Science and conservation news
Keep up to date with the latest science and conservation news and blogs from Kew. Here you will find all the latest articles about our work in the UK and around the world. Research news of interest to specialists is reported in our specialist science news page and our newsletter Kew Scientist.
Specialist science news | Go behind the scenes with Kew blogs
Understanding the building blocks of our natural world - fungi research at Kew
28 Sep 2009
Kew’s specialist expertise is revealing the links between tree health, air pollution and climate change.
7 likes0 comments
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank partnership is working with agency Seeds of Success to collect native seeds in Texas
28 Sep 2009
Around 500 wild plant species are now safely banked thanks to Kew's partnership work.
7 likes3 comments
Kew works with partners in Lebanon to store seeds of native wild species
27 Sep 2009
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership with the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute is saving native wild species
3 likes1 comment
Kew's cuttings from one of the world's rarest plants have finally produced seed
25 Sep 2009
Kew's scientists have propagated café marron seedlings and sent them back to their native Mauritius.
1 like1 comment
Kew’s connection with Charles Darwin: an evolutionary relationship
24 Sep 2009
As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth, Emma Townshend traces the close connections between the great scientist and the Royal Botanic Gardens.
5 likes0 comments
Where the wild things are: wildlife, natural flora and fungi at Kew
24 Sep 2009
A surprising abundance of wildlife can be found in the Gardens – Sandra Bell outlines how and why Kew keeps track of them.
3 likes1 comment
Help Kew save 25% of the world's plants by 2020
24 Sep 2009
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank will soon celebrate a global landmark - conserving 10% of the world’s plants.
14 likes0 comments
Help us create an English meadow at Wakehurst Place
23 Sep 2009
Meadows - a vanishing landscape. Old hay meadows provide a rich haven for biodiversity, and were once a common feature of our landscape. Help Kew turn Bloomers Valley at Wakehurst Place into a new English meadow.
12 likes2 comments
Kew's projects in the UK
22 Sep 2009
Find out how Kew's scientists are recording and conserving plant and fungal life in the UK.
19 likes0 comments
Kew's projects in Madagascar and Mascarenes
22 Sep 2009
Kew's scientists use a variety of specialist techniques to record and protect endangered species.
14 likes0 comments
Science & Conservation
Follow Kew
Keep up to date with events and news from Kew
Specialist science news
What are hard seeds for?
14 May 2013
A new hypothesis has been proposed on why some seeds are hard.
Caffeine enhances bee memory
10 May 2013
Caffeine in the nectar of coffee and citrus flowers manipulates the memory of pollinating bees.
Is our daily cup of coffee under threat?
08 Nov 2012
A new study from Kew suggests that Arabica coffee could be extinct in the wild within 70 years.
Director (CEO and Chief Scientist) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to return to Australia
14 Sep 2011
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew announced today that Director (CEO and Chief Scientist), Professor Stephen Hopper FLS will step down in autumn 2012 after six years in the job.
