Tag: Herbaria

  • Science & Tech

    Critical collections

    Harvard researchers contribute to the preservation of museum specimens, marking the collections’ importance in a special journal released Nov. 19.

    4–6 minutes
    Charles Davis
  • Science & Tech

    Understanding insect damage over time

    A study used herbarium specimens to track insect eating patterns across more than a century and found that four species collected in the early 2000s were 23 percent more likely to be damaged than those collected in the early 1900s.

    5–7 minutes
    Herbarium specimen with insect damage.
  • Science & Tech

    Study uncovers botanical bias  

    Climate change studies that rely on herbarium collections need to account for biases in the data, new research says.

    3–5 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    At Herbaria, a new career blossoms

    Museum exhibition designer Danielle Hanrahan always loved art and nature. A late-in-life career move to the Harvard Herbaria allowed her a chance to explore the latter.

    3–5 minutes