Plants & People
To celebrate the “International Day of Girls and Women in Science”, Botany One highlights six exceptional female researchers who greatly contributed to shed new light on Plant Photobiology – a scientific discipline that studies the effects of light on biological processes in green organisms.
Ecosystems
Patrick Gibson reviews a book about José Celestino Mutis’s botanical expedition to what is now Colombia, as well as his scientific and artistic legacy.
Plants & People
Pumpkins, the hallmark of the most terrifying night of the year, are not the only botanical species that give rise to dreadful feelings. Let’s discover some creepy, freaky, greedy plants that seem spawned from horror stories.
Plants & People
After the summer break, the Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics celebrated the 66th edition of its annual congress in sunny Bari, a beautiful city located in the heel of Italy’s boot. Want to know more about “Climate-smart plants to feed the future”? Don’t miss this post-conference blog post.
Plants & People
Until recently, archaeologists had only a few clues about the importance of agaves to Southwest US and northern Mexico. But new research has revealed a hidden history of agave domestication in this region.
News in Brief
Getting reacquainted with nature could be as easy as a walk in your local park, thanks to a new concept for creating informal botanical gardens throughout cities.
Plants & People
The Sierra San Pedro Mártir’s pine forests thrive on the fires that recycle nutrients, but fire suppression threatens this unique Mexican ecosystem.
Plants & People
Does the word ‘new’ add anything to the title of a botanical paper?
Plants & People
ChatGPT may know a lot, but when it comes to botany basics, this AI still has a lot to learn according to researchers who gave it a “plant awareness” quiz.
Ecosystems
Scientists hope to encourage the German public to take part in Conservation Gardening, and help protect native species.
Plants & People
Cutting down big old trees in an Australian park led to fewer birds and possums as well as lower appreciation of the park from people, revealing the outsized ecological and social values of mature urban trees.
Plants & People
We’re running an experiment on Mastodon to see if we can improve our email, The Week in Botany.