Plants & People
A New Look for Botany One in 2025
What I Did on My Holidays.
Growth & Development
Antarctic Plants Show the Way to Life on the Moon
Earth’s toughest plants reveal potential for transforming lunar deserts into gardens.
Ecosystems
Ghost Plants Make Conservation More Effective
Missing plants reveal as much about ecosystem health as the species we see.
Ecosystems
Amazon Tree Species in Peril as Forest Web Unravel
Over half of Ecuador’s unique Amazon trees face extinction as both forest animals and their habitat vanish.
Plants & People
Social Media Plans for 2025
What do you do when large parts of internet infrastructure are vandalised? Here’s how we’re planning to work around them.
Close Encounters
Sweet Rewards Keep Desert Partnerships Alive Through Harsh Seasons
In Mexico’s Sonoran Desert, cacti and other plants maintain a sophisticated security system – paying ant bodyguards with nectar from specialized glands that operate year-round.
Plants & People
Ancient Gardens Show Maori Farmers’ Mastery
New evidence reveals sweet potato was a key crop for Aotearoa / New Zealand’s first farmers 700 years ago.
Ecosystems
Unexpected Blooms Along Ghost Tracks
Nature is reclaiming abandoned railway tracks in Poland, creating surprise conservation areas that help protect plant diversity in intensively farmed landscapes.
Ecosystems
Small Urban Meadows Give Hope for City Pollinators
Artificially planted wildflower meadows in cities can support similar numbers of bees and other pollinators as larger natural meadows.
Close Encounters
Garden Discovery Reveals Hidden Plant Disease Threat
Plants from New Zealand growing in an American garden are carrying a dangerous plant disease that could threaten agriculture and native species.
Close Encounters
Can Feeding Birds Harm Plants?
Birds visiting garden feeders doesn’t stop them from pollinating wild plants, say South African scientists.
News in Brief
Small Gardens Add Up to Big Climate Impact
Despite their modest size, private gardens pack a powerful punch against climate change when working together, reveals a new study of 2.4 million Flemish gardens.