The Week in Botany December 22, 2025
This week, the ants that dictate to lions, plant romance, colourful trees, and more...
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This week, the ants that dictate to lions, plant romance, colourful trees, and more...
Mother Nature has her trees in bloom to celebrate Spring in Argentina.
In the competitive world of plant-pollinator interaction, a little razzle-dazzle helps a flower be seen.
An invasive ant disrupts a partnership between trees and insects, reshaping the way lions hunt zebras in Africa’s savanna
A pioneering redesign shows how museum gardens can help visitors understand evolution, biodiversity and the actions we can take for a healthier planet.
Botany One interviews Dr Natalia Pabón-Mora, a Colombian botanist fascinated with plant evolution and developmental biology.
Rare sex chromosomes discovered in distant palm relatives reveal remarkable evolutionary convergence, potentially revolutionising crop breeding for fruit-bearing species.
This week, surprising seedlings, how to make a duck a better gardener, aging blooms and more.
New research provides fascinating insights into the genetic and molecular basis behind the growth of two chemovars of Cannabis.
Migrating ducks scatter plant seeds across continents, but research shows their botanical gift works best when the "wrapping" disappears.
Botany One interviews Dr Kasey Barton, one of the editors of an upcoming Special Issue at Annals of Botany.
Choosing the right rootstock can dramatically reshape a grapevine's entire architecture, offering winemakers a powerful tool to match vines to challenging growing conditions.
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Botany One is a blog run by the Annals of Botany Company, a non-profit educational charity. The goal of the blog is to promote Botany in all is aspects as well as discuss the human issues involved in being a botanist.
The current editors are:
Sarah Covshoff
Sarah is a plant molecular biologist passionate about communicating the science of the natural world to lay people and experts alike. previously worked as a PhD student and postdoctoral fellow in the field of C4 photosynthesis and now focuses on science communication.
Carlos Andrés Ordóñez Parra
Carlos is a PhD student at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), studying the seed ecophysiology and functional ecology of the Brazilian Cerrado. As a science communicator, he looks to spread the word about the exciting world of plant sciences and highlight researchers from historically excluded groups and the science they do.
Additionally Alun Salt handles extra writing and editing of the site. if something is wrong with the code it's his fault.
You can read more about Botany One on our About page.
In addition to Botany One, the company currently publishes three journals, the Annals of Botany, AoB PLANTS, and in silico Plants.
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