01/11/2023
Apply to be an intern at U.S. Botanic Garden for the 2023 summer! These paid internships are a 3-month opportunity to deepen understanding of horticulture, education, communications, operations, and more. Application deadline is January 31, 2023. www.USBG.gov/Intern
2023 USBG Internships include:
* Horticulture Aide
* Architectural or Engineering Aide
* Visitor Assistant
* Communications Intern
* Building Automation Technology Intern
* Laborer or Garden Aide
* Office Clerk
10/19/2022
Researchers have gone bananas over this fruit’s complex ancestry
Genomic analyses suggest three mysterious ancestors contributed DNA to the modern-day banana
09/28/2022
Prickly pear sap used as the glue that binds....
Mexico's ancient, unknown pyramids
Built by indigenous masons, these 1,500-year-old pyramids are still standing strong, held together by sticky juice from the prickly pear cactus.
09/21/2022
This past summer, two high-schoolers’ lives were changed forever through their experience as Danforth Center interns. Read their story here: https://loom.ly/RefWVfw
06/18/2022
Food Technology: What’s Coming Is Better Than Sliced Bread
Investments in foodtech businesses exploded in 2021 with a record $12.8 billion invested globally -- twice as much as in 2020.
05/26/2022
We're hiring at California Botanic Garden! Join our Invasive Plant Crew doing important work in the Angeles National Forest to manage non-native invasive plants in diverse habitats. The crew is in the field 100% of the time, so you must love field work.
More info: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NW2rAeVvtp1GUR_T-ioRSd16aeMWCIfX/view.
03/16/2022
Round 1 of is live! You can vote here https://forms.gle/PpjLAuzGT2hLJkaL7 & through the link in our bio. 32 genera have entered but only 16 will continue. Who will it be?! Voting for this round will remain open until 5pm ET March 18th.
02/02/2022
iDigBio Natural History Collections Summer Internship 2022
Synopsis of Program: iDigBio is the national coordinating center for NSF’s 10-year Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program, which is guided by the visi