The following blog was written by Natalie Zarte a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August 2024. Each digitiser is assigned a family or group of plants to work through. Did you know?! That the Herbarium ho| Botanics Stories
Vibrant orange-coloured lichens are helping scientists discover dinosaur fossils in Canada, according to a new study. The post Lichens and drones reveal dinosaur bones appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.| Archaeology Wiki
This article was written by Eloise Fenton, graduate of the 2024/2025 RBGE Masters programme in Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants. Building on the role of urban trees in supporting biodiversity, I spent this summer working with the Botanics’ Nature-Based Solutions team on my MSc project, explori| Botanics Stories
More than 500 specimens of map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) are being digitized at the Canadian Museum of Nature! Student Natalie Testart uncovered the surprising size and variety of this collection – and helped make it accessible to researchers worldwide.| Canadian Museum of Nature
Video: Canadian Museum of Nature researcher Troy McMullin talks about the ecological functions of lichens in the High Arctic.| Canadian Museum of Nature
