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  • White flowers emerge from a plant at ground level, they are surrounded by leaves that also appear to grow from the ground.
    11 January 2024

    Kew’s top 10 new species of 2023

    Dr Martin Cheek
  • Computer showing lines of code on the screen
    8 January 2024

    How artificial intelligence can save the natural world

    Eddie Johnston
  • Digitiser holding barcoder to digitise specimen as part of Kew's Digitisation Project
    19 December 2023

    Unlocking nature's secrets: Kew's digitisation triumphs of 2023

    Paul Figg
  • Herbarium specimens laid out
    11 December 2023

    Ambitious programme to transform our science

  • A drawing of Charles Darwin surrounded by herbarium specimens
    5 December 2023

    Unearthing the untold stories behind Darwin’s specimens that shaped evolution

    Ben Hirschler , Edie Burns
  • Illustration of quince
    23 November 2023

    Worth a thousand words: The hidden histories of botanical illustrations

    Ink David
  • Magnolia pallascens flowers are large with white, oval, curled petals surrounding a large reproductive area.
    10 November 2023

    The Hispaniola Island: a treasure chest of tree diversity in the Caribbean

    Silvia Bacci
  • Image divided into three showing a Kew digitiser, kew specimens and Alfred Russel Wallace
    8 November 2023

    Uncovering the lost treasures of Darwin’s ‘rival’ Alfred Russel Wallace

    Rachel McCarthy
  • The many spines of Index Kewensis issues
    25 October 2023

    Kew’s oldest project celebrates 130 years

    Dr Helen Hartley, Emma Wrankmore
  • A waterlily leaf viewed both from above and below, side by side
    23 October 2023

    Naming plants to save them

    Rafaël H A Govaerts
  • Fungi mushrooming near a leaf
    19 October 2023

    Why saving fungi matters.

    Ben Evans, Dr Ester Gaya
  • A brown cluster of mushrooms growing in a green forest dell
    10 October 2023

    State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023: What we know, what we don’t, and how we find out

    Eddie Johnston