The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Cabinet of CuriositiesSpecimen Stories
The beloved children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar is turning 50! See many of…
Thomas Gaither - Activist and Biologist
Dr. Thomas Walter Gaither (1938 - ) was born in Great Falls, South…
Three Thousand Miles up the Amazon
At the age of 61, Ynés Mexía embarked on the adventure of…
Tlachichinole
Tlachichinole (Moussonia deppeana) is a shrub with a unique life cycle, beginning…
Tomato Persona
Choose your tomato persona. While all the same species, Solanum lycopersicum, tomatoes…
Traditional Medicine: Momordica charantia
Momordica charantia L. is a plant species that is used in the…
Traveling Plants
While plants can’t walk, they can definitely travel. Plants have evolved a…
Traveling Plants: People lend a hand
Plants have lots of ways they can move and distribute their propagules…
Traveling Plants: Plants on the move
Plants might not be able to move the way animals do, but…
Treeline Expansion
The absence of trees at high-elevations both defines Alpine zones and is…
Truffle
Specimen StoriesFocus on Science
Truffles are fruiting bodies of Tuber fungi that grow underground. The fungi…
Trust in the Crust
earth /ˈərth/noun1) the planet on which we live; the world2) the substance…
Tumbleweeds
Tumbleweeds aren’t restricted to one species or plant family, but are an…
Typical: Astragalus cusickii var. packardiae
Covered in flower dissection illustrations by Rupert Barneby — we should all…
Typical: Ceratozamia euryphyllidia, the largest type?
Plant specimens come in all shapes and sizes, but they are usually…
Typical: Christmas in the clouds
Bassett Maguire (1904–1991), a botanist who spent the majority of his career…
Typical: Double type
A herbarium's version of a double rainbow — a double type specimen.…
Typical: Erythronium helenae
Specimen StoriesWhat's in a name?
One of the common names for the genus Erythronium is the dogtooth…
Typical: Gymnopilus pallidus
Some characters are altered in the drying process used to create herbarium specimens.…