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 ...

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 ...

In this episode, we’ll explore how we’ve created and used genetically modified organisms. Humans love to play with their food—in fact, we’ve been doing it for thousands of years. In this episode of ...

In this episode we’ll explore the earliest plants: bryophytes and seedless vascular plants Forget your favorite flowers, because we’re talking all about the mean green sporing machines. In this ...

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 ...

Plants have got you surrounded. They’re in your toothpaste, your bedsheets, and your regular Taco Bell order. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll find out what botanists study and how ...