Imagine a library with thousands of books lining the shelves. Then imagine that instead of books, those shelves are filled with dried and mounted plant specimens. Such a systematic collection of dried ...

AMES, Iowa – The offices on the perimeter of the third floor of Bessey Hall on the Iowa State University campus have windows. A complex of four adjacent interior rooms across the hallway from those ...

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Duke Herbarium director Kathleen Pryer holds a specimen called the Gaga monstraparva. The Duke Herbarium contains over 800,000 specimens that can aid biodiversity research. Duke University is closing ...

Does the word herbarium bring up the image of a lush garden filled with luxuriant plants? Think again. An herbarium actually serves as a type of natural history museum, an archive of preserved plant ...

In May, the museum completed a groundbreaking digitization process that brought nearly four million pressed plants online. Jack Tamisiea With the help of a conveyor belt and high-speed camera, members ...

This post was updated June 5 at 2:12 p.m. The UCLA Herbarium is making its collection more accessible through its newly renovated space and digital initiatives. Founded in 1930, the herbarium features ...

University officials say they cannot afford to maintain one of the largest herbariums in the United States. Researchers are urging Duke to reconsider. By Carl Zimmer Duke University has decided to ...