With the arrival of the garimpeiros in the 1980s, and learning the dangerous route up the Uraricoera River, aluminium boats ...

May 2026 marks the 100 th birthday of Sir David Attenborough, an icon in the world of biology and wildlife. Starting his ...

While exploring some of the 7.3 million dried plant specimens for Kew’s Digitisation Project that are being made freely ...

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Gerhard Prenner, researcher in plant morphology and anatomy, presents his recent studies on Abrus precatorius, a "deadly beauty" with fascinating flowers and inflorescences. The genus Abrus consists ...

A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...

The Director's Correspondence contains letters from several members of the Veitch family, famed for the Veitch & Sons Nurseries, a name synonymous with horticulture for much of the 18th century, when ...

Saxophonist Aaron Liddard brings his dynamic quintet to the stage for an evening of expressive, vibrant jazz. A saxophonist, composer, bandleader and arranger, Liddard has performed and recorded with ...

Join Charlotte Lusty in our latest episode of Dig Deeper as we journey into the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst. Learn how ...

Discover the stories behind why these four iconic plants were adopted as symbols of resilience and resistance by the LGBTQ+ community. We value plants for a number of reasons; their scientific ...