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

Genome evolution and carbon dioxide dynamics

24 Oct 2012

Using the size of guard cells in fossil plants to predict how much DNA each cell contained (the genome size), researchers have discovered that variations in genome sizes over geological time correlate with atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

0 likes
0 comments

Madagascar’s palms near extinction

17 Oct 2012

Eighty three percent of Madagascar’s palms are threatened with extinction, putting the livelihoods of local people at risk – according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species released today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These findings draw on research undertaken by experts at Kew.

16 likes
0 comments

Photo: 'thermal’ lily (Nymphaea thermarum)

UN Meeting on Biodiversity says action in support of biodiversity is urgently needed

10 Oct 2012

As the UN Meeting on Biodiversity opens in Hyderabad, India, Kew joins representatives from over 170 countries to discuss a plan of action for protecting the planet’s biodiversity.

16 likes
2 comments

Grass identification workshop in Madagascar

by: Maria Vorontsova, Herbarium blog
26 Sep 2012
Find out how Kew staff helped local scientists in Madagascar learn to identify unique and endangered species of grasses.

6 likes
0 comments

Palm biogeography

25 Sep 2012

Researchers are using statistical and phylogenetic methods to help understand the biogeography of palms.

2 likes
0 comments

On the murder of Dr Charles Budd Robinson

by: Charlotte Rowley, Library, Art and Archives blog
20 Sep 2012
Read about the death of enthusiastic plant hunter Dr Charles Budd Robinson in Ambon, as told by the murder report in Kew's archives, and learn why miscommunication can be deadly.

20 likes
0 comments

Saving seeds - in four million years we'll laugh about it!

by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Millennium Seed Bank blog
20 Sep 2012
Here comes a slightly different 'Seed of the Month' blog by the Millennium Seed Bank's Seed Morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, in which he explains why saving seeds is more than just a good idea!

40 likes
3 comments

Every species counts

by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog
14 Sep 2012
Two new completed publications reveal just why every species matters to the health of our planet, and why we need to change our perception of their 'usefulness'.

34 likes
1 comment

Photo: The dry thornbush of North East Kenya

60 year project documenting plants of East Africa celebrated at Kew Gardens

13 Sep 2012

A significant milestone in East African conservation and botany will be celebrated at Kew today, to mark the completion of The Flora of Tropical East Africa (FTEA). This vast 60 year project involved documenting and furthering knowledge of the region’s 12,104 wild plant species, including many plants new to science.

21 likes
0 comments

Ever had an ice cream bean for dessert?

by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Millennium Seed Bank blog
31 Aug 2012
This month the Millennium Seed Bank's Seed Morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, has us salivating over the remarkable fruits of the ice cream bean (Inga edulis).

27 likes
1 comment

Back Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 of 44 Next

Displaying 61 to 70 of 434 matches