It’s hard to keep sounding like a prophet of doom. Whenever I saw these oaks sprouting again, rising above the broom, I always felt a mix of hope and fear. Hope, because the oaks kept coming back. Fear, because the broom had taken over the landscape.

🎉Great news! The paper ‘Cerrado plant traits (CPT): a database of functional traits across vegetation types in a global biodiversity hotspot’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Lara Amaral-Garcia et al. is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/10) 👉 doi.org/rdct @leveg.bsky.social #AoBpapers #Botany #PlantScience

🌍 Cat colonies reshape the abundance and body size of lizards. This video by Javier Martín Carbajal is the best graphical abstract of this study! Watch It! doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

Some plant species are simply #fascinating. #rhaponticoidesafricana ( #centaureaafricana) made my day yesterday during the #bioblitz at #ParqueMunicipalCabeçoMontachique @spbotanica.bsky.social @biodiversity4all.bsky.social #botanyisnotdead #longlivethebotany 🧪🌱🌿🌷

Botanical lonelyness #botanicalmeme #botanyisnotdead 🧪🌱

More than 12 plant species on my house wall. These are #ruderal species: they thrive in disturbed environments and nutrient-rich soils. They are an example of resilience. Some are more exuberant, others more discreet, but all of them show that life always finds a way… #botanyisnotdead #urbanflora

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Estação de Metropolitano de Baixa-Chiado #lisboa

Great field trip as part of the Ecology course at @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social to Companhia das Lezírias - CL 🌿

"These days, I’m feeling more aligned with Catholicism than I have since my first communion. I’m not alone in that," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.

New paper in Ecological Engineering doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2026.108001 🌱🧪🪴 Assessing early-stage natural regeneration and reforestation after wildfires using Cistus ladanifer (rockrose) as an indicator species.

Barbourula busuangensis #Barbourulabusuangensis Mystery solved: unravelling the life history of the enigmatic and ancient Philippine frog Barbourula busuangensis (Anura: Bombinatoridae) www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/co... elpais.com/ciencia/2026... 🧪

🌿Visita Botânica: A Flora das Areias do Sado Visita guiada gratuita, organizada p/ Zimbral for LIFE em parceria com a SPBotânica, e conduzida por Catarina Meireles e Diogo Moreira-Sá da Universidade de Évora e André Carapeto da SPBotânica para descobrir a riqueza botânica da região do Sado,

When the #snake bites and #poverty kills. 95% of the 5.4 million people who suffer snakebites each year live in low- and middle-income countries. Faced with neglect from pharmaceutical companies, the #GlobalSouth has begun producing its own #antivenoms. elpais.com/planeta-futu...

White form of the tassel hyacinth or tassel grape hyacinth #muscaricomosum. I do love when I find white individuals of this beatiful hyacinth bulbous flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. #botanyisnotdead #longlivebotany #leucism #albinism #whiteforms 🌱🧪🌿🪴

What a beautiful walk along the cliffs of Charneca de Caparica #cistussalviifolius #cistuscalycinus #muscaricomosum #orchisitalica #orchisanthropophora #memiself&I #botanyisnotdead #longlivebotany #flowerpower 🌿🌱

Another reason to visit #Girona Botany in the arts #botany #botanyisnotdead #longlivebotany #CaixaForumGirona @spbotanica.bsky.social caixaforum.org/es/girona/p/...

What an amazing day yesterday at the #HerdadeDaRibeiraAbaixo, the field station of @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social ! 🌱 In the #DiversidadeVegetal course, we got to explore and recognize different habitats and species of Portuguese flora. 🌿🪶 #botanyisnotdead #longlivebotany

Not 100% sure, but probably. Even with efforts from academia and NGOs to propose alternatives, it’s still hard to move away from the Pinus pinaster / Eucalyptus globulus combo.

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

OMG 🌿🧪 @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social

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