The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany March 23, 2026
This week: Notes From Nature - Natural History at ROM Revealed, controlled environment agriculture, endangered plants in Brazil, bizarre floral scents and more.
Plant of the Week
Symplocarpus foetidus
Eastern Skunk Cabbage turns impatience into a virtue, bringing Spring early.
Puzzles
Plant Hunt
馃嚫馃嚞 What's around in Singapore?
Plants & People
Secrets of the Living Library
You can be the key to unlocking natural history
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
The sun comes and the sun goes.
Ecosystems
Sowing for a Warmer Britain: Are Wildflower Seeds Climate-Ready?
A new study reveals that most UK wildflower seeds can handle rising temperatures, but a few key species may struggle to germinate in the Britain of tomorrow.
Close Encounters
Earthworms: The Invisible Gardeners of Tropical Bryophytes
A new study shows that earthworms can carry viable bryophyte propagules through their guts, helping mosses and liverworts spread across tropical soils.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Christopher Levine: "Plant Research is Rarely Straightforward"
Botany One interviews Christopher Levine, a researcher working on the effects of light on plant production in controlled environments.
Close Encounters
Tracking and Conserving an Endangered Plant from Brazil鈥檚 Rocky Outcrops
A multidisciplinary hunt uncovers new populations of an endemic plant, while exposing the fragile balance that keeps it from disappearing.
Ecosystems
Eau De Fourmi Mourante: A Bizarre Floral Fragrance To Attract the Right Lover
When it comes to flower scents, it鈥檚 not always roses and rainbows. It can be anything from sweaty feet to the chemical cries of suffering bugs, as recently shown by science.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany March 16, 2026
This week: far-red lettuce, how sunbirds turn plants into phoenices, a moss with an unexpected problem and more.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
How do you feel about forests?