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I am the Director of Science Forward. My interests are botany, ecology, evolution, and Star Trek.

Theodore Muth

My lab focuses on the study of urban microbial communities, and we have lead a national initiative to provide research experiences for undergraduate students in exploring complex microbiomes…

Nickolas Dubin

Nickolas Dubin is a Queens-native Naturalist and Queens College Masters Student, with a background in Geology. He teaches both ecology and geology labs at Queens College, and specializes…

Eli Denzer

I’m Eli, I work on the lichens of the Appalachian Mountains at the New York Botanical Garden.

Chris Kreussling

Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener) is an urban naturalist and avid iNaturalist user (@xris) based in Brooklyn. Aside from their habitat garden, their “local patch” is Prospect Park.

2023 Prospect Park BioBlitz Data

Last Updated: October 3, 2023 – corrections to some entries, one new species added! Prior Updates: September 30, 2023 – initial data file posted Here is the current…

Olga Calderón

Olga Calderón is a professor of Biology and Microbiology at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY). She received her Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate School and University Center in Science…

Christian Liriano

Christian Liriano is a student at CUNY and a freelance field biologist. His research interests are the habitat ecology/taxonomy of understudied organisms from northeastern North America (e.g., spiders,…

Zihao Wang

Zihao Wang is a botanist affiliated with NYC Parks. Zihao says, “As an immigrant to the U.S., observing local nature and identifying plants is my way of making…

2022 Randall’s Island BioBlitz Data

Last updated: October 5, 2022 Here is the current species and observation lists for the 2022 Macaulay Honors College Randall’s Island Park BioBlitz: The first sheet in the…

iNaturalist Data Download Guide

Follow these instructions for downloading CSV files directly from iNaturalist.