Finally watched #JurassicWorld Rebirth. I'm a fan of the franchise and I don't subscribe to the criticizing of (sci-fi) movies as if they were "documentaries". Still, it's interesting how #monsters are often portrayed as thriving (exclusively) in tropical jungles. A bit too 18th century, isn't it?

Our Special Collection on Plant Awareness highlights diverse methodologies, including psychology, ethnobotany, arts-based research, and educational sciences: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #PlantScience #PlantAwareness

Think mistletoe is just for holiday kisses? Scientists are taking it to new heights with airborne mapping. 🌿 Read the research in Botany ▶️ https://ow.ly/aX8i50XJHlu 📸 cjb-2023-0049_f3 #CSPHolidayScience

It's just in and in time for Christmas: our recently published #OpenAccess paper showing an astounding 14 YEARS of monitoring of #Lathraea, a peculiar #ParasiticPlant that shows earlier reproductive #phenology potentially following host-derived cues! doi.org/10.1002/pei3...

"You have to use AI." ...why?

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

New Post: Evergreen to ever-changing: How mountain forests rely on mistletoes for survival www.parasiticplants.org/2025/12/ever...

Guilty! 😅

Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser #yam and #teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... by Budiadi et al. Abstract also available in ID #PlantScience #biomass

Pssst: Whether you read physical books, eBooks, or audiobooks, you are a reader.

turma da manhã! ontem abrir algumas vagas para ilustrações!!! garanta já a sua arte!!!!! #commissions

It's the most wonderful Lego set of the year! A real treat for all obsessed Sherlockians 🔎

So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10

WE GOT FERNS, folks. I hope you like ferns. If you don’t, just listen and you will like ferns. 🌿🌿🌿 Dr. Li is hilarious and charming and you will love him. And ferns. In conclusion: ferns. www.alieward.com/ologies/pter...

Maria van Oosterwijck (1630-1693), Dutch Golden Age painter, known for richly detailed flower paintings and other still lifes #WomensArt

New Post: Update: 18th World Congress on Parasitic Plants – São Sebastião, Brazil (new dates and venue) www.parasiticplants.org/2025/12/upda...

Job – Tenure Track – Environmental History – BOKU University - Vienna Apply by January 6th. niche-canada.org/2025/12/02/j... #envhist

In time for the festive season, my latest paper charts the 25 million year story of how mistletoe and songbirds somersaulted across the Americas, diversifying as they went.  Strap in for an epic ecological tale #MistletoeMunchersFromWayBack 1/12 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The explanation is simple: most of us, lactose intolerants, simply do not care about the effects of a bit of milk when a favorite food/drink is involved. Life without cheese and ice cream is just not worth it.

What's worse than one demogorgon?? TWO DEMOGORGONS!!! This one was not beaten by Steve & Dustin, but instead drawn by Frederik Miquel (1864), published in 'Choix de plantes rares ou nouvelles, cultivees et dessinees dans le Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg'. #StrangerThings #Demogorgon

Why is biodiversity collapsing globally, but thriving on Indigenous lands? 🌱🧪 Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer points to a striking pattern in global biodiversity reports: Indigenous territories are defying the widespread ecological decline.

You've seen "men would rather dismantle the Federal Government than go to therapy" now get ready for "Men would rather ask ChatGPT what you want for Christmas than just asking you for a list of what you want for Christmas"

The RHS Plant Collector Archive is a unique collection of papers associated with the 12 plant collectors and their journeys. For the first time they are now fully catalogued, digitised, and free for everyone to access #skystorians #gardenhistory #nineteenthcentury collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871

New Post: Rain brings surprising shifts for desert mistletoes and their animal visitors www.parasiticplants.org/2025/11/rain...

Risotto is not work. It is meditation, followed by self care.

🚨 I'm excited to share that my new publication is now available at @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social 📃 Building on numerous publications and on my own recent research, I discuss several ways in which #GlobalChange 🌎🌍🌏 affects the physiology of #ParasiticPlants 🌱 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Fellow (digital) book worms: which e-reader do you recommend? I'm looking for a device in which I can read both ebooks and PDFs, while also being able to highlight sections of the text. Something that doesn't push the user into a subscription model (e.g., Kindle) would also be great. Thanks :)

'Saguaro Dusk' by contemporary US Impressionist style painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt

Australian printmaking artist Rachel Newling, 'Oriental lillies' hand coloured linocut #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Scientists are turning to tree rings from ancient coffins to glean novel insights into our past. Beyond withered corpses and grave goods, the buried woods reveal unparalleled details about historic temperatures, droughts, and floods. #Dendrochronology #Paleoclimatology New at @science.org 🧪🏺

não custa lembrar que “a maior operação contra o crime organizado da história do Rio” foi a CPI das milícias conduzida pelo Freixo que prendeu 236 criminosos com provas e sem tiros

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), the Dutch scientist & progenitor of #microbiology known for his improvements to microscope tech. 🧪🐡 #histsci He was a draper in Delft, then a politician with an interest in lensmaking. Using his handmade #microscopes, he was first to observe 🧵

What do mistletoe and gibbons have in common? Both are featured in the coming week on Our Trees, mistletoe on Sunday, gibbons on Tuesday. Please join us then!

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

Contemporary Brazilian Illustrator and artist Anna Cunha #womensart

Orobanche cooperi is another holoparasitic Orobanchaceae from southwestern North America. Isn’t it fantastic? A bad-ass beauty! #parasite #Orobanchaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

I'm writing a research proposal on invasive species and while googling some word synonyms, I came across a disturbing question listed under "People also ask". The question is "how do you say 'immigrant' in a nice way?" 🫠

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

I've been working on a book proposal and alternating between "this is meaningful" and "this is pointless," and a friend recently shared this quote that she stumble on in a Goodreads review: "Every book is a grand gesture of optimism on the part of both the reader and writer." Keep creating, friends.

Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.

Brazil's CERRADO: 2M km² savannah with 12,000+ plant species (45% endemic). Called "upside-down forest" - roots reach 20m deep, storing 60% of biomass underground. Fire-adapted biodiversity hotspot. 50% destroyed, only 3% protected. One of Earth's most threatened ecosystems. Science🧪

Hello, Bluesky! We're the IUCN SSC Parasite Specialist Group, a part of the Species Survival Commission! We're just starting to understand the important roles parasites play in their ecosystems, and our goal is to determine the threats wildlife parasites face and to conserve rare and unique species!

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Brazilian artist Gabee Meyer creates artworks by painting on leaves 🍂🍃

Pantone de otoño...

📢 Call for Papers! 📢 We're excited to announce that in 2026 we will again be hosting an Early Career Researcher Symposium, and that this time it will be a partnership with @linneansociety.bsky.social!🙌🏻 We'd love to hear from all ECRs, so find how to submit a proposal 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/news/cfp-ear...

I am happy to see this out! Plant-microbe relationship (mutualistic, commensalistic, parasitic) is not fixed, but rather dynamic, depending on the specific context. We summarize the current knowledge on this. Hope you enjoy~ www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/plan...

UK artist Helen Musselwhite combines hand cutting, folding and scoring paper and card to create her artworks, which are often inspired by nature #WomensArt #Autumn