In a seismic shift since Kew’s inaugural State of the World’s report ten years ago, the sixth State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report, published 16 June 2026, brings together expertise from over ...

Kew’s Digitisation Project has uncovered that not everything pressed between the pages of the herbarium is as it seems. But who orchestrated these botanical tricks decades ago, and why? While ...

Kew scientists named 190 new plants and fungi described together with partners in 2025 List includes a ‘zombie’ fungus from Brazil, a ‘bloodstained’ orchid from Ecuador, a strange snowdrop from the ...

Library Graduate Trainee Jessica Hudson explores the significance of John Ray's work in sowing the seeds of modern taxonomy. Hello, I’m Jess. I’m one of this year’s new Library Graduate Trainees and I ...

To celebrate the Mansion reopening its doors, here are ten things you might not know about our Grade I listed Elizabethan mansion. Welcome back to the Mansion, now reopened for visitors. In Summer ...

Ash dieback is a disease caused by a fungus called Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, an invasive species which has spread across Europe in the past 30 years. The fungus grows into the trees’ vascular systems ...

Kew's scientists and international partners share their 10 favourite species named as new to science in the past 12 months. It's been another busy year here at Kew, with our scientists and their ...

Kew publishes trailblazing report detailing the future of its 11,000 trees ‘Planting for the Future’ reveals over 50% of Kew’s tree species could be vulnerable by 2090 Much-loved species such as oak, ...

What do you think of when you think of a meadow? Probably an open field, full of grass and flowers gently blowing in the breeze. But there’s so much more than just their beauty. Meadows of all types ...

Our Herbarium at Kew was founded more than 170 years ago, but the oldest specimens in the collection go back much further. They reveal the determined efforts of early botanists to catalogue the ...

Kew scientists pick their highlights from 74 plants and 15 fungi named with partners in 2023 Spotlight on rare and threatened species that require immediate protection Highlights include three new ...

Writing to Henry Ridley, Kew’s former Director Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) said of another scientist 'his drawings are not good enough to help much… They are in a terrible mess and I do not see ...