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Local Nature Lab is committed to nurturing a love for nature and promoting biodiversity conservation. localnaturelab.org
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Doggie paddle
August 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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In the spirit of prepping to teach Systematic Botany to hort professionals again, here's Rosaceae, which proves to be -- under these precise conditions -- dairy's very best friend: matthewwills.com/2026/08/08/p...
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A Peach Service Announcement: this Cooks Illustrated recipe for peach ice-cream is fantastic. It’s a good bit of work, but the effect is worth it. Wow! Note that I did not use the peaches pic…
matthewwills.com
August 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Let’s look at leaves! 🍃
On Saturday, June 13th starting at 10 AM, join us and Molly Nash Rouzie @mnrsmol to nerd out about opposite versus alternate, simple vs compound, and other ways of being a leaf. Scan the QR code or visit tiny.cc/lookatleaves2026.
swamp white oak leaf on white background with black text: Let’s look at leaves! 🍃 On Saturday, June 13th starting at 10 AM, join us and Molly Nash Rouzie @mnrsmol to nerd out about opposite versus alternate, simple vs compound, and other ways of being a leaf. Scan the QR code or visit tiny.cc/lookatleaves2026.
June 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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You’re invited to the first #TreeWonder Eco Fair on June 7th, 12-4:30 PM, at the English Elm in #WashingtonSquarePark.
flyer: You’re invited to the first #TreeWonder Eco Fair on June 7th, 12-4:30 PM, at the English Elm in #WashingtonSquarePark.
June 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Serenity in the Park

#photography #nyc #newyorkcity #streetphotography #fotografia #PhotographersUnited #artistsofbluesky #art #supportartists

Prints: https://www.fifthandbowery.com/posts/30/
A person dressed in white meditates under a blooming tree in a park while others sit on benches nearby in Washington Square Park, Manhattan, New York.
May 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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The inside view of the stairs inside of the Washington Square Park arch.
May 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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People In The Park
Washington Square Park, NYC

#nycphotographer
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#newyorkcityphotography
#nycstreetphotagraphy

#streetphotography #urbanphotography #streetscene #cityscape #streetphoto #street #urbangaze #streetsnap
#nyc

#photography
#photographyisart
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May 21, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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People In The Park
Washington Square Park, NYC

#nycphotographer
#nycphotography
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#nycstreetphotagraphy

#streetphotography #urbanphotography #streetscene #cityscape #streetphoto #street #urbangaze #streetsnap
#nyc

#photography
#photographyisart
#photooftheday
May 27, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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People In The Park
Washington Square Park, NYC

#nycphotographer
#nycphotography
#newyorkcityphotography
#nycstreetphotagraphy

#streetphotography #urbanphotography #streetscene #cityscape #streetphoto #street #urbangaze #streetsnap
#nyc

#photography
#photographyisart
#photooftheday
May 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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People In The Park
Washington Square Park, NYC

#nycphotographer
#nycphotography
#newyorkcityphotography
#nycstreetphotagraphy

#streetphotography #urbanphotography #streetscene #cityscape #streetphoto #street #urbangaze #streetsnap
#nyc

#photography
#photographyisart
#photooftheday
May 26, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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what’s on your camera roll?
May 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Kwanzan Cherries bloom in Washington Square Park. 🌸
Three layers of photos of Kwanzan Cherry’s big pink flowers.
April 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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England’s ancient churches are vital sanctuaries for rare and endangered bats. www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges - News - Bat Conservation Trust
New study reveals England’s ancient churches are vital sanctuaries for rare and endangered bats
www.bats.org.uk
April 5, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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The Yoshino Cherries reached peak bloom last week. We observed at least 70% open flowers on the Yoshino we monitor in Washington Square Park on April 1, 2026. Which tree will bloom next?
phenology checklist for Yoshino Cherry. Breaking leaf buds, flowers or flower buds, and open flowers are Yes.
April 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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The Council’s FY27 Preliminary Budget Hearings continue Monday, hosted by the Committees on Education, Land Use, Parks and Recreation, and Small Business.

📺 Watch live: http://council.nyc.gov/livestream
Schedule for FY2027 Preliminary Budget Hearings by New York City Council on March 23, 2026, listing times and topics.
March 20, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️

Longer days. Lighter evenings.

Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
Golden sunlight bursts through a tangle of budding trees, casting long beams of light across a mossy woodland floor. New green shoots push up through leaf litter and patches of moss, catching the glow of the morning sun. A soft haze fills the air, with a hint of warmth and life returning to the woods.
March 20, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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🌨️WEATHER UPDATE🌨️

The National Weather Service has issued a *BLIZZARD WARNING* in NYC from 6am Sunday until 6pm Monday. The expected range is now 13 to 17 inches in total.

Expect major travel disruptions on Monday. Plan now to adjust work, childcare, or caregiving duties.
February 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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The upcoming #blizzard is another opportunity to explore the #subnivean (or #subnivian) zone. Yay! We love observing winter habitat in #NYC.
graphic by Maine dot gov depicting 3 zones: subnivean, beneath the snow pack; intranivean, above subnivean and beneath the snowpack surface; supranivean, above the snowpack surface.
February 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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Who am I? Answer in the alt text. #WinterTreeIdLoveFest
yellow sepals and withered brown leaves of American Witchhazel. yellow sepals on branches of American Witchhazel.
January 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Author and illustrator @rosemarymosco.com loves molting cardinals so much that she once made a comic featuring one, which she named Bloödcheëp. Hear her recount the details: buff.ly/3hFQVr0
"Cardinals will sometimes molt all of their head feathers at once. People who have seen that old movie, 'The Dark Crystal,' will say that they look like the Skeksis. They're very, very strange-looking with their giant bills and their wrinkly pink, purple skin. And I love this because it turns out that they do this pretty naturally... They will just drop all their feathers at once because they don't have to look pretty right now." —Rosemary Mosco
January 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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DEC is closely monitoring the weather forecast for this weekend, which shows the potential for trapping colder air and pollution closer to the surface.

Map below shows AQI forecast for Saturday, December 6th.
New York State map color coded with Air Quality Index levels.
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Our penguins want YOU to support the Academy this #GivingTuesday!

Your donations directly support our 60,000+ Aquarium residents, groundbreaking biodiversity research, and our work demystifying science for millions—at a time when scientific inquiry & cultural institutions need it most.
Two African penguins are clustered close together, holding a cartoon drawing of a 100 dollar bill in their beaks. Two speech bubbles emerge from both animals, with the first reading "More Money" and the second reading "more fish!" A group of other African penguins mill about in the background of the image.
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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This Giving Tuesday, you hold the power to protect and restore nature. Your gift supports conservation in 80+ countries, fuels 1,000 scientists and safeguards 125M acres. Be part of the change: https://nature.ly/48nAcGg
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: California sea stars WANT you to photograph them, actually!

In our December cover story, we dive into Solstice Sea Star Search, a monthlong quest to document California’s sea stars.
Mock cover of the fictional magazine, ‘Sea Star,’ designed in the style of tabloids and celebrity magazines of the early 2000s. This December 2025 edition is headlined, ‘BEGGING TO BE NOTICED,’ overlaid atop a cutout of a giant pink sea star against a backdrop of eelgrass. The subheader reads “WHY echinoderms demand more paparazzi from human allies.” An additional text underneath reads “PLUS: CA’S Coolest Sea Stars Alive, 2025 limited edition spread!” next to a cut out of a bat star. In the side panel, three images are shown with text atop them. From top to bottom: A yellow juvenile sunflower star is shown with text describing its “Life-changing diagnosis!”; a woman holding a camera walks across a moody, misty tide pool, with a text overlay reading, “INSIDE: Fast and easy hacks to be a better friend to sea stars”; a purple sea urchin nestled amid eelgrass, with text overlay reading “Purple urchins: PR crisis for CA native.” Mock inside page of the fictional magazine, ‘Sea Star,’ shows cutouts of various sea stars with two major text boxes. The first, an editor’s note, reads: “December marks the start of the Winter Solstice Sea Star Search. We want YOU to go out to the California coast and make observations of as many sea stars as you can—all month long! Don’t know what to look for? Swipe for a who’s who of California sea stars.” The second text box, titled “COVER STORY: Life-changing sea star diagnosis,” includes this text: “HUGE news in the world of Sunflower Sea Stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides)! In August, scientists revealed the cause for Sea Star Wasting Disease—a deadly condition that killed billions of sea stars up and down the North American Coast. Read more at bit.ly/3Lm7yO9.” An image of a sunflower star is included next to the text. The logo for the Solstice Sea Star Search campaign is included on the page.
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM