Herbarium specimens serve as vital references for identifying plant species, including those presumed extinct. Detailed ...

Join Alex, Rosie and Issy, Kew’s Curator Mycologists, as they explore the Fungarium, possibly the biggest collection of fungi specimens in the world. Meet weird and wonderful specimens, like the ...

This sample of monkey orchid seeds was found to be 86% viable, which is a good result. Collectors were careful not to sample ...

Discover the world of science behind our botanical collections, with over 50,000 living plants to be found across our UNESCO World Heritage site. The Temperate House will be partially closed between ...

Reconnect with nature and unwind from the stresses of everyday life at one of our forest bathing workshops. Based on the Japanese art of Shinrin-yoku, forest bathing allows you to slow down as you ...

Working together to develop new ways of blending public and private funding to restore nature habitats and build resilience to climate change. With our six Local Partnership Projects, we are exploring ...

Nature-based Solutions tackle problems in ways that benefit people and can contribute to both Nature Recovery and Net Zero. Creating and restoring habitat is central to these solutions but that does ...

Nature Returns is working with six landscape-scale projects across the country as they design, deliver and test different Nature-based Solutions. At their heart, these are Nature Recovery projects, ...

How can we best use Nature-based Solutions across England to contribute to Net Zero and Nature Recovery? And how do we mobilise private finance to contribute to environmental and Net Zero targets? Led ...

We* would like to keep in touch with you by email. We’ll always try to personalise the emails you receive so you hear about the things which interest you most. Tick Yes to hear from us We may tell you ...

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? Easy access to DNA is one of the 21st century ...

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 ...