Biologists are always learning new information about the genetic makeup of different species. At the end of last year, a group of researchers based in different labs in China, Belgium and the United ...

Claude Monet's iconic renderings of water lilies were born of a monumental project he steadfastly pursued during the last decades of his life. Comprising a string of paintings, numbering 250 in all ...

"It took me some time to understand my water lilies…," wrote Claude Monet. "I cultivated them with no thought of painting them… One does not fully appreciate a landscape in one day… And then, suddenly ...

Claude Monet died 90 years ago, but his famous water lilies still have power over viewers. What's the secret to their staying power? It might have to do with their creator's particular attachment to ...

Kew Gardens has just reopened its Temperate House after a five-year restoration. The project cost £41m and 500 plants were taken from the original building. Kew Gardens has five conservatories in ...

Carlos Magdalena, whose botanical adventures have shades of Indiana Jones, was a driving force in saving the world’s smallest water lily and finding the largest one. He has been called the “plant ...