The Digital Biodiversity Revolution Needs More Than Data (Part 2)
Digitising a collection is easy. Deciding who owns the knowledge inside it is the hard part.
Plants & People
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The Digital Biodiversity Revolution Needs More Than Data
At Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi Symposium, digitisation promised new science, sharper conservation and faster AI. But the hardest questions were about people, power and who benefits.
The Plants Closest to Extinction Are the Ones Science Often Knows Least
New research shows that economic value, not conservation urgency, is the strongest predictor of which Brazilian plants attract scientific study.
Will State Flowers and Insects Leave Home?
State flowers and insects are meant to represent a place, but climate change may soon test how long those living emblems can remain in place.
The Fragrant Library: Can a Perfume Bottle Save a Rainforest?
Could perfumes help save endangered plants? A new initiative combines fragrance technology, conservation funding, and ethical sourcing to protect some of the world’s rarest species.
Introducing Botany One’s Digital Botany Special Focus Issue
Why digital botany matters now
Have We Forgotten the Names of Plants?
New research finds that people are no worse at naming common wild plants than they were two decades ago, but younger adults may be missing out on everyday plant knowledge.
Sweet Potatoes on Mars
An orange vegetable for a red planet
How American Crops Changed Europe
Archeobotany and historical records show how American plants travelled
Rat Tales from the Attic Floor
18th century rodent cache tells rich botanical history
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