At long last, @paleolorax.bsky.social gives us her Plant-Based History of the Earth!

Leaf It To Us Podcast@leafittouspod.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Scientists organize the history of the Earth based on the experiences of animals. But what if the Geologic Time Scale was plant-centric? This episode, Aly presents Nora with her take on a time scale based on the evolution and extinction of plants through time. Image by Lucy Wayland

Featuring @paleolorax.bsky.social and a deep dive into one of the most fascinating biomes on Earth, past and present.

Episode 225 – Forests

Listen to Episode 225 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts! Put together a whole lot of trees, a certain amount of heat and precipitation, and a variety of…

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Episode 3 - What's Inside a Pinecone? Out now! Featuring an animated discussion about these CT-scan images from the Regents of the University of Michigan.

Episode 1 - Sex-Changing Plants! Nora brings along some surprising news about trees that spontaneously changed sex, and Aly explains how plant sex works and what makes a tree suddenly swap from male to female. leafittouspod.podbean.com/e/episode-1-...

Episode 2 - Houseplants vs Housepets Why are so many of our favorite houseplants so dangerous to our pets? Nora and Aly investigate the antagonism between plants and animals and share some of their favorite stories of plants vs pets. leafittouspod.podbean.com/e/episode-2-...

🚨 New Podcast Alert! 🚨 If you - like Nora and Aly - feel that we don't talk enough about plants, we've got great news!

Leaf It To Us Podcast@leafittouspod.bsky.social · last yr.

Hello! Leaf it to Us is a podcast about the science of plants and their importance to us humans! Leaf it to Us is a descendant of @commondescentpod.bsky.social. They don't talk enough about plants, so we have BRANCHED off and said "Leaf it to Us!"

Hello! Leaf it to Us is a podcast about the science of plants and their importance to us humans! Leaf it to Us is a descendant of @commondescentpod.bsky.social. They don't talk enough about plants, so we have BRANCHED off and said "Leaf it to Us!"

I'll be giving a free public lecture tonight at 6:30 p.m. for the Botanical Club of Wisconsin. The lecture is online and open to anyone; join us at the zoom link below if you're interested in learning more about oaks! 16 Apr 2025, 6:30 PM Central Time (US / Canada) uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91623580182

We’re proud to announce a new podcast, Leaf it to Us, hosted by Nora Spurling and Aly Baumgartner! As a special preview, the pilot episode and its accompanying bonus episode are both now out on the Common Descent podcast feed! Take a listen and let us know what you think!

The Fish Doorbell is live! THE FISH DOORBELL IS LIVE 🐟 🐠 visdeurbel.nl/en/

The Fish Doorbell — The Fish Doorbell

Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell! This alerts our lock operator to let the fish through. The Fish Doorbell is in Utrecht, NL.

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In celebration of my monograph being accepted for publication, here's some images of everyone's favourite New York state fossil, Eurypterus, for #FossilFriday! Even among these standard compression fossils, the detail on the cuticle is exceptional. ⚒️🧪

This is a pro honey locust account

Enhancing plant morphological trait identification in #herbarium collections through deep learning–based segmentation New #AppsPlantSci research by Ariouat, Sklab, Prifti, Zucker & Chenin bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @ird-fr.bsky.social #botany #DeepLearning

The first mistake the girl makes is to be herself. The second is to cower.

top four deranged Australian plants, a thread: 1. the tree that kills you instantly by dropping a 5kg/11lb cone on your head (Araucaria bidwelli) www.botanicgardens.org.au/discover-and...

5 kilogram nuts come crashing down at Australia’s largest botanic garden | Botanic Gardens of Sydney

Summer heralds the sounds of loud thuds at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan, as the Bunya Pine begin to drop their cones.

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OK it actually seems pretty isolated, re NSF panel cancellation. Currently, only four panels in the next few months are listed as cancelled. new.nsf.gov/events/propo...

Proposal Review Panels

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Karolina Heyduk@kheyduk.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm on a panel later this week that is still happening (was reminded by a PO today to submit reviews). So it's is not NSF wide (though nothing to say it's not a daily rolling situation).

BIG NEWS: Violet Lichen and Apex Book Company are launching a new annual anthology! 🥂📚🍄 ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Eco-fiction, will showcase a collection of standout ecofiction published within the previous year. Story nominations open January 27th! Check the attached post for details!

The map's form: leaves – small It shows: comparative Its purpose: to speculate

Yes, we are open today. Yes, we have the new Rebecca Yarros. Yes, we are a good place to go if you want to decentralize your shopping because you’re tired of billionaires determining our society. Yes, bookstores are the original Book Tok. Yes, books can make us feel better.

Finally get to squeeze some squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) IRL 🤩 The name derives from phenomenon that the ripe fruits squirting a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds as a dispersal mechanism. This vid here is a slow-mo! #iamabotanist #plantjoy #plantsciences 🧪🌾🌱🥒

Textbooks claim that the boreal region is species poor. This is FALSE. There is a tremendous amount of cryptic biodiversity in the moss and lichen species that literally blanket the north. We just need to slow down and respect the fairy forests.

Travel awards (up to $5,000) are available to support the study of collections in the United States National Herbarium. Applications are due on 15 January: naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...