A new species of giant water lily has been discovered - and it’s been hiding in plain sight for 177 years. The huge plant had been in the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and was ...

That Victorian epoch is summed up in the story of one plant - the giant water lily. First described in 1837, it was named Victoria regia after the new Queen. Seed had been brought back to Britain ...

Photographer: João Paulo Krajewski In the Pantanal, the search was concentrated in Amolar, a region where there are lagoons with the giant water lily. However the Pantanal has been suffering with ...