A new traveling exhibition, “Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World,” will open at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Aug. 14. The exhibition, a collaborative ...

Take a look at original hand-coloured engravings by Dutch painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté and other masters of 18th- and 19th-century natural history illustration on an Omotesando back street. These ...

Before there was photography, botanists—or anyone wishing to document flora—created detailed illustrations, known as botanical studies, intended to convey the plant’s physical appearance and other ...

The CU Museum of Natural History will debut Cannabis: A Visual Perspective, a first-of-its-kind art installation of botanical illustrations of cannabis, 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8. The exhibit explores ...

Botanical Sketchbooks,a new book by Helen and William Bynum, collects some of the best drawings of the world's flora dating back to the 15th century. In the days before photography, naturalists relied ...

For more than 300 years, Britain's wildlife has captivated scientists and artists alike. Their efforts to observe and document the nature on our doorstep form part of the Museum's art collection.