#conservation #sciencecommunication 6/6 Urban habitats impose an “urban penalty." Implication: Designing wildlife-friendly cities is essential for sustaining urban bird populations. 💚 @vinitagowda.bsky.social 🌍 Also read our work featured here: india.mongabay.com/2026/02/urba...

Rare turquoise gem #ginger #plant species described in @phytokeys.pensoft.net See: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.171221 Long-term collaboration between @thebotanics.bsky.social and Indonesian botanical institutions resulted in the discovery of #Hellwigia opalina only found in #Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Advertising for 1-2 PhD positions @treelab.bsky.social Possible three projects: plant systematics, population genetics requiring interest and prior training in bioinformatics, and landscape ecology. Look for admission requirements and qualifications @ 👇🏾 phdadmission.iiserb.ac.in

Advertising for 1-2 PhD positions @treelab.bsky.social Possible three projects: plant systematics, population genetics requiring interest and prior training in bioinformatics, and landscape ecology. Look for admission requirements and qualifications @ 👇🏾 phdadmission.iiserb.ac.in

This already happened but super thanks to @trishg.bsky.social and @britishecologicalsociety.org for starting this trend. This was also the first collab between #associationOfTropicalBiologyandConservation (ATBC) DEI and BES. Its time different societies and researchers work united! 💪🏾✊🏾

🔥 Hot out of press 🧵 The high price of urban living in house sparrows doi.org/10.1111/btp.70… We studied sex-based differences in parental care across rural and urban habitats and their implications on the reproductive success in sparrows. @Biotropica @theATBC @agnesFrancila

Another lovely article this week, this time by #alejandraJaramillo et al., especially for those who want to learn more about what can university botanical gardens do? Definitely read and send it to university policy makers... doi.org/10.1002/bod2...

New article! 🚨 Recognized Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon can prevent fire-related and zoonotic and vector borne diseases in humans, especially in highly forest-degraded municipalities. Collaborative work led by Paula Prist and Julia Barreto www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Why living near a forest matters... You probably will live longer, especially with good health. @farahcarrasco.bsky.social

Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.

Understanding mass flowering/flowering synchrony on a laterite plateau from the Western Ghats. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @saaaakeeeet.bsky.social @sukhrajkaur.bsky.social #DhargalkarRahul & #najla 3 master's students & countless years! @biotropica.bsky.social #ATBC #iiserbhopal

@brodieecology.bsky.social @vinitagowda.bsky.social @santiago-ecofiz.bsky.social @flamontano.bsky.social @biotropica.bsky.social

The ATBC Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics have been published as announcements at Biotropica. Both codes result from collective efforts involving ATBC DEI Committee members and ATBC Council and Leadership members. Code of Conduct: lnkd.in/dRDhwDsM Code of Ethics: lnkd.in/dHE93NSe #ATBC

There was the fantastic #atbc2025 in #oaxaca and then there was the botanical garden in Oaxaca city! Here’s the wild maize (#teosinte), #burseraceae (highest endemicity and diversity in Oaxaca!! Me for reference, look at those peeling barks!), and #ceiba #iAmABotanist

Ornamental Yucca filamentosa #flower in #Ithaca, NY (considered somewhat native) ... Rob Raguso says #yucca #moths have been moving North, here they are! In a tense #mutualism relationship, moths pay with active #pollination and purloin with seed #predation (larvae eat ovules). #NaturalHistory

Swept Away Somedays my brain is too fried from everything going on, so I just doodle some mindless wiggly lines that make me happy #art

Reviewers stop with these statements.. ...I would like to see whole genome data or more genome data, although you have already presented it and I understand that it will not be possible for you to generate it... Me- I did not realise that a review is where one self-talks !!! #getALife

This... 💯 true for any region... NOT supporting anti-free speech obviously, but let's improve our schools and universities, and be better.

Students: Reading is not a project. Definitely not a summer project. That's what students do. Just like breathing is what living organisms do. @treelab.bsky.social there are no reading projects, but you can borrow books, or we can direct you to the aisle in the #iiserbhopal library.

Congratulations @jyotilkdave.bsky.social on receiving ESEB Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award, 2025 to study sunbirds... @eseb.bsky.social @treelab.bsky.social #iiserbhopal

Congratulations to the two TrEElets for receiving the Bill Dahl graduate student award @botsocamerica.bsky.social @rhuthuparna.bsky.social is studying #enanstiostyly in gesneriads, and, @sanikagoray.bsky.social is studying polymorphism + species limitations in a few plant species from W.Ghats.

Congratulations @hemantbisht.bsky.social for the William R Anderson student #ASPT grant to study the ecology & evolution of Indian #Pedicularis. Thanks @plantingscience.bsky.social for encouraging young botanists who tackle a difficult terrain and a complex evolutionary story. @treelab.bsky.social

The Capacity Building Committee is inviting ATBC members to a webinar that will examine what careers are available outside academia... A great line of speakers and 2 amazing moderators. Join the #ATBCWebinar on May 22 Experts from 3 continents and a subcontinent...Don’t miss it! "

Please Repost! We are offering a three-year fully funded doctoral researcher position to study how floral meristem patterning in woodland strawberry, and how it implicates the diversification in floral ground plans in Angiosperm flowers. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsini-...

In our latest @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social preprint, we describe our approach to use PacBio HiFi reads to detect somatic TE transposition -- good enough to detect rare events that are present in only single cells. Led by Andrea Movilli. #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period." Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.

Also on 🌎 Day.. Two of my amazing @treelab.bsky.social students launched #ScienceOnBananaLeaf A Malayalam science blog! ❤️👏🏾 Great job @aleenaxavier.bsky.social and @rhuthuparna.bsky.social scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban... scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban...

It's Earth Day 🌎 and here's a lovely article by budding scientist @sekhar-anupama.bsky.social from the Tree Lab ... Happy Earth Day! www.biotalesindia.com/blog/lab-lif...

THIS is why I am on social media...👇🏾 #gem

From understanding flower evolution to challenging pollination crisis theories, Dr. Marcelo Aizen has redefined our knowledge of plant-animal interactions. Read his story before his Botany 2025 keynote.

📖Published📖 Michelot-Antalik et al present a handbook of standardized protocols dedicated to floral traits that can be applied to a wide set of temperate plant species to quantify these traits at the scale of plant communities 🌼 🌎 🧪

Third draft of this year's @ijpsjournal.bsky.social bandana. In case it is not obvious, we sweat over the details at @ijpsjournal.bsky.social. #PlantScience

Two positions in the @TrEE_Lab Looking for students who are interested in genomic work & have basic training in handling genomic data. If you have a penchant for coding, writing scripts, & an interest in solving population genetic patterns in plants, apply! April 15th deadline.

Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola) populations in Cazorla are gynodioecious, i.e., comprise individuals with either hermaphrodite (left) or male-sterile flowers. Local sex ratios experience a striking long-term dynamics, and these days I'm revisiting populations which I started monitoring ~30 yr ago

Listening to The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman - it is SO good #birds #books #science #ornithology amzn.to/3DzEz5D

Join us as we unearth hidden stories in botany... On Wednesday 5 March, 12:30 - 13:15, @gemblina.bsky.social will give a free talk exploring the overlooked contributions of women in plant science through photography, illustration and rare archives. Book your spot here: bit.ly/3QEeKEE

How many bees fit in the city? A spatial ecological case study to conserve urban wild bees link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Thank the jumping genes for all the hot peppers! New study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

General-purpose genotypes and evolution of higher plasticity in clonality underlie knotweed invasion nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Discovered in the Andean cloud forests of northern Peru, a new species in the blazing star family has reinforced the vital role of citizen science in plant research. Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/20/n... @zalf.bsky.social

📝 Endangered Vanilla Orchids Hiding in Plain Sight 🧵 https://doi.org/n7k3 What was thought to be a single vanilla orchid species turns out to be two distinct plants, both fighting for survival. #Botany #PlantScience 🧪 #InBrief You might think vanilla is plain, but research shows it’s anything but.

The 'wooly devil' is the first new genus and species of plant discovered in a U.S. national park for nearly 50 years. Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t... @calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social

Some Sansevieria species from the region around the Horn of Africa can have dramatic orange root color. This is a beautiful glaucous form of Sansevieria powellii with elegant long spiralling leaves that I recently planted near the Garden House Lawn @ Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

To the ones in the pictures and the ones I am missing in the pictures: three cheers to the emerging TrEE lab women in STEM. It may not be easy, but we choose to twinkle and shine. Wishing the best to all girls and women in Science and thanks to the critical male support too... #WomenInSTEM

Scientists discover male orchid bees return repeatedly to specific trees to collect scents, showing sophisticated perfume-creation behavior in tropical rainforests. https://wp.me/pdRZhH-lGz

🎉🆕📰🎉: Phylogenomic analysis of target enrichment and transcriptome data uncovers rapid radiation and extensive hybridization in the slipper orchid genus Cypripedium

The Environmental and Social Initiative Club @Esic_iiserb #ESIC brings two online events for @iiserbhopal community as part of its annual spring festival #Mahua2025 #Mahua is also vernacular name for #MadhucaIndica #sapotaceae native to India and known for its fragrant flowers.

Tilia saxatilis, a new species in the mallow family, has been discovered in limestone areas of Guangxi, China. doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

Antique 'dead' plants dug out for climate study www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...