MOUNT IDA (AP) — The teeming plant world could become a virtual mystery in the coming decades as college students increasingly shy away from studying botany and universities across the U.S ...

The future of botany depends on making room for more voices and ways of knowing. We can ask new questions, gain new insights, and make shared discoveries by bridging knowledge across cultures.

Botany has also been shaped by the knowledge of enslaved people throughout history, like Edmond Albius. In the 1840s, when Albius was only twelve years old and enslaved on the island of ...

“There are likely other species recognized by indigenous people but not yet recognized by science, and that is one of the reasons that we feel it is important for scientists to engage with ...

We believe there has been a gradual erosion of knowledge about plants among biology graduates and the general public as a result. Botany graduates are now few and far between. Juraj Micka/Shutterstock ...

Blanche Trask posing on her porch in Avalon, Catalina Island. (UC Berkeley Jepson Herbarium). The last of the Fab 5, Lester Rowntree, began her career in botany in her 50s after her divorce and went ...

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