The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany December 8, 2025
This week, butterflies in the urban jungle, fire-fighting mosses and more…
Growth & Development
Banking seeds for tomorrow
Seeds banks provide a lifeline to species going extinct
Taxonomy & Evolution
This South African Gladiolus Might Actually Be Seven Species in Disguise
Gladiolas separated by space and time may be evolving into separate species
Ecosystems
Miniature, Yet Fire-Resilient: What Mosses Can Teach Us on a Warming Planet?
In the Cangas, where the soil boils under the sun and fire turns everything into ash, tiny mosses found their way to endure.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Santiago Ramírez-Barahona: “There is Always Something New With Plants”
Botany One interviews Dr Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, a Mexican scientist fascinated with tree ferns, cloud forests and plant evolution.
Ecosystems
Butterfly Havens in Forgotten Lots
Common plants and abandoned lots turn urban spaces into vital feeding grounds for butterflies.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany December 1, 2025
This week the importance of microscopes and news from around the web.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Mariana S. Artur: “I Always Wish I Had a Pocket-Sized Microscope”
Botany One interviews Dr Mariana S. Artur, a Brazilian scientist who found her way to the Netherlands to study the wonders of seeds and plant resilience.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany November 24, 2025
This week, why seeds aren’t spreading, the deep roots of modern wheat and deceitful orchids.
Ecosystems
Flowers that Trick to Survive
How sun orchids fool bees with false promises of pollen
Growth & Development
Modern wheat grows deep
Modern wheat has deeper roots than ancient wheats: is this an adaptation to higher productivity?
Ecosystems
The Seed Dispersal Crisis
We often hear about species populations declining. But what about the services that those species provide? One of the most remarkable is seed dispersal. Last year, Mendes and colleagues published an article in Science shedding light on the conservation status of seed dispersal in Europe.