In this episode, we’ll explore the future of botany and consider current plant mysteries. We’ve learned a lot about plants throughout this series, but there’s much more to discover. In this episode of ...

On Tuesday, students will begin a vascular plant taxonomy course on the Morton Arboretum grounds as part of a unique cooperative botany program involving 15 Chicago-area universities and colleges. The ...

In this episode, we’ll learn about Gregor Mendel, who used pea plants to study genetics. All of the different plants on Earth—from mango trees to marigolds—have come about thanks to the simple rules ...

During May 2023, undergraduate and graduate students at University of Colorado-Boulder’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Museum and Field studies programs had the opportunity to traverse the ...

People give Lindsey Katora funny looks when she tells them the name of the course she’s taking: “Women, Plants, and Politics.” “They ask, ‘What kind of class is that?’” says the junior, who is ...

I began teaching classes for Birmingham Botanical Gardens several years ago. I was working on my doctorate at the time in biology, and as such, I was constantly warned that I should try not to make my ...