Giles Oldroyd, the new president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, thinks now is the time for plant science to change the world. The ability to sequence DNA has created a “phenomenal ...

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around ...

Plants reflect urban climate and soil conditions with remarkable precision. Using more than 80 million observations from ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2025. From "camouflaged" plants to ...

Science is the force that makes Longwood's gardens flourish. A new scientific plan will launch along with events for the ...

Scientists have visualised plant respiration in real time, capturing stomata opening and closing. This breakthrough offers ...

Morris Arboretum & Gardens has completed construction on their new Plant Science Lab to accelerate research in plant identification, conservation genetics, and species evolution using molecular tools.

Citizen science platforms, including iNaturalist, are leading to major new discoveries and are becoming crucial to the work ...

In the weird world of chlorophyll-free “fairy lantern” plants, there’s a new species to admire. By plant standards, Thismia are truly odd. Lacking chlorophyll, they eschew photosynthesis, instead ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Many people in St. Louis may not realize the region is a plant science powerhouse. And in just a few months, one of the leading plant science centers will have a new leader at ...

Missouri Botanical Garden president Lúcia Lohmann presents during the Plant Science Family Reunion at MoBOT on Aug. 21, 2025. There was hardly an empty chair inside the Missouri Botanical Garden’s ...

KAWANISHI-CITY, Japan — Environmental problems due to the explosion of the human population are becoming increasingly severe worldwide. The Green Science Alliance has set a bold goal of replacing all ...