Botany Research and News

Botany Research

Illinois State Museum researchers investigate the climate, landforms, plants, animals, and human cultures of the Midwestern United States with a special emphasis on Illinois. Research illuminates long-term changes in natural environments and human societies and provides interdisciplinary perspectives of the rich natural and cultural history of the state.

• Landscape History Program
• Faunmap
• North American Pollen Database
• Entomology Research