Thank you for the updates!!!

Bummer, thank you for the update!

It might be helpful to also notify folks who didn't get the award. Knowing helps with budgeting on tight graduate student budgets. (If they did I apologize, I didn't get notified)

Just curious, do you (or anyone) know if the ​Volunteer Travel Awards notifications have gone out yet? Trying to budget for the conference and it would be helpful to know one way or the other. TIA! @evolmtg.bsky.social

I want one once it is in print!

A spiral bound field guide with a photo of sea star and a sea urchin, written and illustrated by Madelynn DeBest.

An illustrated schematic of the zones of the rocky intertidal and which species live at what depths.

An example page from a spiral bound field guide, open to the entry for bladderwarck, a light green seaweed with little air bladders to help it float.

A field guide entry for an invasive blue crab, showing it to be 9” across.

One of my former students took her final project for my field natural history class and turned it into her Honors thesis: a 100% original, hand-drawn field guide to the rocky intertidal! And she got copies printed for her defense!

The fourth year of my Trillium persistens demography censuses are underway! With state and federal partners, I am working to better understand the drivers behind recent population declines in this federally endangered species. Excited to be back in the field and digging deeper into these dynamics!

Shifts in Phenology and Species Ranges Synergistically Alter the Timing and Species Composition of the Flowering Season Global change is reshaping phenology and species ranges worldwide, altering the seasonal timing and species composition of floral communities. Using millions of herbarium and occurrence records for 2...

You can read the original paper here: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Uniting Range and Phenological Shifts to Better Understand Effects of Climate Change on Communities Click on the article title to read more.

I’m excited to share a new commentary I wrote with my advisor, Dr. Megan DeMarche, on recent work showing that phenological and range shifts together alter the timing and composition of flowering communities. 🌸🌍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Shifts in Phenology and Species Ranges Synergistically Alter the Timing and Species Composition of the Flowering Season Global change is reshaping phenology and species ranges worldwide, altering the seasonal timing and species composition of floral communities. Using millions of herbarium and occurrence records for 2...

You can read the original paper here: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

We discuss a recent paper showing that shifts in phenology and species ranges can synergistically change both the timing and composition of flowering communities under climate change. This work highlights why spatial and temporal responses must be considered together.

First blooms of the season in my spring ephemeral warming experiment!! I sure do love pretty wildflowers🌸

I am honored to receive the Wilbur Duncan Outstanding Graduate Student Award from my department. My deepest thanks to the mentors, collaborators, and family who made this possible.

Who gets to report the environmental crisis matters.

In 2026, Mongabay is expanding the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship — our largest cohort yet. Paid, remote, for early-career journalists from tropical countries.

Apply by Feb 1: buff.ly/sH4S0O2

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Ohhhhh, ok. I see now. Thank you for the context!

I thought in the UK there are “right to roam” laws?

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I think it would! They might be too big, but also we didn't want to drive or drill anything into the rock if we didn't have to. Also, liquid nails was just cheaper.

There will be releases that will cover some of the tags, but it will likely just be a couple days of year.

This something I was very worried about. I went with the high end liquid nails. It says it will work with marble to metal which seemed like the closest thing to this situation. After a day it was already set and we couldn’t pry them up. Will it hold over the course of years? I’m not sure.

Excited to share that, with state partners and the TVA, we’ve launched long-term monitoring of the federally listed Pityopsis ruthii, found in just two East Tennessee riverbeds. We're studying how hydrology and dam releases shape the future of this rare species!

How a humble weed became a superstar of biology Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.

Hungary 1956
'Well over a 100k people fled the country seeking asylum. Among them was a young geneticist named George Rédei, who headed for the Austrian border with a small vial of seeds tucked in his pocket.
The seeds belonged to a spindly weed in the mustard family called Arabidopsis thaliana.'

What a dream job!

This is great, thank you!

This is great! Thank you!

Help! 🚨 Looking for resources on structural equation models—favorite methods papers, example studies, or guides for building an SEM pipeline. Thinking of using one for a dissertation chapter & not sure where to start. Suggestions? Please share!

Cool day helping @chale9.bsky.social with fieldwork! Surveyed fothergilla in a longleaf pine forest and saw some amazing carnivorous plants!! 🌱

The gorgeous blue bell-shaped flowers of Oysterplant are tinged pink in bud like the other members of the Borage family in which this most beautiful plant belongs.

I hadn’t seen it for a couple of years so it was extra special in early June to catch up with my #FavouritePlant! The gorgeous Mertensia maritima, commonly named Oysterplant, as the leaves taste like the fruits of the sea! Caithness #Wildflowerhour

Just got back from an incredible experience contributing to a 30-year plant demographic study in the Alaskan Arctic. What an amazing, beautiful, and wild place. Can’t wait to go back!

@chandler2228.bsky.social

What a wonderful day driving the Dalton Highway to arctic Alaska!

Now it’s time to measure some plants!
@toolikfieldstation.bsky.social

Flowering Limnanthes douglasii ssp. rosea and Trifolium variegatum within a vernal pool on the Merced Vernal Pools & Grassland Reserve.

Climatic determinants of plant #phenology in vernal pool habitats

New #AJB research by Brandon Thomas Hendrickson, Jenna Aubrie Benterou, Robert Martin & Jason Sexton

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #citizenscience #wetlands