Plants & Fungi

Collections tell the story of life on Earth. Every discovery sheds new light on the past, and helps us better anticipate the future.

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Now open! It’s a new kind of museum—and a whole new way to experience our world.

The iconic evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest haven't always been here.

Researcher Ana Bedoya Ovalle returns to Colombia to collect and study river-weed plants in South America.

Archaeologists find the earliest use of nutmeg as a food ingredient and evidence of the transition to early farming practices in Indonesia.