The Botanical Artist Who Translates Plant Science Into Beautiful Art The Smithsonian’s first and only botanical illustrator brings her subjects to life in all their scientific glory ...

The complex geometry of plant structures drives both scientific investigation and artistic inspiration. It also may provide ...

As a scientific illustrator, Rick Simonson depicts scientific processes, microscopic organisms and extinct animals. This career combines his love of art and his background in biology.

What is considered a good illustration can differ between the opinion of a scientist and that of an illustrator. It seems that what a scientist wants is open to a variety of interpretations.

I'm Valeria Chiarini, I'm a 25-year-old Italian illustrator. After having graduated in comics and visual storytelling from the European Media Academy ACME in Milan, I completed a Master's Degree in ...

Scientific Illustrations: Your Go-To Guides for Halloween Costumes The details are what separate a good outfit from an amazing one. The images in the Biodiversity Heritage Library can help you ...

Sarah Bowdich (1791-1856) was an author, illustrator and traveller, and became a scientific explorer on an equal footing with her husband. She popularised science and illustrated many of her own books ...

Even with huge advances in photography, scientific illustration is in use today in exploration of nature including animals, plants and even medicine.

An ambitious project led by scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, along with global partners, seeks to shed light on the planet's "plant diversity darkspots"—regions teeming with ...

The scientific study of plants has advanced to the point where we could drop the quotation marks from plant “intelligence” without fear of veering toward pseudoscience.

Hewing faithfully to scientific conventions, the illustrations show vegetation, life cycles, and dissections of reproductive parts. Some pressed plant material is taped in.