All summer long, Kew members and their guests can visit the Gardens from 8am. Escape the crowds and be the first to enjoy the ...

I’m on a video call with Dr Lova Marline, a bryologist from Madagascar who has recently moved to the US to join Harvard ...

What is digital sequence information (DSI)? As the biodiversity COP16 unfolds in Colombia, a hot discussion is taking place on the fair use of ‘digital sequence information’ – but what is it really?

Arriving at Kew A few years after the trees were rediscovered in Australia, they were propagated and distributed to a few botanic gardens worldwide, including Kew and Wakehurst, to ensure the best ...

The makings of a meadow Today, a meadow is often used to describe any largely unmanaged natural area with a proliferation of grasses and flowers. More traditionally though, it refers to a field that ...

Nestled within the vaults of botanical gardens and museums around the world lie millions of herbarium specimens: an army of dried plants collected over hundreds of years and lying witness to serious ...

It’s been another excellent year! In 2023, 74 plants and 15 fungi were named by botanists and mycologists here at Kew and at our partner organisations around the globe. We've seen everything from ...

Four flowers that have become queer symbols Discover the stories behind why these four iconic plants were adopted as symbols of resilience and resistance by the LGBTQ+ community.

Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023 has arrived, shedding light on our current understanding of plants and fungi, and what we need to find out in order to protect them. Kew’s fifth State ...

5 things you didn’t know about henna Fascinating facts about an ancient plant that’s just to dye for.

22 ways to build biodiversity Celebrate biodiversity in all its form this International Day for Biological Diversity by discovering how you can help protect our most precious natural resource.

Explained: What is COP15 and why is it important? We are now living in an age of extinction with biodiversity loss ranked as one of the biggest threats facing humanity. Here's all you need to know ...