Thirteen and The New York Botanical Garden are giving away 5 Family Packs of tickets to Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure, which explores the story of Darwin’s botanical influences and his research. Tune-in to Thirteen for New York Voices, Tue. May 20 at 10:30pm for a special behind the scenes tour of Darwin’s Garden.

NY Voices did a walk-through of NYC gardens throughout the 5 boroughs with the authors of Garden Guide: NYC; watch it here. In one of the guides’ gardens this week a 65-foot sculpture was dismantled, and the garden may disappear as well.

Researchers at the New York Botanical Garden are coordinating an ambitious new project that will create a database of DNA information from the world’s tree species, according to an AP report. Known as TreeBOL, or tree barcode of life, the project will keep track of where tree

Human longing is at the forefront of this week’s Reel 13 short films. A son comforts his dying mother, sweethearts struggle for a deeper connection, and a loner seeks companionship. You voted. Now find out which film won.

Learn how to cultivate a garden not just for plants and flowers, but for bugs and animals. Your garden can play a larger role in the scheme of preserving biodiversity.

In the month since the redesign of Thirteen.org, we have been listening carefully to the many comments and suggestions we have received about our new look. We’re happy to report that most of you like the new Thirteen.org. …

Nature producer Fred Kaufman and cinematographer Paul Atkins discuss the rarity of catching a lava flow as it hits the ocean–and the perils involved in shooting such an occurrence. See some of the footage from the shoot, too….