I recently went looking for one of the rarest of Texas’s rare plants in what seemed like an odd place: near the middle of ...

Last week, cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services were announced. The small agency — which is one of the ...

I’ll have to admit that this past winter has not been so bad here in the midlands. It hasn’t gotten real cold, and there has ...

Through a course in dendrology, the study of the taxonomy of woody plants in the absence of flowers or fruits, two experts in ...

The Sandberg Wallpaper creative team perused centuries of botanical art as inspiration for its just-launched collection, Herbarium. Purveyor to the Royal Court of Sweden, the workshop has since 1976 ...

Why do you need so many of them though – isn’t it enough to have one example of everything?' The answer to this common question is a resounding 'no'. Herbarium specimens are still prepared in much the ...

For example, being able to understand the individual roles that regions have played in the generation and spread of biodiversity is key for identifying the right measures to ensure their protection.’ ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission promises to fill significant gaps in our understanding of the universe and propel humanity forward in a new phase of the space race. Exploring the cosmos ...

Biology is the scientific study of life, living organisms, interactions among living organisms, and interactions among living organisms and their environment. Biology is a broad field with many ...