The results are published in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, the world’s most trusted source of information on ...

A favourite item from the Balls collection which features in the exhibition is his photo album of an expedition to Persia in ...

Join Kew curator-mycologists Issy Miles-Bunch and Rosie Woods in the Fungarium as they introduce you to some of their ...

Much of Australia is arid, with some parts of the continent among the driest locations on earth. These arid areas have been thought of as almost barren with limited plant diversity. However, in recent ...

Naturally Brilliant Colour exhibition comes to Kew Gardens. Monday 17 May to Sunday 26 September 2021, at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. “Pure Structural Colour is the most vivid ...

Kew's Archives hold vast collections on our history as a global centre of plant information and renowned botanical garden. Eryl Smith was born Eryl Glynne in Glyndyl, North Wales, around 1893. Smith ...

Discover a thrilling after dark Halloween trail full of hidden surprises. This October, Kew Gardens will transform once more into a ghostly, glowing adventure, brought to you by the producers of ...

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.

Plant hunters frequently travelled across the world to discover new plants for science. Discover some of their adventures here with stories from Kew's Archives. The Archives team at Kew has been ...

A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...

Research and analysis into Marianne North's painting materials and techniques has now been completed, revealing the secrets behind her artwork. The research was carried out in collaboration with ...