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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 12—ST. PETER — After a board of trustees vote late last month, Gustavus Adolphus College has officially renamed its arboretum ...

For his project ‘De Oförtrutna’ (The Relentless), photographer Christer Björkman pictured Swedish scientists working in the spirit of Carl Linneaus, the botanist who created the modern taxonomic ...

The flowering Lagerstroemia species of the crape myrtle tree can be seen at the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu ...

In 1753 Carolus Linnaeus published his stupendous “Species Plantarum.” In this epic work he intended to name all the plants known at that time, which then totaled about 7,500 species, and he provided ...

Carl Linnaeus's use of erotic language to describe plants ultimately helped him to recruit a global network of specimen collectors. In August 1749, Pehr Kalm, a medical student from Finland, travelled ...

This month marks the 300th birthday of Carl Linnaeus, Sweden's beloved botanist who gave order to the plant and animal kingdoms. The Swedes will celebrate on Wednesday with a jubilee in Uppsala, ...

Students who are beginning the study of forestry in college soon learn they have to identify and memorize the names of numerous trees. If that weren’t hard enough, most colleges require them to know ...

After a board of trustees vote late last month, Gustavus Adolphus College has officially renamed its arboretum by removing a reference to Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. The Arboretum at Gustavus ...