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You might think that a pumpkin carved into a snaggle-toothed, grinning effigy is the scariest that a plant can get.But in the dark underbellies of jungles and tangled mires of gurgling swamps, fascinating and strange plants thrive.

Michigan State University has been awarded one of six Global Centers through the U.S. National Science Foundation and its partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea or ROK and the United Kingdom. The funding awards were announced today totaling nearly $82 million in the Global Centers competition.

Michigan State University’s vast collections of preserved mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fishes, fossils, insects, and living and preserved plants are essential components of world-class scientific exploration and education.