Glow Wild doesn’t just celebrate the diversity of animals and seeds on land: it also shines a light on the incredible variety ...

As mentioned, CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is celebrating its 50 th year which means that for the past five decades, it has worked to ...

Many see them as dried, perhaps useless plant specimens of little purpose - but did you know that our specimens are actively being used to combat climate change? Nestled within the vaults of botanical ...

Kew’s Digitisation Project is prompting fresh study of Charles Darwin’s plant collections from his famous trip aboard HMS Beagle. Nearly two centuries after the 22-year-old Charles Darwin set off on ...

This garden is 1.3 acres, filled with around 700 kinds of plants and brings over 350 million years of evolutionary history to life. Walk around the garden and you will see it is split up into 'rooms' ...

If you’ve seen Netflix’s blockbuster period drama Bridgerton and its spinoff Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, you may be wondering how much of its sweeping romance is based on reality. Kew Palace, ...

We look at the complex story behind one of the most infamous plants, and the science leading us to better understand it For thousands of years, Indigenous communities of South America have used the ...

It's rather strange that plants make cancer chemotherapy drugs don’t you think? It's not just one example. There is 'vinblastine' and 'vincristine', which are derived from the Madagascan periwinkle ...

Wollemi pines (Wollemia nobilis) were thought to be extinct for two million years. But in 1994 a group of researchers were exploring the canyons of Wollemi in the Australian Blue Mountains, where they ...

Plants and fungi have been used by humans from earliest times. From food, to clothing, weapons and materials, our collection has over 100,000 objects representing how life depends on plants all around ...

This unique collection of botanical art celebrates the beauty of nature in exquisite scientific detail – from an age before photography until the present day. The gallery captures the endless variety ...

More than 800 remarkable paintings cover the walls of the Marianne North Gallery. A vivid collection of 19th century botanical art, the gallery is a treat for both art lovers and adventurous minds. As ...