The University of Texas’s fish and herpetology building is mold-condemned and staff haven’t been able to work in the building for two years, and the UT herbarium is getting kicked out of their space in 2 years with no solid plan. This is absolutely true; the situation for American museums is dire.

John Garrison Marks@johngmarks.com · 2mo ago

On my blog, I wrote about how America's museums are falling apart. The US has 20k+ museums, and most have historic buildings with leaky roofs, failing HVAC units, and flooding basements. What they don't have is money for repairs. Please read/share! 🧵 johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-...

New paper by grad student Jordan Argrett on the role of hemiparasitic Castilleja in plant community diversity! He surveyed over 400 plots across multiple sites, spp, and growing seasons. With gorgeous hand-drawn illustrations by an REU coauthor! 🌍🌱🌿 bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Spread the word! #AppsPlantSci is accepting applications for our Reviewing Editor board. It's a great opportunity for postdocs & grad students to get hands-on experience in the editorial & review process. Apply by Aug 15. Term starts Sept 15 2026 More info: botany.org/home/publica... #Botany2026

Getting ready for #Botany2026! Liverwort tea towels, totes, jewelry and stickers will be available - see you soon! #sciart #bluebeehivestudio

Passionate about dryland & desert flora? Join the Dryland Floras Mixer at #Botany2026! Whether you attended last year's colloquium or are new to the network, grab a coffee on your way & join us to connect and collaborate. All are welcome! 🌵 August 4 | 9:45 - 10:15 AM 🌵 Sundeck Hospitality Ste 6339

Looking for plant specimen data or a place to manage your herbarium? Symbiota's open-source software helps researchers, educators, & natural history collections worldwide manage & mobilize biodiversity data. Learn more: symbiota.org 🌵 Find the Symbiota Support Hub at Booth #400 at #Botany2026!

Finishing up a very small batch of earrings for #Botany2026 for anyone who wants to wear an art-deco inspired #prothallus 😁 #ferns #sciart

This is the first paper to originate from my lab and include Hamilton undergraduates! So proud of the hard work they put into this paper 🐸

SICB journals@sicbjournals.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Just in IOB's issue! Relationships between Pre- and Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs (Lithobates clamitans) M O Girard, C J Clark, Ariel Kahrl doi.org/10.1093/iob/... "Sexual selection is thought to be a primary driver of trait #evolution..." #science #amphibians #bio

When I built nQuack, I wanted to be able to capture both allopolyploids and autoployploids - which differ in expected proportions of heterozygotes. Specifically, we expected autopolyploids to look like cats or dogs (2/n)

This comprehensive nomenclator updates taxonomy, synonymy, and conservation data for 56 𝐷𝑟𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎 species and 19 infraspecific taxa. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

CAM #photosynthesis discovered for the first time in a carnivorous plant Scientists from @SNSB and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social have found out in experiments with Pinguicula (butterworts). Read more open access in our journal Plant Biology doi.org/10.1111/plb.... #PlantSci

Yes, we CAM! First evidence of CAM photosynthesis in a carnivorous plant

Evidence for weak, facultative CAM is reported for the first time in a carnivorous plant, i.e., in Mexican representatives of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae).

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my new #sciart for @chistinesd.bsky.social: her research in @newphyt.bsky.social reveals arbuscular mycorrhizae in the stem of the early plant Aglaophyton from 407 million years ago, showing that fungal-plant symbioses are as old as the earliest soils. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Show your science pride this season with our newly released phylogenetic holiday cards! These 5x7 cards can be purchased individually or in sets of 5. 🧬 🎄 🧬 #phylogenetics #science #evolution #biology #biologist

🚨🚨 New tenure track position in #ConservationBiology @oberlincollege.bsky.social in the #Biology department--come join us, and contribute to our brand new Environmental Science major too! #biologyjobs #ecologyjobs jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671

Assistant Professor of Biology

The Biology Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time tenure track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences in conservation ecology. Initial appointment to this po...

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While it didn't work out to be a vendor in California for #Botany2025 this week, I'm excited to be there virtually through social media! This week only - the entire shop is 10-25% off. I'll be adding more pieces over the next several days, too. BlueBeehiveStudio.Etsy.com

Hello everyone at #Botany2025! I’m not there in person this year, but I’ll be posting a coupon code tomorrow after I get the textiles up on the shop!

🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥 Community #phylogenetics of North American #conifers through the lens of fire-adapted traits By Daniel Turck, Aaron Sparks, Jack Sullivan & David Tank doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany

apnews.com/article/bord... are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall

Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall

Botanists and citizen scientists armed with the iNaturalist app on their smartphones are recording the biodiversity along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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🌱🌱🌱Big botanical news🌱🌱🌱 Announcing 'Build A Plant' by the Onyenedum Lab at NYU, a video series all about plant anatomy! I had a plantastic time working on this 🥹 4 eps are out now, covering root, shoot, secondary growth, and leaf anatomy: youtube.com/@joyceonyene... 🧪 #scicomm #botany #plants

🚨Urgent: Help Save Decades of Work by Navajo Botanists🚨 For decades, Arnold Clifford has built up the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium. Now, this collection is at risk—snowstorms are causing the roof to cave in, putting >30,000 specimens in danger. #IndigenousScience #Conservation #MutualAid #botany

Very excited to introduce the newest genus of wild sunflowers, a tiny desert annual covered in dense wool and heads with just two small ray florets. Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net

The new issue of #AppsPlantSci is online! Highlights include #MachineLearning models for predicting plant tissue identity, automated approaches to produce digital #herbarium records, a new CNN to classify plant disease, and more bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/21680450... #botany #iamabotanist

Genetic diversity loss occurs globally & for many species, especially birds & mammals, in the face of threats such as land use change, disease, abiotic natural phenomena & harvesting or harassment. The need for genetically informed conservation interventions is urgent. 📑 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Congratulations to Dr. Jill Wegrzyn (@jillwegrzyn.bsky.social), Senior Associate Editor of BSA's #AppsPlantSci, and UConn Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, for winning the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). today.uconn.edu/2025/01/biol...

Cool paper on conifer evolution / diversification and fire adaptations 🤓 bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Fire in the tree: The origin and distribution of fire–adapted traits within conifers and their influence on speciation rates across the conifer phylogeny

Premise Considering rapidly changing fire regimes due to anthropogenic disturbances to climate and fuel loads, it is crucial to understand the underpinnings driving fire-adapted trait evolution. Amo...

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Y’all need to check out the cool stuff at @bluebeehivestudio.bsky.social. My old pal Melissa is the best. #SICB2025

🌵🌴 Big news! Botany 2025 is now heading to sunny Palm Springs, CA (July 25-31, 2025)! While plans shifted from Tucson, we're excited to stay in the Southwest. See you there! More information will be coming in early January at www.botanyconference.org #Botany2025

Very cool #paleobotany paper--with *maybe* a new family of #Caryophyllales? Best Christmas present ever! www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/this...

This mysterious plant fossil belongs to a family that no longer exists

In 1969, fossilized leaves of the species Othniophyton elongatum — which translates to “alien plant” — were identified in eastern Utah. Initially, scientists theorized the extinct species may have bel...

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