Herbaria make fascinating time capsules. In a museum or university near you, there’s probably a room with pages and pages of old, large sheets of paper, each with a dried whole plant delicately taped ...

Once you've mastered this simple technique, you'll find many uses for the flowers and leaves you press. Why not embark on a craft project and decorate special cards for family and friends, create ...

You don't have to be a botanist to appreciate the simple technique of pressing plants. And you don't need fancy tools. Your collection of pressed plants could serve many purposes: Tuck dried specimens ...

In a nation where nearly as many people have a cell phone as a TV, social media has replaced social hour, and cars are on the verge of driving themselves, the centuries-old practice of collecting, ...

The seaweed, or marine algae, that you find in the ocean and washed up on the shore is a valuable source of information and ...

Volunteer Madison Dale, of Laramie, shows the 1 millionth plant specimen -- a Wyoming Indian paintbrush -- mounted at UW’s Rocky Mountain Herbarium in 2020. Phenomenon-based lessons that use the ...

After growing up in Erie, and graduating from the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), Sarah Presogna found herself living in the Delaware Valley shortly after graduation. Always a keen observer and lover ...

Mike Vincent is in search of coffee — but not the kind to fill his cup. He’s on the hunt for a dried plant from the genus Coffea arabica. The curator of the Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium in Upham ...

How are you celebrating Mes CHamoru? Whether on or off island, homegrown Marianas islanders are probably cooking their favorite local dishes, maybe listening to their favorite CHamoru singers or even ...