Two jobs at @thebotanics.bsky.social (RBGE) - National Project Manager Scotland & National Data Manager Scotland - join us in delivering @dissco.bsky.social in the UK www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job...

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🌿 Herbarium job alert-Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 🌿 We are currently looking for an amazing Registrar to join the Herbarium/Science team, please have a look and pass onwards to your networks: www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job... #herbarium #registrar #botanyjobs #herbarium

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Head of Library & Archives at RBGE Closing date - Midday (BST) Monday 25 May 2026 www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job... www.rbge.org.uk/media/vjvnop...

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🌿 NEW SPECIES TO SCIENCE: This rare turquoise “jade ginger” has been officially named Hellwigia opalina. The story began 26 years ago on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (pictured in 2000), where the unusual plant was spotted. Read more: rbge.cc/jade-ginger @axelginger.bsky.social

Her dedication was recognized at Wikimania 2023, where she was honored as Wikimedia Laureate for her efforts to make scientific knowledge freely available for all. (2/2)

Siobhan Leachman is a New Zealand citizen scientist, open knowledge advocate and prolific Wikimedian whose work focuses on natural history. She connects museum collections and biodiversity data with the public and champions open access. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

A 3D printed recreation of an Arthropleura, the largest insect (arthropod) ever known to exist. It went extinct 300 million years ago.

Head of Engineering, DiSSCo UK based at @nhm-london.bsky.social "This is a rare opportunity to shape the national digital platform that will underpin the UK’s contribution to DiSSCo and unlock the potential of over 140 million natural science collection items." jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Head of Engineering, DiSSCo UK:South Kensington

Do you want to be part of an exciting programme enabling critical research into biodiversity and climate change? Come and join us as the new Lead Developer for the DiSSCo UK programme.

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#ScottishPlantRecovery in the news! Find out about our work to restore populations of Britain's rarest fern at #GlenAffric with Forestry & Land Scotland: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Glen Affric playing key role in recovery of Britain's rarest fern

The oblong woodsia was almost wiped out after being prized by Victorian collectors.

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I'm reading the Save the Date for the London Open Science and Scholarship Festival 2026! blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/...

New Botanics Blog on - Resurrecting the Fern; Looking Back At Our Woodsia Translocations. @thebotanics.bsky.social stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/41000

Resurrecting the Fern; Looking Back At Our Woodsia Translocations

Translocations are, by their very nature, complex and demanding undertakings - something our team knows all too well. Challenges such as logistics, limited time, unpredictable weather, difficult terra...

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AI-Assisted Quality Checks for Herbarium Sheet Digitisation biss.pensoft.net/articles.php...

I completely agree. The sheer amount of work alongside the desire to collaborate and to do this with the European vs NZ time difference is fantastic.

Jo Simons (she/her)@josimons.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Your work is really valuable and contributes a lot to the community. It doesn’t have to be flashy to be important 💚

Such a fan of Elspeth Haston from @thebotanics.bsky.social She's talking tools and skills for curating digitised specimens. #LivingData2025

Incredible thermal inversion over Edinburgh from the pentlands this morning. Taken from Carnethy hill looking north-east, you can see Turnhouse, Castlelaw, Allermuir and Caerketton hills. What you can't see is any of the city of Edinburgh! @threadinburgh.scot @secretedinburgh.bsky.social

We've partnered with SCVO as part of the Museums Futures programme to offer 20 funded spaces on a 12-month HR Support Programme designed for museums and galleries in Scotland. Apply by 10th October to secure your place: buff.ly/NlBb1pn

An article I collaborated on - "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" - is in this issue! See academic.oup.com/aob/article/... #Wikidata #Botanists #LinkedOpenData

Annals of Botany@annbot.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🆕 The new issue of Annals of Botany is now online! 🧬 Symbiosis, physiology & molecular responses 🌸 Pollination & plant–insect interactions 🌾 Nutrients & root processes 📊 Open data & measurements 🌱 Seeds, seedlings & climate change New issue👉 botany.fyi/91590f #PlantScience #Botany

Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation. I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Blog post of one of the @thebotanics.bsky.social Specialist Gardens - Benmore Fernery. herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/d...

"National Trust properties are testament to both sides of this story." Nicely written piece.

Alan Lester@alanlester.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Now that it’s the time of year when the obscurely-funded right wing Restore Trust, a private company, try once again to take over the National Trust, my annual reminder of what they want to do with our history & heritage. blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...

Stately old trees this week at Benmore Botanic Garden @thebotanics.bsky.social

Dive into TaNC’s Discovery Projects Final Reports—full of groundbreaking research, actionable recommendations & inspiring case studies. This work helped shape the vision for N-RICH (shorturl.at/jGK7C). Don’t miss this rich resource of insight and innovation! lnkd.in/eFHsjiC6

theconversation.com/why-the-arth... Great article by a colleague at @thebotanics.bsky.social

Why the Arthur’s Seat burn is a cautionary tale for the UK’s wildfire management strategy

Fire isn’t the enemy. Poorly timed, unmanaged fire is.

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New Online Module from BGCI: Introduction to Biosecurity for Botanic Gardens and Arboreta – a new, free online module designed specifically for professionals working in botanic gardens and arboreta. www.bgci.org/news-events/...

¡Justicia! Rosa Villanueva-Espinoza and colleagues have just described 21 new species from this beautiful genus, all endemic to Peru. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Get your Rhododendron ideas in order, as there is a @sibbaldia.bsky.social Special Issue: Rhododendron in living collections: collaboration, conservation and cultivation - on the way from @thebotanics.bsky.social Deadline for receipt of submissions: 10 Jan 2026 journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/anno...

A blog about a recently published paper of my colleagues and mine. blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/14/t...

The power and potential of Wikidata for botany | Te Papa’s Blog

A new paper entitled Wikidata for Botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data has been published in the Annals of Botany. This publication is the result of a collaboration of …

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Fantastic exhibition. Graines - Thierry Ardouin. www.neimenster.lu/en/events/gr...

Very interesting Blog from Roger Hyam on AI making up scientific names, and the inevitable conclusion. [Illustrated with screen grabs from "The dead don't die"] stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40107

Will generative AI lead to the zombie name apocalypse?

An online discussion about exchanging seeds of a new species called Meconopsis jiajinshanensis led to the Chinese botanical website iplant.cn and the page for Meconopsis balangensis var. atrata. ...

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