One of the most famous mythological trees is the world tree Yggdrasil, found in Norse mythology. This tree is described as a ...

The newly published checklist of the Itremo Massif Protected Area contains 749 plant species across 353 genera and 103 ...

Shade-grown coffee plantations can be powerful allies in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. The use of ...

Whilst we were closed, we lost vital income that supported our world-class horticultural and conservation work. We need your help more than ever to protect the future of Kew. If you can't get to the ...

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 ...

Plantasia, Kew’s summer festival celebrating the positive effects of plants, is underway. Researcher Olwen Grace highlights investigations in the Jodrell Laboratory on Aloe vera, one of the most ...

Recently-released IUCN Red List assessments for slipper orchids from the temperate Northern Hemisphere show that a shocking 79% of species are threatened with extinction. Mike Fay, Head of Genetics ...

Scientists at Kew have been studying pollen structure for many years, and trying to unravel how and why certain structures have evolved. In this blog, I will focus on how structures in pollen of ...

I currently work as a research assistant with Coffee species, taking them from leaf and seed samples, through various molecular laboratory protocols and onwards to sequencing and bioinformatics. I ...