The father-and-son duo, the last generations of a long line of renowned glassworkers, crafted thousands of realistic models of plants and sea creatures. Dan is a News Editor at The Scientist. He ...

The father-and-son duo Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka crafted thousands of scientifically accurate models of plants and sea creatures as teaching aids. Dan is a News Editor at The Scientist. He writes ...

The world-famous Blaschka Glass Flowers receive a lot of attention at this museum – and rightly so – but there are a lot of other must-see exhibits at the Harvard Museum of Natural History ...

The Museum houses many special, vibrant artefacts. The Blaschka glass models are one example. Tiny, delicate and beautiful, they capture the ethereal mystery of the deep sea. More than 10,000 were ...