The world's oldest known botanical art, from the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia around 6000 BCE, hides fascinating ...

Long before anyone wrote down a number, early villagers were painting flowers with a precision that looks suspiciously like ...

While flower beds slumber through the British winter, artists are at work capturing their beauty. But the genre is too often under-appreciated ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s new art exhibit invites guests to enjoy the art of four contemporary printmakers using traditional techniques to capture the beauty and wonder of the ...

Learn how ancient pottery covered in flowers may be humanity’s first attempts at mathematical thinking.

African artists are making waves in the world of botanical art, adding their own unique touch to the centuries-old tradition ...

Think of botanical illustrators, and you might envision a world of medieval herbalists, tulip or orchid collectors, or affluent young women of the 17th and 18th centuries making detailed drawings and ...

Molly Brown has always loved hanging out with plants. Growing up in Connecticut, she spent her days exploring a nearby 40-acre lot she “knew like the back of her hand,” picking flowers and drawing ...

Think of botanical illustrators, and you might envision a world of medieval herbalists, tulip or orchid collectors, or affluent young women of the 17th and 18th centuries making detailed drawings and ...

A collection of exquisite illustrations of Colorado plants, from foothills to alpine tundra, drew accolades at London’s Royal Horticultural Society Botanical Art Show in February. The artists — 10 ...