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Over the past year, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the U.K., officially named 125 plants and 65 fungi. The ...

Close-up shot of Telipogon cruentilabrum.

Telipogon cruentilabrum is one of four new rare and spectacular Telipogon species described in 2025 by Dr Carlos Martel, Research Fellow at Kew and his Peruvian and Ecuadorian colleagues, including ...

According to Kew’s “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023” report, three out of four undescribed plants are threatened ...

Kew Gardens has revealed the strangest plant and fungi discoveries new to science in 2025 – but some are already nearly extinct.

A Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department inspector visited the mall this month.

Seattle and King County Public Health Department advise you to flush your toilet if you find a rat in it! Here's how they got in there!

All new rehearsal images have been released for Bill Rosenfield's re-imagining of Noël Coward's The Rat Trap at Park Theatre.

Ulster Unionist MLA Jon Burrows on steps of Parliament Buildings, Stormont after announcing that he is running to become the next party leader. Picture date: Thursday January 8, 2026. Ulster Unionist ...

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