I don't have a bucket list per say but the only thing that I've wanted to do since I was little is go storm chasing, particularly tornadoes or hurricanes. I'm absolutely terrified but I want to do it so bad so I'm putting this out in the universe and maybe the stars will align 🙂‍↕️ #stormchaser

Happy International Bee Day! In the Rethinking Lawns lab @negauneeinstitute.bsky.social Chicago Botanic Garden, we're working to help turn our lawns into better spaces for native pollinators. To celebrate, have some id keys for Midwestern/NE American bumblebees! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

“We Are Bombarding America’s Forests with Roundup”: Despite Cancer Fear, Trump Admin Pushes Herbicide https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/29/nate_halverson_roundup_glyphosate_us_forests

What is your Biology or EEB departments minimum PhD stipend? Update it here: mlgaynor.com/BiologyPhDSt...

WANTED: Lead Collections Manager. Smithsonian NMNH Botany is looking for a Supervisory Museum Specialist to manage the United States National Herbarium and a top-notch collections team. For more information, visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications due in two weeks (1 May 2026).

Anyone with @botsocamerica.bsky.social have contacts in Japan??? 🌸

The scientist mentors behind PlantingScience give their time because they believe in the next generation. 🌿 Their words speak volumes about why this program is worth fighting for. Please donate to PlantingScience today: crm.botany.org/makeadonation #IPAD2026 #PlantingScience #IamaBotanist #STEM 🌿

Hear it from the students themselves: 🌿 "His job made me more interested in plants." 🌿 "Plants are something I take for granted." 🌿 "Our mentor made science sound interesting and fun." Support PlantingScience today! crm.botany.org/makeadonation #IPAD2026 #PlantingScience #IamaBotanist #STEM

Half of my thesis was published today! 🐝🌻 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

Hive mind request. I’m looking for long term insect (ideally pollinator) monitoring schemes that have conducted weekly/monthly transects/counts for several years. I know of the Bee walks, UKMS, and PoMs in the UK. I would love some non-UK examples! 🐝🦋🐝🦋🐝🦋

I run a mentorship program for aspiring grad students and 15% of participants this past year used they/them pronouns. Gender inclusivity needs to be baked into how we do academia. #TransDayOfVisibility

The deadline is tomorrow, April 1st, for several #BSAawards! Whether you are looking to nominate an outstanding graduating senior or apply for funding to attend Botany 2026, nominate/apply today! Visit www.botany.org/home/awards.html to learn more and submit before the deadline!

I started covering this last year, and I can't overstate how important this is: the Trump administration officially labeled some of the most commonly-used forms of birth control as 'abortion' jessica.substack.com/i/173447780/...

🍃 BSA Teaching Section Awards are open for nominations! – Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award Deadline April 13, 2026 – Samual Noel Postlethwait Award Deadline May 1, 2026 Nominate a deserving colleague today! botany.org/home/awards.... #BSAawards #IamaBotanist #BSATeachingSection

NEW: WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social reports:

Registration is OPEN for #Botany2026 – Biodiversity at the Boundaries, August 1-5 in Tucson, AZ! – Early-Registration Deadline: Apr 30 – Abstract Deadline: Apr 13 – BSA Travel Awards Deadline: Mar 15 – BSA Sectional Student Travel Awards Deadline: Apr 1 www.botanyconference.org www.botany.org

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

Hey Botanical Science Undergrads, the PLANTS Grant deadline is coming up!! This award covers Botany 2026 travel, lodging, meals, mentorship, a conference field trip & a complimentary 3-year BSA membership. Deadline: March 15, 2026 For more information, visit: 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/...

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....

“It’s a choice to ensure zero abortions." Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape.

Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially. transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

Pacific Conservation Biology is seeking Associate Editors! Applications from Pacific Island researchers are greatly encouraged 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇳🇿 🇵🇼 🇳🇨 🇼🇸 @pacificconsbio.bsky.social publishes conservation research focussed on our region, and is affiliated with SCBO. Apply here - connectsci.au/pc/pages/edi...

A problematic stance from someone like @holdenthorp.bsky.social who has the position & privilege that comes with being Editor-in-Chief of Science Journals. Yes, scientists need to continue to do science. But science leaders can't leave the risk that comes with speaking up to others. 🧵1/8

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning the largest permitted coral reef destruction in U.S. history. Port Everglades expansion would wipe out millions of corals, including the few remaining staghorn corals in Florida. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Proposals due March 2 for the Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach! This program awards up to $1,000 USD for a variety of evolution education and outreach projects, workshops, and events. Apply now! shorturl.at/I8HqO

Want to gain firsthand insight into the science policy process, network, and engage with fellow students interested in science policy? Apply for @aguscipolicy.bsky.social sponsorship to the CASE Workshop! Apps close 22 February at 11:59 pm PST! buff.ly/9FmkyCZ

Do you work in agriculture and want to learn about pollinators? Join us this spring for the Pollinator Steward Certification workshop! We'll have great presentations and a chance to network with other Illinoisans in ag. Go register at www.pollinator.org/wingspan/ats... to secure your spot! 🐝 🌻

Someone made an actually-organized version of this!!

Several BSA award deadlines are coming up fast in February, including $10,000 dissertation awards, grad student research awards, and public policy awards. Our new BSA Member Toolkit video shows you how to apply, step by step: youtu.be/vRZdmrb-cFs?... Apply today! www.botany.org/home/awards.html 🌱

You can't reform this shit. This is a death threat.

Make a real impact on the future of the Botanical Society of America—join the BSA Board! Current BSA members can learn more and submit a nomination at mailchi.mp/botany.org/b... Deadline is February 1, 2026

The IWRS is hiring! Help us build the infrastructure for invertebrate welfare research—from husbandry databases to educational resources. 🐛📖 Remote Research Scientist position, $55-60K. We will begin reviewing applications on March 15. Learn more and apply here:

When I see you “playing around with” ChatGPT “for fun” this is what I see you contributing to btw. It’s not cute, it’s not fun, it’s damaging. Just because you don’t personally see it doesn’t mean there’s no cost.

❗Decline in botanical education threatens response to climate action and food security www.ucd.ie/newsandopini... Research reveals what inspires people to study plant biology, a subject essential for addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and food security. #PlantScience 🧵1/2

Applications for 2026 Botany Travel Awards to support the resident study of collections in the United States National Herbarium are due on 15 February. This year, awards will be for six weeks, with a stipend of $6,000! For more information, please visit: naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...

My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support. PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities- Venmo @powwowgrounds www.powwowgrounds.com

THREAD of offers of guest lectures (via Zoom) for Minneapolis-area classes so faculty can offer their students a top-quality education while dealing with other crises Seeing tons of extremely generous offers. I'll try to post 'em all here--please add your own w topics you can cover & how to contact

ASHS Award Nominations due Feb 4th - nominate your outstanding colleagues for recognition of their accomplishments! https://ashs.org/page/AwardsNominations #horticulture #plantscience

Get more involved with BSA! We’re accepting applications for BSA committees, with openings across many focus areas—including opportunities for students and early career members. Deadline: Feb 1, 2026 botany.org/home/governa... Some Board positions are open too! mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

🌱We’re now accepting nominations for the BSA Board. Board members help guide the Society’s direction, support our community, and advance botanical science together. Nomination deadline: February 1, 2026 mailchi.mp/botany.org/b... Committee openings are also available: botany.org/home/governa...

The Clifton Institute is hiring a Grassland Steward to manage remnant grasslands in the Virginia Piedmont 🌾 knowledge of flora 🗣️ charismatic people-person 🎓 related bach. pref'd ⌛ 12 mo. position, ext. possible 📅 target start: feb. 17 📍 Warrenton, VA 💸 $55k/yr cliftoninstitute.org/about-us/emp...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in my lab to study threatened plant species responses to drought and heat. This is part of mu recently funded DECRA fellowship.

Post-doc positions: "Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..." uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

We are hiring at California Botanic Garden! The Restoration Intern will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects involving out-planting, seed collection, plant propagation and monitoring. This is a full time temp position (6 months) that can be extended. Please share! lnkd.in/gaNuNGxA

We're about 75 toys & teen gifts to our goal for parents at Cook County Jail. Thank you! Info & ways to donate: docs.google.com/document/d/1...