Early bird registration ends soon (April 9) for the Island Biology 2026 Conference! Dates: November 2–6, 2026 Venue: Atami New Fujiya Hotel, Atami, Japan Conference website: sites.google.com/view/island-... Join researchers from all over the world to exchange ideas and advance island science!

I’m finishing my tenure as Chief Meeting Organizer for the Evolution Meetings. Apply to replace me! Without a doubt, this is my favorite service I’ve ever done. In trying times, it was a real balm to get together weekly with a group devoted to making the best meetings we can for students.

NOW PUBLISHED at the American Journal of Botany: Temporal analysis of reproduction distributed in space illuminates the climate-change resiliency of toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

A recent issue of Natural History magazine has a feature on tropical katydids Incredible creatures! Hard to decide which were the most amazing, but these lichen katydids are *next level*

Open postdoc position in my lab at Cornell, conducting comparative and experimental studies on transcriptomic responses to diet and toxins, utilizing the milkweed-insect community. Background in molecular bio & herbivory desired. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31867

Madness. A bacterium with a 10kb genome, lost replication initiation, translation.., relies on symbiotic host. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our paper is on the cover of @currentbiology.bsky.social : a strawberry poison frog with the most common color morph, living up to its common name 🍓. In this issue, we uncover the genetic basis of color variation in frogs from Bocas del Toro, where blue, green, yellow, orange, and red morphs occur

This July, join us for nocturnal nature appreciation in the New Jersey Pine Barrens! We've seen snakes, bats, beavers, foxes, turtles, frogs, birds, beetles, & many moths! These always sell out, so reserve a spot! July 11 luma.com/iuviol27 July 18 luma.com/jbgiux7n July 25 luma.com/5tvzskid

In Storrs for the UConn Bball game 🏀🏀🏀 & need something to do pregame, or sticking around another day? Check out the UConn EEB Botanical Conservatory - you will not be disappointed! biodiversity.uconn.edu/uconn_botani... @uconnwbbhighlights.bsky.social @uconnresearch.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social

Final version just published of our review on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of cooperation www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social @annadewar.bsky.social @asgriffin.bsky.social @lauriebelch.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social

Excited to share this new Tansley article from our lab! We discuss how plants differentiate between different microsymbionts to ensure beneficial symbiosis outcomes, comparing nodulation and AM symbiosis. @newphyt.bsky.social

The curator, Rebecca Basciano, is a graduate of our MA program! www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

My happiest place on earth #WhoNeedsDisney #IAmABotanist #plantsarecooltoo

🧪 Pathways for future scientists are becoming scarce, threatening a strong and innovative workforce: “We are not simply shrinking budgets. We are shrinking who gets to imagine themselves in science at all.” @jpflores.rbind.io hechingerreport.org/opinion-path...

Very cool work based on an amazing long term study of bighorn sheep: No Pedigree, No Problem: Genomic Inbreeding Tracks Genetic Rescue With High Resolution - Mitchell et al: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hey guys something happened to the paper towel

The Botanical Society of America's Impact Award is now accepting applications! These awards highlight those building a more inclusive community through research, teaching, or outreach. Apply, or encourage others to, and see info in link! @botsocamerica.bsky.social botany.org/home/awards/...

Aridity and drought - distinct concepts too often conflated Knapp et al. @aknapp.bsky.social @rjgriffin-nolan.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Pick you pendant - beech fern in the genus Phegopteris or a brown algae (on sale in March). The algae was recreated from a cyanotype by Anna Atkins, a pioneering botanist and photographer who published one of the first books in color using cyanotype impressions. 🌿 bluebeehivestudio.etsy.com

Our work on #hornwort #pyrenoids is finally out in @science.org! 🎉 We uncovered how hornworts pack their Rubisco into pyrenoids and successfully recreated them in Arabidopsis. A key step toward engineering more efficient photosynthesis in crops @btiscience.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Just discovered this wonderful adaptation of our maize moving map (figshare.com/articles/fig...) by @andikur.bsky.social .

Summer School on Stochastic Population Dynamics led by Alex Hening. A great opportunity for anyone interested in learning about stochastic methods and their applications to population dynamics. stochasticsummerschool.com www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/... Please repost.

It's official!!!! #Botany2026 here we come!

Register by Mar 21 to be considered for partial fee waiver! And if you're a grad student, postdoc, or PI supporting them, don't forget the Gordon Research Seminar on the theme of "Space Versus Time: A Dialogue of Eco-Evolutionary Scales in Changing Environments" : www.grc.org/unifying-eco...

I am SO THRILLED to share our first fully-lab lab paper!!!!!! Led by @hybridzones.bsky.social & @hagarsoliman.bsky.social, w/ a major assist from @pfschwarz.bsky.social!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read more below, if you're curious (you should be- it's AWESOME!!!!!!!) link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Such an awesome program supporting undergrad engagement at the annual Botany conference. And I’m so glad BSA figured out how to keep it alive. It’s not too late to apply for #Botany2026 in Tucson (1-5 Aug)!! #plantpeopleFT

Plant root architecture shapes underground resource-use strategies Cristian D. Torres, Pirén López-Alaniz, Amaru Magnin and Javier G. Puntieri nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/E8FH7W... #PlantScience

[New Paper] @currentbiology.bsky.social presents our population genomics study of the iconic Scaly-foot Snail: 125 genomes from 8 Indian Ocean hot vents! Deep currents drive South→North gene flow, while transform faults act as dispersal barriers. READ FOR FREE: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbW73QW8S...

🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics! My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026. We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems. #Postdoc #EcoEvo Pls RT!

It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023. Learn more on #WorldWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Intrigued? Join us Friday at 5:30 for a lecture titled “Phylogenomic Methods Reveal Ancient Hybridization in North American Royal Ferns” by Dr. Weston Testo. This presentation will occur in person at Harvard University and live over Zoom. Non-members please register. rhodora.org

Jsyk, crying during your audiobook walk is therapeutic.

While we're at it, how about these glorious umbrella mosses that carpet the forest floor on the sanctuary island of Ulva (off Rakiura Stewart Island)?

All I need is a fountain pen ink that captures the tones and shading of this New Zealand tree bark. Is that really so much to ask?

Presenting at #Botany2026 in Tucson? Apply for a BSA Travel Award! March 15 Deadline: Developing Nations, Professional, and Students & PostDocs Travel Awards April 1 Deadline: Sectional Student Travel Awards Applicants must be current BSA members. Learn more & apply: botany.org/home/awards....

Nominations are open for the BSA Impact Award! This award honors a BSA member, group, or institution whose work expands access, strengthens community, and improves practices in botanical research and education. Nomination Deadline: May 1, 2026 Learn more, here: botany.org/home/awards/...

When the topic of your senior sem at 1pm Friday last was the evolution of virulence vs transmissibility...& 14 hrs later you wake to the full effects of norovirus 😭 I know we prioritize experiental learning at Colby, but this was NOT what I was looking for...Keep safe friends. Be kind to each other.

These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.

UMaine is doing this right now, but instead of enrollment they're using grants as the income, which effectively puts theor thumb on the scales. Meanwhile, humanities do the heavy lifting when it comes to required courses and gen eds. (Never mind that these fields matter and should exist anyway!)

once your email storage is full you should be allowed to graduate from it. no more emails for you. you’ve seen enough emails. you’re free now

Students feel like they can’t enroll in majors like Af-Am Studies and WGSS because they’re getting messages from all sides that they’re not remunerative. And yet they desperately want the knowledge, so classes are full. That seems to be the situation everywhere.

#FindThatLizard is back ! I appreciate all of your patience and support as I worked through some life challenges. There will be a few changes and a restoration! #FindThatLizard will be returning to being posted on Wednesdays. I’ll be posting to my Patreon, Instagram, and Bluesky.

This week you’re searching for a western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis. A fan favorite because they have very big personalities! In urban areas they’ll let you get pretty close, observing you as you observe them. Can you #FindThatLizard?! Let me know in the comments with #FoundThatLizard!

Excited to share our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com We synthesize causal discovery & inference approaches across traditions (regression adjustment, quasi-expts, SEMs, Granger causality, convergent cross-mapping, and more) into a unified workflow for ecologists. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Promises to be poppin (🍿) BUT SRSLY PLEASE REGISTER, WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so dang excited for #PEQG26 I've already started my talk. Registration and poster abstract submission open through March 10.

These dogs are having the time of their lives following this week's historic blizzard in the Northeast. Please enjoy. 14/10 for all

New work from the lab: Miles @milesroberts.bsky.social tried out machine learning to estimate sweep times to fixation and (spoilers) it didn't really help www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... As always, we'd appreciate any feedback!