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In 1901 an American botanist and travel writer, Elizabeth Taylor, traveled two hours by rowboat to reach the island and found herself stranded by a storm for 16 days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

White lilies are said to represent peace and are a traditional choice for acts of remembrance in the UK, says botanist James Wong of BBC Gardeners' Question Time.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Kobe University botanist Kenji Suetsugu explains, "These interactions are fascinating because they sit on the boundary between cooperation and conflict."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026

The director of conservation at the California Botanic Garden, botanist Naomi Fraga, said a superbloom is typically classified as a regional phenomenon where you see fields of wildflowers stretching across hundreds of thousands of acres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

Frank, George, and Horace had children, and these three sons also continued in their fathers footsteps: Frank was a botanist and edited his fathers letters and published the Autobiography.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

In 2013, von Konrat led a team of botanists and volunteers to survey the region, cataloging grasses, trees, and mosses in search of a location that matched the plant material found on the shoes.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 1, 2026

Travelers join pro botanists and mycologists to document the local flora and fungi, while educating villagers on safe foraging practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Calling squash a fruit wears me out a little, but, okay botanists, with your genus-species-variety nomenclature, I concede: by definition, squash is indeed a fruit.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

It’s a bane of hikers, but botanists say the native plant plays an important role in the ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025

The plant, known to botanists as Hedysarum alpinum, grows in gravelly soil throughout the region.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer