A Look at the 2018 BHL Annual Meeting in Los Angeles
The 2018 BHL Annual Meeting was held in Los Angeles at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The meeting was attended by 35...
View ArticleOn Fish, Color, and Social Behavior: Connecting Current Research to...
Social orders exist throughout the animal kingdom. Comprised of dominant and subordinate individuals, these orders dictate how members of a group interact, influencing everything from food access to...
View ArticleAmerican Daffodil Society Expands Access through BHL and ‘DaffLibrary’
The American Daffodil Society (ADS) is a group with international membership that has connected daffodil enthusiasts since its founding in 1954. In the spirit of National Gardening Month, we’re...
View ArticleChicago Botanic Garden’s Lenhardt Library Receives over $200,000 to Digitize...
The Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden has received over $200,000 from a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant awarded to the Chicago Horticultural Society for the conservation...
View Article“Abnormal apples” and “proliferous potatoes” – Uncovering the stories behind...
Economic botany can, in a nutshell (excuse the pun), be described as the use of plants by people. This relationship spans thousands of years and includes both individuals and cultures – making this...
View ArticleComing Soon to BHL: Full Text Search!
We’re excited to announce that we will soon be launching full text search on BHL!
View ArticleBHL at the Northeast Natural History Conference
The weekend looked promising: a lovely clear Friday night for a drive to Burlington, Vermont, USA from southern New Hampshire to attend the Northeast Natural History Conference (13-15 April 2018)....
View Article28,000 Pages about the Sea: Challenges and Solutions for Digitizing the...
Henry Weed Fowler must have loved fish. Ichthyology dominated his entire career. He started as a museum assistant at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1903. Other experts in his field...
View ArticleAnnouncing Full Text Search on BHL!
We're thrilled to announce that full text search is now available on the Biodiversity Heritage Library! With this new functionality, search results in the library will display hits for your term in...
View ArticleBHL through the Eyes of a Student: An Inspiring Window to Natural History
Graduate student Otto Stenberg has experienced the value of historical literature, and the benefits of BHL, first-hand throughout his studies on molecular and evolutionary biology at the University of...
View ArticleAnimal Keepers’ Forum Comes to BHL
Animal Keepers’ Forum, first published by the American Association of Zookeepers in 1974, set out to solve a problem: animal care and conservation requires specialized knowledge, but institutions were...
View ArticleSeeds in the Stacks: A Closer Look at Two Seedsmen from the Golden Age
The National Agricultural Library (NAL), Special Collections has one of the world's largest collections of nursery and seed trade catalogs totaling over 200,000 from American as well as international...
View ArticleThe Biodiversity Heritage Library Adds Museum für Naturkunde Berlin as a New...
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is pleased to welcome the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) as a new Member. MfN is the first German museum to join the Biodiversity Heritage Library as a Member.
View ArticleFor the Love of Cider: Phenotyping Apples with Modern Techniques and Historic...
Dr. Gregory Peck, an Assistant Professor in the Horticulture Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University, has been assessing a large number of apple genotypes for their...
View ArticleThe Herefordshire Pomona
It is a glimpse into a lush diversity of the past….and into possibilities for a resilient future. The Herefordshire Pomona is a classic in the science and practice of pomology. Compiled and edited by...
View ArticleMyrtle: The Provenance and Meaning of a Plant
The provenance of a botanical specimen was recently presented to a world-wide audience, even if they did not quite realize it. One detail of the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had...
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North American Mycological Association Shares Work on Fungi
The North American Mycological Association (NAMA) could be described as a mutualism between citizen scientists and academics who share dedication to the study of fungi. Founded in 1967, the...
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Field Note-Worthy: Thousands of Field Notes Now Available in BHL Thanks to...
In February 2016, the Biodiversity Heritage Library set out to digitize over 450,000 pages of field notes. While the BHL had already added some archival material to its collection before this project,...
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library Adds Lloyd Library & Museum as a New Affiliate
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is pleased to welcome the Lloyd Library & Museum as its newest Affiliate. Founded in the 1870s, the Lloyd Library & Museum’s origins trace back to a collection...
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Uncovering Cryptic Species and More with the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Using molecular species delimitation methods, Dr. Fernando Á. Fernández-Álvarez, a post-doc at Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) in Barcelona, and his colleagues[1] found that what is currently...
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