Three researchers have prepared a delightful concoction: equal parts plant science, cultural history and recipe book. The result is Botany at the Bar, an introduction to the fascinating world of ...

IN Nature of May 7, p. 732, Dr. Jules Brunel inquires about the "L. G." who was responsible for the "Précis de l'Histoire de la Botanique", the last of the seventeen volumes of "Le Règne Végétal", by ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences and the Mütter Museum have exhibitions about the role of plants in nation building. ''Botany of Nations,'' at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, ...

Part of the British Empire: the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Image: Andrew McRobb/Kew) WHAT underpins the internet, the humble tyre and the mackintosh? More critically, ...

MANY British and Irish botanists have been anticipating the appearance of Prof, Reynolds Green's history, of the development of their science within the United Kingdom, but its reception cannot but be ...

One hundred years ago on the brink of WWI, American botanists changed the course of plant science with the founding of a national publication, the American Journal of Botany. The journal not only ...

We’ve learned a lot about plants throughout this series, but there’s much more to discover. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll peek into the future of botany. We’ll consider current plant ...