A lot has changed along Route 66 in the past 100 years including its flora 🌼 As we celebrate Route 66’s centennial, learn how the Garden’s scientists are saving some of the most threatened flora species along the Mother Road: buff.ly/FlgYeE1 #MOBOTGarden

Canada's Endangered Species Watchdog Is Strapped for Cash via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/06... #conservation #biodiversity

Mitigating the threat of climate change on threatened species is tricky but Parks Canada and Beach Pinweed are offering insights #biodiversity #conservation #iamabotanist www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We need your help. The Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Forest Service. 193 million acres of public land (bigger than Texas) is being handed over to political operatives and industry insiders.

Invasive grasses spreading after B.C. wildfires could fuel massive fires: UBC study Researchers say invasive grasses act as dry runways that spread flames at highway speed #BritishColumbia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Help earn conservation funding for chameleons by voting to advance the Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon acuminatus) through the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge starting March 16. www.indianapoliszoo.com/uproar-conse...

Now published: Landscape connectivity across Canada and the USA. A seamless, high resolution connectivity map across both countries. 🧪🌎 Open access in Facets, including open data www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....

Well, this is interesting - results from this paper show #PES restored #forests are successfully sounding like mature forest again! Research in #CostaRica 🇨🇷 used #ecoacoustics at 119 sites 🌍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

We got you. ✊ Call scripts are updated to demand investigations, block funding for ICE, and impeach, like, everyone. Have at it. 🔥☎️🔥

Locally extinct plant rediscovered in southern Ontario www.cp24.com/local/toront... #iamabotanist #conservation

Microsatellite, Hyb-Seq & morphological studies confirm the enigmatic #mustard #Boechera tiehmii as an intergeneric hybrid New #AJB research by Nikolai Hay, Michael Windham Kathleen Pryer doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Brassicaceae

I just got an email from a former mentee telling me that one dinner conversation changed how he writes papers♥️ I told him: “just write the paper, get it out—the next one will be better, and the next even better.” Perfectionism is a trap (and a way to procrastinate...:))

Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 in Sustainable Soil Science for Food and Water Security (Assistant or Associate Professor) University of Calgary universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?... #academicjobs

‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government #Alberta globalnews.ca/news/1150072...

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is looking for a Curator of Plants and Sustainability #academicjobs #iamabotanist royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...

Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in Calgary, AB, Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...

When heat and drought stress trees, the consequences can be tragic #ClimateChange www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...

Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...

What is spectral biology? We explain in this synthesis article on “Spectral biology across scales in changing environments” esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/R6QXPK www.spectralbiology.org

Today (May 20) is World Bee Day, a moment to appreciate these small marvels. I am poking around iNaturalist to see the species people are finding in my city - www.inaturalist.org/observations.... Which species are keeping your landscape alive?

They survived for millions of years but not much longer Collapsing bird numbers in North America Study using citizen data finds three-quarters of nearly 500 species in decline, with steepest trend in areas where they once thrived www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Remember friends - the only poll that matters is at the voting booth. So get out and vote tomorrow if you haven’t already. #Cdnpoli

Canadian news ⤵️ Crowds of people angry about the way U.S. President is running the country marched & rallied in scores of US cities Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet #HandsOff #USA www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

Millions of people showed up around the US to protest all the illegal shit that the Trump administration is doing.

Step 1: candidate site ◀️ WE ARE HERE Step 2: personalize candidate site If you want to build a strong Canada - and volunteer, donate, or get a sign to help out our campaign in Calgary-Confederation - here's where you do it. Let's go. Confederation is worth fighting for. coreyhogan.liberal.ca

They are suited up and ready to go!

👋Some news I’m running for Mark Carney's Liberals in Calgary-Confederation. I live here, work here, raise my kids here. I want to offer representation that understands the economy and the public interest and be an Alberta voice standing up for Canada at a challenging time. 🧵(1/X)

Are you interested in #forest microclimate, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning? 🌲🌳🌡️ 🗞️In our new study we show: Tree diversity increases #forest temperature buffering🗞️ doi.org/10.1111/ele.... /w @remybeugnon.bsky.social, @uni-freiburg.de, @unileipzig.bsky.social, @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social

Everyone needs to get off their butts and vote, our country and our way of life depends on it. #VOTE #Canada

The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment. youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc

Climate change alters the climatic suitability of croplands, likely shifting the spatial distribution and diversity of global food crop production. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

As much as i hate the very idea of it (and i suspect many canadians feel the same) we need to dramatically, massively, and rapidly increase our war fighting capabilities including domestic manufacturing of weapons, drones, vehicles. The threat is real. 🇨🇦 #elbowsup www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/...

The capital switchboard isn’t working for everyone, use ☎️ www.5calls.org ☎️ to get through

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

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My department is hiring! Looking for an Assistant Professor of Biology (Botanist/Plant Ecologist) in the Department of Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences at West Texas A&M University. If you have any questions feel free to DM me. tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WTAMU_...

Are tropical forests in the Americas changing as adaptation to ongoing climate change? Yes, they are! Are these changes enough to track their suitable climate? Not quite! Check out our paper in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... to see more of what our network has been working on!

if you haven’t watched this speech in full by French senator, Claude Malhuret, it’s very very much worth the eight minutes of your time to take it in: youtu.be/4ka9uYFebN0

Canadians in solidarity with Stand Up for Science. I signed. The assault on science in Canada under the conservative Harper regime was not as extreme as the MAGA one, but came from the same desire to prevent scientists from speaking truth to power. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Maybe my favorite #herbarium collection label. #Botany2003 in Mobile was a ton of fun, as was our #roadtrip. Thanks for driving, @reactionnorm.bsky.social. Wonder what Anne and Paul are up to. #Botany2025

Good to see an #herbarium study from @newphyt.bsky.social featured on NPR, with an assessment of what we stand to lose when herbaria are closed. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... www.kcur.org/news/2025-02... Includes quotes from @barbarathiers.bsky.social, Jordan Teischer, Lynn Clark.

Noticing the Treasure – The Orphan Crops with Pocket-Sized Machines Orphan #crops, as name implies, are often ignored. Yet, they have great potential to improve global food security. These underutilised #plants, receive minimal attention in modern #agriculture By Nisha Joy https://buff.ly/4iaj3mC

📢 Viewpoint in New Phyt. on polyploid establishment! Key take-homes🧵 1. In contrast to earlier hypotheses that pollinators can help new polyploids establish, we suggest that pollinators mainly prevent polyploid establishment because outcrossing increases the strength of minority cytotype exclusion.

▶️ Post on the blog of @journalofecology.bsky.social about our recently published paper about the tree packing effect on BEF-relationships in forests 🌲🌳 jecologyblog.com/2025/02/11/d... @joguillemot.bsky.social @riottelambert.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social

▶️Environmental filtering, not dispersal history, explains global patterns of phylogenetic turnover in plants ◀️ Great PhD study by "my" only postdoc Lirong Cai (check her work) @lrcai.bsky.social led by @patrickweigelt.bsky.social & Holger Kreft et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #macroecology

Looking to the past to inform the future: What #eDNA from #herbarium specimens can tell us about plant–animal interactions New in #AppsPlantSci by Chris Waters, Carla Hurt & Shawn Krosnick bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #iamabotanist #metabarcoding

Pollinators boost both crop yield and quality, yet the species-specific behavior & crop distribution patterns are often overlooked. Researchers stress need to enhance cross-pollination to improve nutrient content. https://buff.ly/42JuayK via @unigoettingen.bsky.social #PlantScience #Agriculture