Alun Salt
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The Invasive Species Message That's Missing Its Audience
Tell gardeners not to plant alien species and they shrug. Give them practical advice about problem plants and they listen.
The Safest Place in the Pyrenees Is a Cliff Face
Century-old photographs reveal that a Spanish national park's most treacherous terrain is doing more for rare plants than a hundred years of protection.
The Week in Botany April 6, 2026
This week: the marks of footprints on lichen, difficult seeds in Chile, native knowledge adding a fizz to the drinks industry, and more.
The Ecological Experiment 2000 Years in the Making
Thousands of megalithic jars in Laos were carved for burial rites. Two millennia later, they're miniature ecosystems, and ecologists have started taking notes.
Herbarium Sheets Are Holding Secrets Their Makers Never Intended
When you mount a plant on a sheet, you capture more than botany. A new paper reveals the unexpected historical treasures hiding in herbaria, and why closing them is a mistake.
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