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  • Grey squirrel eating hazelnut surrounded by hazel leaves
    20 March 2024

    Squirrels v the Millennium Seed Bank: how we collect UK native hazelnuts

    Owen Blake, Matthew Jeffery, Ellie Wilson
  • A microscope image shows an aspergillus fungus
    11 March 2024

    The fungal drug discovery revolution

    Dr Tom A K Prescott
  • Malagasy woman in outdoor clothing, studying fungi specimens in a forest
    5 March 2024

    Meet Anna - the first Malagasy mycologist

    Ellie Wilson
  • Steveniella orchid flower petals form a hood over the reproductive organs
    28 February 2024

    Top 4 Armenian orchids

    Dr Aisyah Faruk, Astghik Papikyan
  • A member of the Kew madagascar team is demonstrating yam growing techniques to a crowd of onlookers
    15 February 2024

    Community Conservation in Madagascar’s Dry Forests

    Robert Taite
  • A vibrant green forest with large palm like trees
    6 February 2024

    The science behind the festival: orchids of Madagascar

    Dr Marco Pellegrini
  • A small lizard that has similar skin to the tree it is on
    Play
    5 February 2024

    Watch: Behind the scenes at the Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre

    Lydia Shellien-Walker
  • A shot showing curvature of the earth and the island of madagascar
    3 February 2024

    The makings of a megadiverse island

    Eddie Johnston
  • A person wearing a yellow hat and black coat in front of a rocky arctic landscape
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    29 January 2024

    Watch: Why we collected nearly 300,000 seeds from the Arctic

    Lydia Shellien-Walker
  • A line of people walking through a field of golden grass
    24 January 2024

    A rainbow every day: the Madagascar fieldwork experience

    Elliot Convery Fisher
  • A sheep munches on an ivy bush
    24 January 2024

    Why do sheep eat ivy?

    Dr William Milliken
  • Person smiling whilst holding a delicate orchid flower
    12 February 2024

    Saving a critically endangered orchid of Madagascar

    Landy Rajaovelona, Lauren Gardiner