A white fluffy moth with black spots

1) 🦋🔦 A new farmer-led moth initiative is lighting the way for agricultural biodiversity monitoring in #Ireland

This project tested the feasibility of integrating farmer-led monitoring into national biodiversity observation frameworks across farms without affecting productivity.

Close-up photo of a shoot bearing flower buds. In many buds, the cap is just beginning to fall away, revealing the incurved stamens. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

We can’t talk Myrtaceae without mentioning Eucalyptus, which has speciated like mad in Australia. The name Eucalyptus (“true [or beautiful] cap”) describes the sepals & petals fused into a calyptra (cap) that falls away from the stamen flowers. 📷: Eucalyptus woodwardii #Myrtaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

We have an opening for a Assistent/Associtate Professor position in Plant Biochemistry @lbvpam.bsky.social

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#plants #scijobs #plantscijobs #biochemistry

Use the french government link to apply:
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Nomenclature Notes on the Name Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb. (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae) and Its Synonyms During our recent study of Desmodium Desv. species occurring in Nigeria, we treated the specimens housed at the Natural History Museum, London (BM), and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) as synt....

Nomenclature Notes on the Name Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb. (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae) and Its Synonyms - Olaniyan - 2026 - Feddes Repertorium - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Extinction of experience among ecologists Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the e...

Extinction of experience among ecologists: Trends in Ecology & Evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Photo of an erect leafy shoot with bare stems bearing globose clusters of bracts enveloping capsules, which are hidden beneath the bracts.

Check out the female inflorescences of Cliffortia conifera, a denizen of fire-prone ecosystems of South Africa. The “cones” are condensed clusters of flowers & bracts. This species is serotinous & also resprouts from lignotubers. 📷: Ismail Ebrahim CCBYNC4. #Rosaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Thank you for the inspiring talk! @sandyknapp.bsky.social
#Solanaceae
#ASPT

Canadian Science Publishing seeks Interim Editorial Director for Biological and Environmental Journals, with a green plant background.

#Hiring!

We are looking for an Interim Editorial Director to oversee our biological and environmental science journals. If you have a background in academic publishing and a drive to support research, this could be the perfect opportunity to make an impact.

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kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain and dancing . Alt: kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain and dancing with extreme excitement.

BOTANY 2026 abstract submission is open!!! @botsocamerica.bsky.social

The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity Shrestha et al. show that human ecology significantly impacts global medicinal plant diversity. While overall plant diversity remains the primary driver, longer human occupancy increases medicinal pla...

The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Close-up photo of a longitudinal section through an ellipsoidal drupe. The seed takes up most of the space in the fruit. The endosperm is penetrated about halfway to the center by ingrowths of the seed coat. The embryo is at the base (stem end) of the seed. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

Seeds of some species, like peanuts, are mostly embryo (exalbuminous); others are mostly endosperm (albuminous). Adonidia merrillii, an albuminous species, has a tiny bullet-shaped embryo & endosperm penetrated by ingrowths of the seed coat. #seed #ruminate. #Arecaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

AI in science is creating a classic social dilemma: what's good for individuals is bad for the collective.
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I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too If we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett.

I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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🎓 The 2026 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award is now open for nominations! This award celebrates innovative Master’s and PhD research powered by GBIF-mediated data, with opportunity to win 2x €5,000 prizes!

Learn more:🔗 gbif.link/GRA_2026

#ApplyNow #EarlyCareerResearch #FundingOpportunity

In a world where every day brings a new and totally unpredictable thing, it's nice to have the consistency of the Bears effing it up.

Join @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social for the first webinar in our 2026 series: "Taxonomy: What is it good for?"

Free to all! Join us to hear @sandyknapp.bsky.social's "Of course taxonomy matters! The story of the mega-genus Solanum (Solanaceae)"

Pls register & share:

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Get a fun job.
Be a botanist.
#botany #WakeBotany

Thank you @cdnsciencepub.com for publishing our article and making it accessible to readers through open access, at no cost. This not only amplifies the visibility of our work, but also supports the spirit of open science to global south researchers, which we value greatly.

Parallel shifts in differential gene expression reveal convergent miniaturization in fishes | PNAS Body size variation in vertebrates is a complex polygenic trait, tightly correlated with numerous aspects of a species’ biology, ecology, and physi...

Why are some species smaller than a paperclip while others grow longer than a school bus? How is body size evolution governed in animals? Out now in @pnas.org we tackle these longstanding questions through a genetic lens using my favorite group of fishes as our model!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Employment | New York Botanical Garden Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.

I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇

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Sleep pressure causes birds to trade asymmetric sleep for symmetric sleep Avian non-REM sleep can occur symmetrically, with both cerebral hemispheres sleeping deeply, or asymmetrically, with one sleeping lighter than the other. van Hasselt et al. find that during periods of...

Sleep pressure causes birds to trade asymmetric sleep for symmetric sleep: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

"Its publication marks a watershed moment in the evolution of the field of social-ecological systems." – Katrina Brown, Patricia Balvanera, and Craig R. Allen, Editors-in-Chief, Ecology and Society

🎉 New paper: Introducing SocSES – Why SocSES, and why now? 🎉

Read the open-access paper in Ecology and Society here 🔗 tinyurl.com/22zhetsc and visit the SocSES webpage that accompanies the paper here 🔗 tinyurl.com/35zuaamk

It's the best time of the year! I get to see all the wonderful work from my entomology students 🥰

Bittere scheefbloem (Iberis amara) op straat in Overvecht, Utrecht

📣 Call for speakers 📣

Present your contribution to the SES Methods website at the next speed talk-style SES Methods Bazaar on 🗓️ 19 June 2025.

🔗 Sign up as a speaker: tinyurl.com/yc34sa6z
⚠️ Sign up by Tuesday, 27 May 2025, at 18:00 Central (Africa/Europe – UTC+2)

Nature supports livelihoods and is vital for our health & wellbeing. But we're perpetuating a biodiversity crisis across the globe. 🌍🧪

.— @nevilleash.bsky.social, IPBES Officer-in-Charge

Let's act for harmony with nature & sustainable development.

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@unbiodiversity.bsky.social

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I credit my career path to being a 2015 PLANTS grant recipient and have volunteered as a mentor almost every year since. I cannot imagine BSA or the field of botany without it. Please consider donating to the BSA Human Diversity Fund to support future generations: crm.botany.org/makeadonation

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