The debate on naming continues. What makes a name scientific?
Category - Life
Alun Salt
Ian Street
International Women’s Day 2017: “Diversity makes my job enjoyable”
For International Women's Day 2017, we asked plant biologist Dr Zoë Popper to write about a typical day in her working life. Here, she reflects on the importance of diversity in her job.
Zoë Popper
International Women’s Day 2017: Celebrating Professor Winifred Pennington
For International Women's Day, we are celebrating the work and achievements of Professor Winifred Pennington FRS. You can download a free poster of her life at the end of this article.
Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison
Peter Barlow, a true Renaissance man [14th August, 1942 – 26th January, 2017]
Recently, my good friend and long-time colleague Dr Peter Barlow passed away. Peter was one of the true ‘greats’ of botany and his contributions to many different aspects of plant biology are numerous, important, and...
Nigel Chaffey
Darwin’s Closer Look at Primroses
What did Darwin think was his most satisfying scientific work? It might not be what you thought.
Darwin Day is coming and you can be part of it
Anyone can celebrate Darwin Day and promote science, without even leaving the house.
It’s World Wetland Day
Today, lakes, rivers, underground aquifers, swamps, marshes, wet grasslands, peatlands, oases, estuaries, deltas, tidal flats, mangroves, coral reefs, as well as fish ponds, rice paddies, reservoirs and salt pans and...
Winterwatch returns but does wildlife TV matter?
A popular BBC perennial returns for a week on UK TV screens. But will it do anything beyond providing some nature-themed light entertainment?
A bookmarklet for getting to unlinked DOIs
I’m a big fan of DOIs. These are links to papers, or any digital output that should be permanent. For example OUP has changed the system for hosting Annals of Botany and AoB PLANTS papers recently. The URLs have...
A bookmarklet for looking up species in the Encyclopaedia of Life
Want to look up species in the Encyclopaedia of Life a little faster? We have a tool for that.
Twitter versus Facebook: December 2016
We had a surprising number of well-shared posts in December, and there was no obvious topic that caught your eye, apart from Botany of course.
Twitter versus Facebook: November 2016
November showed how social media isn't just about pretty pictures. Sometimes pretty pictures are popular, but for our audience, they need to be backed by science.
Twitter versus Facebook: October 2016
October was a mixed month. We lost a botanist in terrible circumstances. There was some hope though.
