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 ...

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 ...

T his wildflower bloomed in the low pine woods along North Carolina’s Tar River. The blossom, called a pink lady’s slipper, was plucked nearly nine decades ago — on May 16, 1936 — and stored away.

Duke University is closing its herbarium, which is among the largest herbaria in the country, housing more than 825,000 plant species. The decision comes amid budget cuts and staff shortages, ...

A collection of dried plants, algae, fungi, lichen and more will leave Duke University. The plants are preserved and dried to be called upon later for research inside what’s called a herbarium. The ...

As a Duke undergraduate who took Bio 347L, Plants and People, in spring 2024, I witnessed firsthand the shock and devastation of my professors, Dr. Kathleen Pryer and Dr. Michael Windham, when the ...

As outlined in this recent article, Duke achieved carbon neutrality in 2024 by relying heavily on purchasing carbon credits — costing $4 million and covering two-thirds of its emissions — to offset ...