Meeting Plant Scientists
Blank Spaces No More
'Taylor Swift Method' for Teaching Botany Brings Plants into the Daylight
Ecosystems
Fire Signals and Dry Soils: How Cerrado Seeds Time Their Germination
By testing how seeds respond to drought and smoke together, scientists uncover how plants in Brazil’s Cerrado survive the harsh mix of fire, dry spells and unpredictable rain.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Bryophytes May Repel Snails Without Contaminating Crops
Bryophytes may hold natural compounds that keep hungry snails away from crops while avoiding the broader risks of conventional chemical controls.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany May 4, 2026
This week: Evolution clues in dust, a PhD student who welcomes stress - for the plants he studies, furry botanists, and more.
Plant of the Week
Amorphophallus titanum
The giant that passes by in just a couple of nights.
Puzzles
Plant Hunt
🇦🇺 Flora of New South Wales
Science Shared
Science Shared: May 2
This week: citrus genetics, how to have a post-baby career, and more.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
World Naked Gardening Day
Plants & People
Rat Tales from the Attic Floor
18th century rodent cache tells rich botanical history
Ecosystems
The Jungle’s Heaviest Courier Service: The Case of Tent-Roosting Bats
Tent-roosting bats are the unsung "nocturnal gardeners" of the Lacandon Rainforest. New research reveals they disperse up to 79.8 million large seeds annually, carrying fruits weighing up to 250% of their own body mass to help regenerate mature forests.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Pedro F. Cruz-Júnior: Finding Life After Fire and Drought
Botany One interviews Pedro Firme da Cruz-Júnior, a PhD student who aims to understand how smoke and water stress shape seed germination and early plant development in one of the world’s most diverse savannas.
Ecosystems
The Cerrado’s Secret Carbon Stores at Risk
Newly revealed peatlands in the Cerrado hold millennia of carbon, but shifting water and climate regimes could turn them from allies into threats.