EditorialDr. Naomi Fraga, a botanist with the nonprofit California Botanic Garden, drives her Toyota Tacoma along a dirt path in Kern County, Calif., on April 28, 2023. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialCathie Martin, a botanist, works with gene editing technology to make foods ? in particular, tomatoes ? more nutritious and longer-lasting. (Elizabeth Dalziel/The New York Times)
EditorialA botanist replants thousands of illegally harvested conophytum plants that were incercepted in the mail, in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 15, 2021. (Tommy Trenchard/The New York Times)