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For several days, all eyes were on “Éros.” This spectacular titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), housed at the Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden in Nancy, had been preparing for its much-anticipated bloom...

Throughout history, wars and military expeditions have often gone hand in hand with scientific and biological discoveries. As armies advanced into unfamiliar territories, accompanying scientists gathered new knowledge about fauna, flora, and geography...

 In addition to the restoration of habitats through large-scale sowing of characteristic plant species, the translocation (reintroduction) of rare or threatened species is an increasingly used complementary technique around the world...

The third edition of the International Euphorbia Society congress, held at Meise Botanic Garden on May 24 and 25, was particularly special as it marked the 20th anniversary of the society...

Régine Fabri, former head librarian at Meise Botanic Garden, has been awarded the 2025 Annual Literature Award by the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) for her book "The vasculum or botanical collecting box. Symbol of the nineteenth-century botanist, now an obsolete relic"...

On April 28th, 2025, Meise Botanic Garden welcomed partners for the official launch of DiSSCo Flanders 2.0, a new project that will make it easier to access and explore natural science collections in Flanders...