Spring is coming at the @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social campus! An #apismellifera visiting #trifoliumnigrescens reminds us how #urbanbiodiversity supports vital #ecosystemservices: From #pollination to healthier #greenspaces, even tiny interactions help keep city ecosystems thriving. 🌱🧪🌷🐝

Fruit of Medicago polymorpha (burr medic). The beauty of the small: a tiny spiral designed to hitchhike on passing animals (including us) and disperse its seeds. 🌿🌱🧪 #medicagopolymorpha #PlantMorphology #PlantDispersal #DiversidadeVegetal #BotanyIsNotDead

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Investigador português descobre espécie de planta que só existe em Almada https://www.europesays.com/pt/241003/ Intitulada Linaria almadensis, a planta foi colhida pela primeira vez em 1843, mas só agora, no âmbito de…

Nova espécie descrita em Portugal: Linaria almadensis — endémica das arribas do Gargalo do Tejo (Almada). Apesar de conhecida desde 1843, foi só agora reconhecida como espécie distinta por João Farminhão. #Botânica #Biodiversidade #Conservação

Nova espécie para a Flora de Portugal! Foi recentemente assinalada em #Portugal a presença de Teucrium aristatum, uma pequena planta anual rara que até agora só era conhecida de poucos locais em Espanha e França, e que é considerada ameaçada a nível global. 🌿🍃🪷

www.huh.harvard.edu/sites/g/file... Harvard Papers in Botany 📷 Udo Schwarzer See the species featured also in flora-on.pt .

Yesterday I left with a full heart and recharged batteries after the senior course “Understanding the World in the 21st Century” at the Lisbon University We discussed the #biodiversitycrisis and #citizenscience, not only as a powerful source of data, but also as a way of (re)connecting with nature.

Last Monday I found a marvelous #astragalus species, Astragalus tragacantha L., near Cabo de Sagres. This small shrub with a Med. distribution that, in mainland Portugal, occurs only in a restricted area of the SW Algarve coast, on calcareous sea cliffs. #botany #portugal #flora 🌱🌿🪷

Spring is coming… Scilla monophyllos , Romulea ramiflora, Ophrys fusca, Himantoglossum robertianum, Bellis sylvestris, Gennaria diphylla #botanyisnotdead #orchids #longlivebotany 🌱🌼

International day of women and girls in Science 🧬 #11F #Woman #STEM

A Câmara de Coimbra retira entre 2800 a 3000 pessoas das suas casas face a risco de cheia no Mondego. Leia mais: www.publico.pt/2164367

@clarahurricane.bsky.social ha hecho en @elconfidencial.bsky.social un estupendo artículo sobre los problemas asociados a que los gatos vivan en, o accedan al, exterior. Para la fauna, para la gente y para los propios gatos. Un placer haber participado El enlace, abalo

This extraordinarily rainy winter in the Iberian Peninsula has Umbilicus rupestris popping up everywhere, including the cracks in these concrete stairs in #Lisbon🌧️🌱 #navelwort, #penny-pies #wallpennywort #botany #urbanbotany #concrete #umbilicusrupestris

We published a Teaching Tools on Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections, including Lectures Notes, a teaching presentation (college level) and activities for a flipped classroom approach. Feel free to use it in your courses! Translations to other languages coming up soon! #PlantScience #Teaching

A Bombus terrestris queen feeding on the orchid Himantoglossum robertianum in my backyard 😍 🧪🌱 🐝 #Himantoglossum #Pollination #Pollinators #botany #Orchid #Bee #Bumblebee #Bombus

A tiny hunter at work 🐦🐛! From pest control to biodiversity support in , birds like the Sardinian warbler quietly provide vital ecosystem services, even in our backyards 🌱 No chemicals needed! 🧪 #ecology #birds #ecosystemservices #currucamelanochephala #lisbon #portugal

New species for the Flora of Portugal! The presence of Teucrium aristatum has recently been recorded in #Portugal. This small, rare annual plant was previously known only from a few locations in Spain and France and is considered globally threatened. 🌱

Around 500,000 people have been affected in #mozambique. Disease, malnutrition, and the uncontrolled escape of crocodiles are alarming the humanitarian community. @unicef.org warns of an imminent “dual crisis” as the annual cyclone season approaches. news.un.org/pt/story/202...

Joshua trees (Asparagaceae: Yucca brevifolia) are endemic to the Mojave Desert of southern California and Nevada, as well as northwest Arizona. They're probably the most-recognizable species of yucca. Joshua Tree National Park, California, 10 Apr 2018.

Thousands of scientists inflate their CVs with self-published studies that cost millions of euros in public money elpais.com/ciencia/2026...

Há mais um golfinho-roaz a nadar no Sado: chama-se Bravo Leia mais: www.publico.pt/2161772

A new #toadflax endemic to to the Tagus mouth cliffs, opposite #Lisbon #Portugal ! 🌿

Emigrantes queixam-se da distância para ir votar: “Não há amor à pátria que aguente” www.publico.pt/2026/01/17/p...

Persicaria capitata today, on the steps of the Algés Library staircase, #Portugal #botany#urbanbotany @concretebotany.bsky.social

🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England! 4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September. Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk. Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪

A great day of learning at the Introductory Course on the Production of #mushrooms and #biomaterials, delivered by @nutryvalley within the scope of the @montadosnetzero project! 🌱🍄

#publishorperish elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

"Un par de meses más de paz y habremos ganado la guerra", admite el ministro de Defensa israelí. Lee la noticia completa en la web: www.elmundotoday.com/2025/11/isra...

Pues mi abuela la hacía.... que no hombre, que es broma... :D elpais.com/gastronomia/...

Curso de Introdução à Permacultura Um curso prático e teórico de introdução à #permacultura com foco no clima mediterrânico, inserido no projeto Montados Net-Zero. -Visita guiada ao Permaculture Living Lab da @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social para conhecer aplicações reais da Permacultura.

Investigadores científicos precarizados elpais.com/videos/2025-...

Paisajes en mosaico contra incendios, parques inundables que absorben lluvias torrenciales, agricultura regenerativa contra la desertificación… Los expertos lo tienen claro: además de luchar contra el cambio climático hay que innovar y adaptarse para poder resistir mejor

The #science story of Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu has everything you want science to be! It's always very inspirational to see such commitment in a scientist! 🧪🌷🇯🇵 #botany #ecology #evolution www.science.org/content/arti...

Arrozales del Delta del Ebro plagados de caracol manzana. Se trata de una especie exótica invasora que produce graves daños en los arrozales, siendo muy difícil de erradicar. La introducción de especies foráneas puede producir graves daños ambientales, sociales y económicos.

"A los niños en Gaza se les vacía la mirada de vida" Raúl Incertis es médico de urgencias y anestesista valenciano y ha trabajado en Gaza antes y durante el genocidio. Hablamos con él en el podcast "Ser niño en Gaza: arrancar la vida de raíz": youtu.be/HaD8-fOGgTA

🌸New species for Portuguese flora 📖 🌿 🥾Cirsium tuberosum was discovered in #Portugal, in the highlands of #Montalegre, a thistle whose existence in Portugal was previously unknown.💮 The species is still only known from a few subpopulations, all in the same region, inhabiting wetlands and marshes.🏞️

‘Desperta Ferro’: los historiadores que enseñan dignidad a los españoles elpais.com/opinion/2025...

Los #Barruecos, in Malpartida de Cáceres ( #Extremadura, #Spain), is a stunning natural monument of granite formations, ponds once used for wool washing, and rich wildlife ( #whitestorks, #grebes and #cormorants). Declared a natural monument in 1996 by the Junta de Extremadura