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

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 is a thriving space to study plants.

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

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction.

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

One of Ellen’s main tasks at Kew was working on the Africa ‘naming wall’ – an area where unidentified specimens are stored, ...

The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is filled with dead animal specimens. Specimens are like a time capsule of information of the living ecosystem, telling a story about how a species ...

For Teresa Iturriaga, the curator of CUP, fascination with these tiny mushrooms began during her doctoral studies in mycology ...

It has catalogued a worldwide collection with an emphasis on New Jersey and the Mid-Atlantic area, with specimens dating back to the mid-1800s. The herbarium regularly hosts research visits and ...