Few things are as soothing on a hot summer’s day as a walk through a beautiful botanical garden, but they are not just oases of…
View More Botanical gardens ‘most effective’ green space at cooling streets in heatwavesTag: Kew Gardens
‘Uncharted territory’: more than 2m fungi species yet to be discovered, scientists say
More than 2m fungi species are waiting to be identified around the world in what scientists have called “a new frontier of discovery” for life…
View More ‘Uncharted territory’: more than 2m fungi species yet to be discovered, scientists sayKew Gardens’ Alexandre Antonelli: ‘We may be losing species before we even notice them’
Alexandre Antonelli is director of science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and a professor of systematics and biodiversity at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.…
View More Kew Gardens’ Alexandre Antonelli: ‘We may be losing species before we even notice them’‘Queen’s hedgehog’ fungus among 2022’s new discoveries recorded by Kew
The world’s largest giant waterlily from the wetlands of Bolivia, a spiny fungus named after the Queen and a herb threatened with extinction by pigeon…
View More ‘Queen’s hedgehog’ fungus among 2022’s new discoveries recorded by KewSussex’s Wakehurst reveals its ‘future-proofed’ American prairie grassland
Rapidly rising temperatures have led Wakehurst, which describes itself as “Kew Gardens’ wild garden in the country”, to take decisive action to future-proof its 535…
View More Sussex’s Wakehurst reveals its ‘future-proofed’ American prairie grasslandUK’s warmer, wetter weather sparks bumper year for mushrooms
The UK is having a bumper year for mushrooms due to the warm, damp weather, says scientists, with an increase in the number of rare…
View More UK’s warmer, wetter weather sparks bumper year for mushroomsDavid Attenborough hologram to front tour guide phone app
Sir David Attenborough is to front a new app that will allow mobile phone users to enlist the presenter as a virtual tour guide who…
View More David Attenborough hologram to front tour guide phone appShowy orchids to scaly desert dwellers – Kew presents ‘new’ species
Botanists list plants newly discovered or named by scientists in 2020 RBG Kew selects 10 of 156 species officially named this year The ugliest orchid…
View More Showy orchids to scaly desert dwellers – Kew presents ‘new’ species