RBG Kew has had a partnership with the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (Instituto de Investigação Agrária de ...

During 2023 and 2024, an international conservation team made up of Kew scientists and horticulturists, alongside experts ...

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 ...

Despite the pleasure we receive from the delicate aroma of a rose or the herby scent of rosemary, humans are not the primary reason why plants smell. For plants, smell is a vital form of communication ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kew's Archives hold vast collections on our history as a global centre of plant information and renowned botanical garden. Eryl Smith was born Eryl Glynne in Glyndyl, North Wales, around 1893. Smith ...

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 ...