The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany September 22, 2025
This week, scary bodyguards, local references and why you should treat plants with kindness.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany September 15, 2025
This week extraordinary fungal knowledge, violas that survive arsenic, and Ramiro Aguilar on the importance of observation.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany September 8, 2025
This week, a loss of immunity, a gain of parasites and untold stories of plant evolution.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany September 1, 2025
This week, why Taylor Swift might be good for plants and why Northern Irish rock group Ash might not be.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany August 25, 2025
This week, urban biodiversity, logging into the Wood Wide Web, and an email bug.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany, August 18, 2025
This week, Liedson Carneiro on networking, gunfire doesn’t stop Botany, how dinosaurs got along with each other, and more.
Growth & Development
The orchid prediction nobody noticed
Scientists found a letter where Darwin predicted a major botanical discovery 36 years before anyone proved him right.
Plants & People
Indonesia’s Secret Spice Collection
When scientists ventured into the backyards of Indonesian families, they discovered something remarkable hiding behind everyday cooking. Smallholders in Aceh are stewards of a complex ecosystem of 24 wild spice varieties that most of the world has never heard of.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany August 11, 2025
This week, Juliane Ishida on her work with parasitic plants, how poor timing can spur flower evolution and a carnivorous plant that will you have your hand off, if you have tiny hands.
Close Encounters
Chocolate fights climate change with gene editing
Food Dive reports on an attempt by Mars to keep chocolate affordable and make your M&Ms CRISPR.
News in Brief
How Canada plans to plug biodiversity data gaps with CAN BON
Gonzalez and colleagues introduce CAN BON, the Canadian Biodiversity Observation Network, a new project to track changes across the nation.
Close Encounters
Tree-Microbe relationships run deep
Inside a tree can live up to one trillion beings. But seeing the bacteria hidden in its woody tissue takes a lot of work.