Unable to travel as a gentleman naturalist of independent means Hooker used his medical qualification obtained at the University of Glasgow to secure an appointment as Assistant Surgeon on HMS Erebus ...

Ever since I can remember I have been fascinated by plants, especially all things edible that come from them. And the more exotic the plant, the better! After blogging about the cashew nuts, a very ...

When hair is bleached, using chemicals like hydrogen peroxide, it breaks down the melanin. This causes the hair colour to ...

Please note: The Kew Explorer will not run between 2 and 8 November 2024, due to the install of Christmas at Kew. The Kew Explorer land train is a relaxed and gentle ...

To support and highlight our research as well as share our knowledge with other interested parties, we publish a range of different publications and reports. Here you can find out what papers our ...

Join Botanical Horticulturalist Joe Richomme to learn about the spooky origins of this autumn tradition, along with discovering where the modern pumpkin comes from, and learn some of the secrets on ...

‘COP’ means ‘Conference of the Parties’, the regular meeting of Parties to a particular UN Convention. In this case, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), or Biodiversity Convention ...

The Archives at Kew Gardens are home to the official records of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. These contain information ...

This Black History Month I was invited to write a guest blogpost about my research on William Thomas March (pictured below).

Plants and fungi are vital to the future of food, clean air and medicine. We're fighting against biodiversity loss to save life on Earth.