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.

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 ...

The Duke Herbarium is a valuable scientific resource that adds stature to Duke University. It was with disbelief that I learned that Duke had decided to no longer support the Herbarium. Herbaria are ...

AMES, Iowa – The offices on the perimeter of the third floor of Bessey Hall on the Iowa State University campus have windows. A complex of four adjacent interior rooms across the hallway from those ...

Herbaria make fascinating time capsules. In a museum or university near you, there’s probably a room with pages and pages of old, large sheets of paper, each with a dried whole plant delicately taped ...

In May, the museum completed a groundbreaking digitization process that brought nearly four million pressed plants online. Jack Tamisiea With the help of a conveyor belt and high-speed camera, members ...

The New York Botanical Garden is home to the world's second-largest herbarium, a vital archive in an era of vanishing botanical collections. Amorphophallus titanum (Corpse Flower) specimen, which ...

CHICO — At Chico State University, there is a natural treasure that preserves some of the north state’s abundant plant life. That treasure is the Chico State Herbarium, a library of plants native to ...

This post was updated June 5 at 2:12 p.m. The UCLA Herbarium is making its collection more accessible through its newly renovated space and digital initiatives. Founded in 1930, the herbarium features ...