Myanmar Mystery Solved
Working in a Herbarium sometimes requires detective work. This Myanmar mystery started…
Attractive Frances Baker
This specimen arrived as part of an exchange from another herbarium, wrapped…
Milestones
Since its inception NYBG has focused on building an extensive and valuable herbarium…
Elizabeth Britton and the Curly-Grass Fern
Specimen StoriesWomen in Science
Tucked away in an office drawer of NYBG’s Fern Curator, Robbin Moran,…
Don't touch
Plants have evolved many ways to protect themselves, from growing barbs that…
Discovering a Darwin Collection
Cabinet of CuriositiesSpecimen Stories
In the museum world, there's a sort of joke that you never…
Before & After: P. F. Zika 28277
The unmounted herbarium specimen, as it arrived at the garden in the…
Newspaper time capsule: B. Maguire 23559
A trip to the field isn't always necessary to describe a new…