Just want access to the gardens? Our new Seed membership gives you unlimited entry to Kew Gardens for 12 months. From just £54 a year, paid annually by Direct Debit. *Restrictions apply. Please see ...
This Easter, join the Octonauts on a buzzing family mission! Captain Barnacles and the crew need you! Based on the Octonauts: Above and Beyond episode, ‘Honeybees’, help guide the honeybees back home ...
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The majority of plants are able to get the nutrients they need, like nitrogen, from the soil by absorbing them through their roots. However, there are some environments where the soil has very few of ...
If you love the sight of beautiful spring blossoms, you might have noticed that they’re blooming earlier than they used to. Science backs this up. By looking at records from the ...
From plants to poo, Kew Research Fellow Dr Si-Chong Chen reveals how seeds use animals as their free ride for dispersal… Plants can’t pick themselves up and move around, so they often need a little ...
RBG Kew’s fifth State of the World’s report, published today, lays out the current condition of the world’s plants and fungi globally. Based on the work of 200 international researchers and covering ...
In a new study, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and partners have described the only known member of the palm family (Arecaceae) to flower and fruit almost entirely underground. Owing to ...
How did the double coconut, one of the natural world’s most celebrated and mysterious phenomena, evolve on a remote island? On the beautiful islands of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean grows a ...
Fungi are everywhere and are vital to all life on Earth. They're on our bodies, in our food and amongst the ground we walk on. We take a look at some of the ways fungi are an essential part of our ...
When you hear the word wildlife what is the first thing that springs to mind? It's probably an image of an animal. Wildlife includes animals but it also incorporates plants. Our inability to recognise ...
Palm trees differ from other tropical trees in many ways but how many grow worldwide has long been a mystery. Palm trees (Arecaceae) are iconic tropical forest plants. However, the familiar postcard ...