Creature Feature: Rachel Ruysch and the Forest Floor

Ruysch’s paintings enchant us with depictions of small creatures within the lush floral scenes. In this four-minute video, join two scientists from Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology—one that specializes in insects, the other in reptiles—to hear about how they care for specimens, their appreciation for Ruysch’s work, and their take on a few of the species in the paintings.