I am shocked and saddened by the plan to close the Duke Herbarium — one of the most important resources in my Duke experience from 2002 to 2013. For my honors thesis, I collected mosses in the North ...

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 ...

Duke Herbarium leaders allege that the recent decision to close the facility was motivated by resource insufficiency within the biology department, as department leaders and administration decided to ...

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 ...

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, ...

Duke University is relocating its herbarium, which contains dried plants, algae, fungi, lichen and more.

What dead flowers tell us about the future of life on Earth Amid an extinction crisis, dried plant collections capture how the world is changing. But Duke University is planning to shut down its world ...

Hidden in an inconspicuous building behind French Family Science Center lie powerful weapons in our fight against climate change: plants. Not just any plants, though. Plants from the past, and plants ...