Compassion Can Transform Plant Conservation
A withering houseplant can tug at our heartstrings just like a suffering animal, showing how emotions could help save plant species.
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An Anonymous Botanist has Poisoned a Herbarium in New York in an Unusual Way
My guess: Professor Plum, in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, with the suspicious green bottle.
#WhoIsABotanist?
With plant knowledge touching so many parts of our lives, what is it that makes someone a Botanist?
7 Ways to Transform Your Garden into a Bird Paradise (According to Science!)
New research from Australia reveals actions anyone can take to transform their garden into a thriving sanctuary for local birds.
What Is the Future of Plant Biology Teaching?
Plant Educators from the UK and beyond got together in Lancaster at the start of the month to discuss what’s going wrong and what’s going right in plant biology education. They found a lot of both.
Teaching Botany: a deep dive into plant pigments in crops
Struggling to make a smelly onion or an unripe pepper exciting for your biology students? Grab a simple optical microscope and transform boredom into curiosity! You will discover the vibrant colour palette of plant pigments hidden in food crops we eat every day.
Small Gardens Pack Big Potential for Urban Pollinators
Urban gardeners with tiny plots lead the way in creating diverse flower gardens that support pollinators.
Social Media Plans for 2025
What do you do when large parts of internet infrastructure are vandalised? Here’s how we’re planning to work around them.
Paramotoring at the Frontier of Botanical Knowledge in the Peruvian Desert
Scientists and paramotor experts come together with an eco-friendly method to explore remote desert plants while protecting fragile environments from vehicle damage.
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