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).

Red Trillium, Trillium erectum Sharon Audubon, Sharon, CT, USA On a steep bank, unable to take a front view picture. #flower #nature

A tree thoroughly pecked by a yellow bellied sap sucker woodpecker, Sphyrapicus varius Sharon Audubon, Sharon, CT, USA Not sure of the species of tree. (almost the same picture) #tree #bird #nature

From Tori Bonidie and Skylar Grayson: The president’s budget requests for NASA and the NSF were released last week. We summarizes the major cuts and their impacts while providing resources to help fight back against this attack on science. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/04/16/budget-request-fy2027/

“NSF Plant Biology Act.” H.R. 7949 www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c... This bill would expand NSF funding for plant and microbial biology grants with $150 million authorized each year from FY2026 through 2031. Reach out to your representatives. www.house.gov/representati...

The flower buds of Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis (domestic) #flower #tree #nature

True sign of spring, female field horsetail, Equisetum arvense. The plant has not chlorophyll. The spores are inside the stroboli at the top. The female plants are only around for a few weeks. The green spikes are the male field horsetail, which will grow whorls. #fern #ferns

If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm! peabody.yale.edu/news/bass_le...

First sign of trillium Trout Valley Preseve, Aspectuck Land Trust, Easton, CT, USA #flowers

Today's invasive specie removal. Trout Valley Nature Preserve, Aspetuck Land Trust, Easton, CT, USA Mostly Winged Euonymus/Burning Bush/Euonymus alatus, some Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) , some multi-flora rose (Rosa multiflora). My efforts. There were 6 or so elsewhere #invasive

Time to repost the video of testing a Martian mission parachute. Bangin' sound track. Rockets. Flames. (2013 8 min) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQCg...

About 3.6 billion years ago, there was a sandstorm on Mars. Scientists just found evidence of it—the first time a sandstorm has been recognized in the Martian stratographic record. eos.org/research-and...

A group of Japanese researchers confirmed that Rapaza viridis, a eukaryote, sends proteins derived from its own genes to chloroplasts it takes from green algae to have them then conduct photosynthesis.

A two year post-doc in synthetic chemistry is available - working on plant alkaloids and terpenoids. The post is based with @unsworthchem.bsky.social as part of a close collaborations with my group and Prof Grogan in YSBL. Apply NOW, the deadline is the 9th April! jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Wow! "This historical palaeobotanical collection comprises a large repository of plant fossils from the Portuguese Carboniferous, many of which are potentially new for science and need to be investigated in future studies."

It's spring, just a start of ferns. Left - Cinnamon fern. Osmundastrum cinnamomeum Right - Interrupted fern. Osmunda claytoniana One can see the 'family' resemblance. Both are members of the family Osmundaceae. Both have 'woolly' starts to their fiddleheads. Domestic plants #fernfriday

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

30+ PhD Thesis Projects Open at the Plant Sciences Doctoral School – University Paris-Saclay in France More than 30 PhD thesis projects are now open at the Plant Sciences Doctoral School of University Paris-Saclay. Applications close on May 6, 2026. Discover research topics, eligibility…

2 Fully Funded PhD and 1 Postdoc Positions in Plant Science in Germany – GreenRobust LEAP Project The GreenRobust Cluster of Excellence is recruiting 2 PhD candidates and 1 Postdoc for the interdisciplinary LEAP project on plant robustness to drought and heat stress. Fully funded positions across…

If you're interested in fern propagation the British Pteridological Society & Hardy Fern Foundation have a talk this evening on Fern collection and propagation at Bokrijk Arboretum britishfernsociety.org.uk/Calendar/

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Fully funded PhD studentship: ‘Recording nature and writing the self: time, entomology and the archive in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries’. Closes 3 May. With Ruth Abbott, Staffan Müller-Wille, Ed Turner & me. @theul.bsky.social @zoologymuseum.bsky.social www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

#JobAlert #PhD 🌱 We are offering a PhD project to explore how transcription factors have shaped the evolution of plant protective barriers. We will support suitable candidates in applying to the @unistra.fr Graduate School competition. Interested? Please get in touch for more information!

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First invasive specie outing. 2 hours of invasive specie removal. 10 people. Aspectuck Land Trust, near Freeborn Rd Parking lot, Easton, CT, USA #invasive

Scientists find 2 marsupial species, thought to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago, living in the forests of New Guinea. Via @live_science #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature

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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

This is an idea that is so ridiculous it would give ridiculous a bad name. 🔭 🧪

🚨 Post-doctoral position alert! 🚨 The Bhattacharya Lab at Rutgers University is seeking a postdoc in the field of algal multi-omics and metabolic engineering 🌊 🦠 🧬 Ideal start by June. Applications will be reviewed as received. Please share widely :) jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/269... #evobio

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@watermancenter.bsky.social I have created an on-line fern tutorial for outreach. It is for those that want more than Google Lens, click, "Oh. That's what it is" or am having trouble with the key guides. Enjoy. Feedback greatly appreciated. Work in Progress. fernofgithub.github.io/FernLessonId/

@fernway.bsky.social @kheyduk.bsky.social Dr. Li, Dr. Heyduk, I am a fern enthusiast, strictly amateur. I have created an on-line fern tutorial and identifier site. It is a site intended for outreach. I am very interested in you and your colleagues opinion. WIP. fernofgithub.github.io/FernLessonId/

Save the date: March 6, 2026 at 5:30pm. Our next meeting will feature a lecture by Dr. Weston Testo, titled “Phylogenomic Methods Reveal Ancient Hybridization in North American Royal Ferns.” The lecture will be hybrid at Harvard/over Zoom. Non-members, please register. rhodora.org/meetings/upc...

#ScottishPlantRecovery in the news! Find out about our work to restore populations of Britain's rarest fern at #GlenAffric with Forestry & Land Scotland: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern, Hemionitis sinuata UConn Greenhouse, UConn Storres, Storres, CT, USA #FernFriday #fern #ferns

Elizabeth Britton died #OTD in 1934 & was a titan of #botany. She co-founded the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) & the Sullivant Moss Society. A premier bryologist, she published 346 total papers (170 specific to mosses) & described 6 families for the Flora of America. #WomenInSTEM #bryology (1/2)

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@support.bsky.team The feed #fern has been showing up empty, repeatedly for the past week or more. This has been a problem in the past, but now is much more frequent. It takes multiple retries to a non-empty feed.

Ok. I have developed an on-line fern tutorial lesson and the start of an identification section. Try it out. Let me know what you think. This is early, early, development. The intended audience are casual/somewhat interested botanist. 1 of 2. fernofgithub.github.io/FernLessonId/ #fern #ferns

A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the Roeder Laboratory at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY with a focus on researching Polyploidy. Apply by March 1. Please spread the word. apps.hr.cornell.edu/recruiting/f...

Blue Strap Fern, Microsorum steerei UConn Storres Greehouses, Stores, CT, USA #fern #ferns #fernFriday

@fernymoss.bsky.social Thank you for the likes and reposts. Here's a book I would highly recommend, Ferns. bsky.app/profile/fern... I also recommend this small field guide. Inexpensive, <$20US Identifying Ferns the Easy Way: A Pocket Guide to Common Ferns of the Northeast By Lynn Levine

Snail Fern from UConn Storres GreenHouses, Storres, CT, USA #fernfriday