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botany

Thismia sitimeriamiae is extremely rare

Life

Strange new fairy lantern plant is already critically endangered

This bizarre-shaped plant from a Malaysian rainforest appears to be so vanishingly rare it should already be considered critically endangered

News

flowers

Environment

Taller and prettier plants are more likely to be studied by botanists

News

Robot plants made from origami mimic transpiration to track the sun

Technology

Robot with origami leaves can follow the sun like a real plant

News

Extinct date palms grown from 2000-year-old seeds found near Jerusalem

Life

Extinct date palms grown from 2000-year-old seeds found near Jerusalem

News

orchids

Humans

Don't miss: Maternal artworks, blooming islands and rewarding maths

Culture

picture of mulberry tree, China

Life

The odd history of the mulberry tree's ties to silk, music and money

Culture

Jane Bock

Life

Crime-fighting botanist takes down murderers using plants

Features

giant centipede

Life

Rainforest romanticism is derailing our hunt for new drugs

Culture

Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

Humans

Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

News

Tree Hugging

Earth

It is worth valuing trees, but all deserve our respect

The benefits trees bring to our lives are now being quantified by a band of treeconomists, an approach that could help us give trees the respect they deserve

Leader

Earth

Treeconomics: How to put a fair price tag on urban forests

Features

Earth

The world's tallest tree costs more than a private island

Features

Earth

Magical regrowth: Kew Gardens opens revamped Temperate House

Culture

Life

The spiky but stunning burrs that litter the South African coast

Regulars

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