We’ve gathered over 4000 literature records on Rhododendron 🤯 👏🏼 References span 459 years of investigation and discovery 🌸💡 Topics range from ecology, reproductive biology, horticulture, medical chemistry, physiology, evolution and even some materials science 👀 🧪🍁🌏 www.zotero.org/groups/47355...

Celebrating @kheyduk.bsky.social’s big day. #coffeepotramen

Pleasure to host Donald McClelland’s Lycoming College students in the Manning Herbarium this afternoon. Central PA PUI botany powers, unite! #iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW

Temps in the single digits F, ~20 inches of snow cover — but the central PA winter aconite is still on its way to an early February bloom. #botany

Pollinator-mediated fitness differences do not fully explain the maintenance of #gynodioecy in Sidalcea campestris New #AJB research by Brooklyn Richards, Thomas Kaye & F. Andrew Jones doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Malvaceae #pollen #pollinator

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, Melissa L. Sevigny Continuing on my theme of dunking on the Glen Canyon Dam, but with actual human women who are boss lady scientists who do pre-dam botanical research 7/

Register for the Smithsonian's National Botanical Symposium, “American Botany: 250 years of Discovery” 29 May '26. I'll be speaking on American oaks, w/ several greats: @barbarathiers.bsky.social, Caroline Strömberg, Wes Knapp, & Rose Bear Don't Walk. Join us! naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...

From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱 A simple and affordable protocol to assess censer seed dispersal: First confirmation of the mechanism in the genus #Solanum By Abigail Motter, @martinebotany.bsky.social & Melody Sain bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany

New online today in Applications in Plant Sciences, chapter of Abigail Motter's Bucknell undergrad honors thesis confirming the 1st censer mechanism of seed dispersal in #Solanum. Loads of effort from Abigail & Melody Sain went into this one. #botany bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Pennsylvania outside, bush tomato country inside.

I first saw the heretical combination of the subheading of "ECOLOGY" and title, "The beauty of slag," and I swooned. Check out this terrific and fun story in UChicago Magazine about the novel ecosystem/slag research we're working on locally! #WildCalumet mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi...

Don't miss your chance to be on a BSA committee! Deadline to apply is February 1. To learn more about BSA committees, including 8 with student position openings, visit: botany.org/home/governa... #BSAcommittees #IamaBotanist #BSAleadership

🌍 Did you know? The African continent is home to about 20% of the world’s bird species! 🦅 This incredible biodiversity is highlighted in the IPBES #RegionalAssessment for Africa, showcasing the continent's vital role in global ecosystems. ℹ️ https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/africa

📽️Check out a video of this research here! 👉https://buff.ly/1m3EoVW 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Trapped and poisoned: Barbs and leaf chemicals from the desert stingbush work together against chewing caterpillars🍃 buff.ly/aWf2E4R 🧪🌍

🧪🌿🌾🪾🌹🏵🪳🐌🌍 What should be the required and optional content in Biology or Biological Sciences degrees? The case for including plants as required content in latest issue of newsletter of Botanical University Challenge botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/ ##BUC2026

"Science created a bridge where politics could not. Now, the U.S. risks losing that bridge." 🧪🌍🔬

PhD position #ecology #evolution #academic 🌍🧪 #PhDlife #job @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

Read more about this fascinating new species described by @martinebotany.bsky.social here: blog.pensoft.net/2026/01/06/h...

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Cats kill millions of birds, bats, lizards and other native animals a year, HBRC says. "They kill indiscriminately. The Global Invasive Species Database (2014) nominated cats among the 100 worst invaders," the spokesperson said. 🌏 www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/584...

Woot! Lab copies of @berondam.bsky.social ‘s #WhenTreesTestify are on their way. Happy to buy them through my local indie seller, Mondragon Books, via Bookstore.org. Looking forward to Beronda’s visit to Bucknell in March!

Woolly Rhino was not experiencing population decline prior to its rapid extinction ~14,000 years ago, based on DNA recovered from mummified wolf stomach in Siberian permafrost. Instead, extinction likely due to rapid environmental change. 🧪🌎🧬🖥️ #EvoSky #Genomics pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Come work with us! We are seeking a tenure-track botanist, preferably in the areas of non-vascular, systematics, physiology or cell. Happy to answer questions. unbc.njoyn.com/CL/xweb/xweb... 🧪🌱 #botany

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.

Love this from @stephenbheard.bsky.social on how to prioritize learning and useful discussion over tearing apart papers, and look forward to using some of these question prompts in future lab meetings: scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/h...

📢 Huge congrats to David Storch & colleagues! Their paper is featured on the cover of Trends Ecol. Evol. (@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social), proposing a unifying theory of global biodiversity dynamics – and what it means for the future! 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🌍 #Biodiversity #Ecology #Evolution

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿 #AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers. Proposals due by 16 March 2026 More info at botany.org/home/publica... #botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

If you’ve been considering stepping up in this way, we’d love to have you. Please don’t disqualify yourself based on seniority, age, whatever. Diversity of thought/experience = strength. #botany #iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW #botany2026

Time to start prepping for 2026 BSA awards! Take our money, please! And if you know a distinguished scientist who's made outstanding contributions to the plant sciences & who lives/works outside of the US, consider nominating them as a Corresponding Member. #iamabotanist #Botany2026 #BSAawards

If you’ve been considering stepping up in this way, we’d love to have you. Please don’t disqualify yourself based on seniority, age, whatever. Diversity of thought/experience = strength. #botany #iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW #botany2026

It could be you in this photo someday! Reach out if you have questions about what these positions entail!!

Lichen knows what’s up.

I am teaching a GIS class this semester for undergrads. First time I’m teaching it and it’s all done in R. I’m super excited! I was wondering if you have any recs on papers that link GIS and geospatial science with ecology. I want to include readings and discussions for the lecture part. 🧪🌎#ratats

Interested in plant-insect herbivores interactions and how temperature shapes their dynamics? Then check out our newly published paper in @newphyt.bsky.social based on my Msc thesis! 🪲🐛🌱🌡 Huge thanks, Thomas, for bringing this study to publication and to all co-authors for the great work!

Holy smokes

We've just created an exciting new Phylogenomics Botanist role to join our vibrant team at Botanic Gardens of Sydney and help us build the NSW Plant Tree of Life! Applications close 26 Jan 2026: iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/phylogen... #botanicgardens #nswflora #nswptol #phylogenomics

Support from @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social up to $1500 is available for masters and doctoral students to conduct fieldwork, herbarium studies, and/or laboratory research in any area of plant systematics. Join ASPT today, and apply by Feb 28, 2026... details below: www.aspt.net/awards

Latvis lab just arrived in Baton Rouge for the SSB conference! Excited to try Elsie’s plate and pie. @pedropezzi.bsky.social @chukwumaemma.bsky.social #SSB2026

Thanks for including Solanum nectarifolium in the latest This Week in #Botany, Alun @botany.one! botany.one/2026/01/the-...

Mass extinction triggered the early radiations of jawed vertebrates and their jawless relatives (gnathostomes) | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Silent Running came out the year I was born, so it took me 53 years to finally see it last night on the big screen thanks to Lewisburg, PA’s Campus Theatre.

The phys.org treatment of our new paper describing Solanum nectarifolium and its cool extrafloral nectaries. #ozplants

I’m so excited about this new #BSAswag that I made a cookie. I’m def going with the olive green sleeve-color option, personally. Ok, and probably others. Take my money, @botsocamerica.bsky.social #iamabotanist

Still thinking about our Stranger Plants swag? Same. 🌱😄 Our first-ever BSA Swag Shop is open for a limited time, featuring Stranger Plants shirts. You’ll also find cozy #IamaBotanist beanies and classic BSA logo apparel. There’s still time to shop: www.bonfire.com/store/bsa-wi...

Was fun rocking these shirts at #SICB2026 with @mossmatters.bsky.social (shown here) and @botanicalbecks.bsky.social! Get ‘em while they last!

Still working to get 100 plants for the Botany & Dragons Bestiary! Submit your favorite plant today! #iamabotanist

Check out the new issue of the Plant Science Bulletin, featuring a special article by BSA Executive Director, Heather Cacanindin, with a behind-the-scenes peek at Botany conferences! PDF: botany.org/userdata/Iss... Flipbook: issuu.com/botanicalsoc... #botany #plantscience #iamabotanist #Botany2026

Some of my #SICB artist in residence sketches. I really enjoyed meeting so many wonderful scientists passionate about gaining a better understanding of the world and our fellow inhabitants! @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social #SICB2026 #art #draw #science