Meeting Plant Scientists
Adaises S. Maciel-Silva: Finding Your Place in Botany
Botany One interviews Dr Adaises Maciel-Silva, a Brazilian biologist fascinated with bryophytes —a group of plants that is mostly overlooked.
Ecosystems
Antarctica’s First Assessed Plant Is Already Endangered
A tiny Antarctic moss is sending a big warning: even the continent’s remote plant life may be threatened by climate change, human activity and invasive species.
Ecosystems
The Parasitic Plant That Changes Its Perfume
Orobanche flava may steal from other plants underground, but above ground it uses changing floral scents to attract the insects it needs.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany July 6, 2026
This week: Our Digital Botany Month draws to an end, how plants remember stress and more.
Plant of the Week
Lemna minor
One gardener's pond scum is a spaceflight crop, a biofuel and a pollution sponge, all folded into a plant smaller than your fingernail.
Puzzles
Plant Hunt
⚽ From South America to North America
Science Shared
Science Shared: July 4
This week: debris for diversity, attack and defence in pathogens, and getting your statistics right.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
🇺🇸 Independence 🇵🇭
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Can plants remember a stressful past?
Scientists find that rice can tell stories of a hard winter to future generations and prepare them for survival
Ecosystems
The Flower That Tells Pollinators to Move On
In Saxifraga fortunei, a yellow-to-red colour change in the pistil may tell hoverflies and honeybees which flowers are still worth visiting.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Chris Thorogood: "We Can’t Live Without Plants"
Botany One interviews Dr Chris Thorogood, who aims to foster a greater care and attention for plants through science and art.
Taxonomy & Evolution
How Seeds Travelled Through Plant History
From fruit-eating animals to wind and self-launching seeds, flowering plants have changed their travel strategies as climates shifted over millions of years.