botany

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"Through this paper, we aim to raise awareness of forensic botany and encourage law enforcement to recognize the value of even the smallest plant fragments during investigations."

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

First, a botany crash-course: You can’t just plant a seed from your favorite apple to grow more of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

“We’ve always been intrigued by overlap between plants and humans,” study coauthor Pradeep Kachroo, a botany professor at the University of Kentucky, told Salon in a video interview.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

He got into botany after wanting to save animals as a child and a brief spell as a model.

From BBC • May 24, 2024

No botany, no geology, no biology of any sort—she was as ignorant as a baby.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman