniels Park, a 1,001-acre Denver Mountain Park home to a herd of bison located south of Denver. A floristic inventory documents the species of plants in a

Every other year, the Society for Ecological Restoration hosts an international conference convening restoration researchers and practitioners from around the globe. This year, the conference was held

Our mandate to discover, sample and document fungal diversity in the Southern Rockies has us constantly evaluating new information to direct our efforts. While we would like to think we have done a