About Plant News
Plant science discoveries, explained for people who love plants.
What is this?
Plant News is a knowledge graph that connects plant science research across journals, preprints, and citizen science observations. Every week, our pipeline pulls new discoveries from PubMed, bioRxiv, and iNaturalist, then synthesizes them into plain-language summaries so you don't have to read the papers yourself.
The result is a living web of 363 articles, 208 plant species, and 409 research topics — all cross-linked so you can follow the connections between discoveries.
How it works
1. Ingest
Every week we pull new plant research from PubMed, bioRxiv preprints, and iNaturalist citizen science observations.
2. Synthesize
AI reads each paper and creates a plain-language summary, key findings, and explains why it matters for gardeners and plant lovers.
3. Connect
Articles are linked to plant species, research topics, and related discoveries — surfacing connections no single source shows.
Our sources
The world's largest database of biomedical and life sciences research. We focus on plant biology, agriculture, botany, and ecology papers.
A citizen science platform where millions of naturalists document species observations worldwide. We track trending plant observations across North America.
A preprint server for biology. We catch plant science research before it's published in journals — often months ahead of formal publication.
Who runs this?
Plant News is a personal project by someone who loves plants and thinks scientific research should be accessible to everyone — not locked behind jargon and paywalls. The site runs mostly on autopilot: the pipeline does the heavy lifting, and a human checks in weekly to make sure everything looks right.
Have feedback?
This site is new and we'd love to hear from you. Use the reaction buttons on any article to tell us what's useful, what needs more explanation, or what you'd like to see more of. You can also request a plant you'd like us to track.