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 ...

The Duke Herbarium, one of the largest herbaria in the country, will shut down and have its plants relocated in the next two to three years, according to a Tuesday email obtained by The Chronicle.

Researchers are urging Duke to reconsider. By Carl Zimmer Duke University has decided to close its herbarium, a collection of 825,000 specimens of plants, fungi and algae that was established more ...

The herbarium of William & Mary (WILLI) was formally organized in 1968, and has since grown to over 81,500 accessioned specimens representing most of our regional vascular plant species. About one ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Deb Lewis is curator of the Ada Hayden Herbarium inside Bessey Hall at Iowa State. She is handling historic specimens collected by George Washington Carver and Ada Hayden. Credit: Christopher Gannon, ...

The Clifford herbarium contains over 3,000 specimens collected by George Clifford (1685-1760), a wealthy Anglo-Dutch merchant. The herbarium is built with plants from Clifford's own garden - many of ...

He is also the driving force behind a new research and teaching herbarium at the Forestry Training Institute, Olmotonyi, Tanzania. 'A herbarium is a place to study and learn,' says Canisius. 'You need ...