The UK’s oldest weightlifting gym is under threat. Can it weather gentrification? www.huckmag.com/article/uk-o...

A @wclnews.bsky.social blog by @kitstoner.bsky.social from 2022. It is not helpful to create a fake war between nature and sustainable growth. www.wcl.org.uk/nature-and-b... 🦇 #bats are not the blockers to development.

Some nice news… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#FlowersonFriday The Lenten Rose (genus Helleborus and a member of the buttercup family) is discussed by RHS Fellow Maud Grieve in her 1931 'Modern Herbal'. She recounts a tale of a French sorcerer who powdered the plant and sprinkled it around to confer invisibility 🥷🏻 #Folklore 📸mine 22 March, 2025

First flowering plant* survey of the season. We recorded 100 plant species today! Not bad for 5 hours. 🌱 💚 🌳 *not a huge amount in flower yet, and a bitterly cold wind. Glad I took a flask! #botany #botanising #survey #floweringplants

If you're in Northern Ireland, two chances to help record this lovely plant (and many others) in Co Down on 23 March, and Co Derry on 29/30 March. See bsbi.org/field-meetin... for details, and to book your place. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @jen-farrar-bsbi-ni.bsky.social @cedar-ni.bsky.social #dunes

Undergraduate studying ecology or conservation? Lecturer teaching these subjects? Here is a playlist of 27 three minute videos, each explaining a fundamental concept. Hope it is useful. Say if any gaps you would like filled youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Something rather beautiful about these little botanical illustrations within a 15th century herbal. Taken at a recent trip to the Wellcome Library (item MS574) 🌿

#FossilFriday A beautiful 'seed fern' from the opening spread of the plant chapter in 'Fossils. The Essential Guide'.

On pineapples and their role as "luxury" fruits in light of Del Monte's Pinkglow + Rubyglow varieties: worksinprogress.co/issue/king-o...

Slightly at odds with the government’s current wishes to hamper conservation efforts and build everywhere… but I’ll take the glimmers where I can find them.

“An exciting discovery has been published, showing that two European horseshoe bats — the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) and the Blausis bat (Rhinolophus blasii) — can glow under UV light.”

Born #OnThisDay in 1750 was Caroline Herschel. Herschel was a comet finder, astronomer and pioneer. She discovered several comets and two moons of Uranus, and her observations helped shape astronomy. Find out more about her life and work: artsandculture.google.com/story/swWRW5...

#WomensHistoryMonth Celebrating the 226th birthday of photographic pioneer #AnnaAtkins by revisiting my 2024 blog for the @linneansociety.bsky.social. A rare photo of all three volumes of Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Impressions courtesy of Linnean Society. www.linnean.org/news/2024/12...

‘All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation

We don't currently know much about E A Clark and their work on mycology but, in our Archive collections, we hold these beautiful notebooks filled with illustrations, sketches, annotations and notes on various mushrooms 🍄✏️ The variety of drawings is fascinating!

Excellent essay

Here's a great opportunity to work with our friends @plantlifeuk.bsky.social Apply by 18 March! plantlife.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...

New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This #InternationalWomensDay, watch our fascinating talk from Gem Toes-Crichton on her visual research exploring pioneering women in botany. She features Elizabeth Blackwell, Anna Atkins, and the 1994 winner of our Jill Smythies prize, Rosemary Wise. Watch: www.youtube.com/watc...#InternationalWomensDay, #IWD2025

🦇Calling all young #CitizenScientists! It is time for the Great Linnean Bat Hunt 🦇 Armed with #Bat detectors, torches, and some bat poo for good measure, learn more about these fantastic creatures hiding in the dark and how to identify them. Grab your tickets below: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

“She has produced a real natural history book, attractive and interesting, which will be of much use to all students. “ Nature 1930." A pristine copy of Life in Inland Waters by Kathleen Carpenter, pioneering freshwater ecologist #Wales @linneansociety.bsky.social #worldbookday #historyofscience

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

There’s a small but mesmerising dusk murmuration of starlings over the chimneys of south Cambridge right now. First time I’ve seen a murmuration over the city; a hopeful sign that these birds—whose numbers have been crashing nationally; they’re now red-listed—might be having a good year.

Team Bat & Team Newt vs Team Destroy Nature I know which team I'm on

The endangered species act is also under attack by the current administration. www.endangered.org/trump-admini...

The tale of the women of the Little Loomhouse is one of strength, connections, and perseverance.

Hope! ✨

We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology. www.morphosource.org/projects/000...

Not one, but two new greater mouse-eared bat have been found www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/01...

Ellen Hutchins was an early Irish botanist, specialising in seaweeds, lichens, mosses. Last week, Madeline Hutchins, her great, great grandniece visited the Society! Here she writes about the connections between Ireland's first female botanist and specimens we hold. Read here: bit.ly/40rnxxW

A glimmer of hope, and wonderful news to fall asleep to… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #myotismyotis #greatermouseearedbat

Only 4 days left if you want to apply for a BSBI grant! We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course; Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads; Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers. bsbi.org/grants Don't miss out, apply ASAP!

🧵SALT🧵 It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question: Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from? The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised. 1/14

Who would you recommend I follow over here? All a bit quiet so far. 👋🏻