Through a course in dendrology, the study of the taxonomy of woody plants in the absence of flowers or fruits, two experts in ...

Two newly discovered prehistoric pollen fossils have become the stars of a new study that explores the origins of the ...

Samuel Browne's botanical explorations in 17th-century Madras offer insights into traditional plant uses and changing flora ...

After consultation with his colleague Robert Morley, he realises with amazement that, unlike the dinosaurs, the relatives of ...

In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global ...

Sac State’s herbarium lay dormant for nearly 20 years until Biology Professor Marina LaForgia joined the University. Now it ...

I have been anxiously waiting for this long winter to end. As spring slowly takes over from Northeast Ohio’s wintry cold, we notice the first signs of spring that are dear to us. For me, on the forest ...

There is quite the photo shoot happening right now in Golden Gate Park, but instead of models, the muse of choice is a ...

Nearly half of Heliconia species—tropical plants vital to rainforest ecosystems—are at risk of extinction, according to new ...

These efforts yielded thousands of dried specimens and data-rich labels that are housed in herbaria around the world, including the museum's United States National Herbarium. "The data that is stored ...

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...