🌿 NEW SPECIES TO SCIENCE: This rare turquoise “jade ginger” has been officially named Hellwigia opalina. The story began 26 years ago on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (pictured in 2000), where the unusual plant was spotted. Read more: rbge.cc/jade-ginger @axelginger.bsky.social

📢Join us at the International Polyploidy Conference! #WGDip will be present with two invited speakers: Project Lead Prof. Dan Macqueen & Project Partner Prof. Aoife McLysaght. www.pe-rc.nl/events/inter... @w-u-r.bsky.social @pe-rc.bsky.social #IPC2026 🧪

Postdoc opportunity in plant systematics + phylogenomics 🌿 my lab at the University of Michigan is recruiting for a Research Fellow working on species delimitation in neotropical myrtles. Full details + apply here (deadline April 30) careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Great new paper on the biogeography of the Brazil nut family #Lecythidaceae led by #UMichEEB PhD student Diana Medellín-Zabala. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper in Frontiers of Biogeography! The authors look at plant, animal, and fungal biodiversity in the Neotropical cloud forests and identify seven well-supported regions of endemism. Check it out here: doi.org/10.21425/fob...

Citation self-awareness for a fairer academic publishing landscape Check out our last viewpoint in Bioscience: In an asymmetric publishing system, citation are influenced by unconscious biases. Recognize them is necessary for a more balanced publishing landscape. doi.org/10.1093/bios... 🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁

Position of interest for plant evolutionary biologists: two assistant professorships are now open in the System Earth Science (SES) department at Maastricht University! Interested? See the details here, or visit the QR code: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Venlo-As...

The Story of Birds comes out in a few weeks. And for first time, I’m doing a US book tour! If you’re in Seattle, Bozeman, St. Louis or Boston, please join us! Full details and ticket info⤵️

The United States National Herbarium is seeking a Lead Collections Manager! For complete requirements and application procedures, please visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications and all supporting documentation must be received online by 1 May 2026.

Check out the new and improved newsletter from @biogeography.bsky.social. It's a great way to keep abreast of all the happenings in biogeography and beyond. And if you like what you see and are not yet subscribed, do so on their website! www.biogeography.org/news/news/ne...

Dr. Damaris Zurell (University of Potsdam) will be giving April's Funk Biogeography Seminar! What does forward-looking biodiversity modeling look like? What can it tell us, and what needs more work? Learn more and register at: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...

New preprint on the recent history of phylogenetic biogeography, with co-authors Isabel Sanmartín and Joel Cracraft, now up on EcoEvoRxiv: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

New study led by Sean McHugh (@phyllurus.bsky.social) now out in @systbiol.bsky.social! Sean's approach models how species gain and lose biome affinities over time, both in terms of where they *do* live (e.g. movement) and where they *could* live (e.g. adaptation) doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

If you haven't heard- the TIBS newsletter is up and running! Check out the first edition and subscribe for future updates here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ne...

Postdoctoral Researcher needed for phylogenomics of Solanum at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Salary: £43,645. Apply by 1 May 2026: https://jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=770 #postdoc

We just published a review 🗞️😁: ‘The ecology of adaptive radiation’ revisited: A 25-year reflection Dolph Schluter’s book inspired the interest in adaptive radiation, and we wanted to revisit it. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a... 1/5 🧵

The Amazon rainforest was hit with two severe droughts during 2023–2024. Models suggest that just over half the forest will not recover within seven years, which is the maximum time between droughts in recent decades. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/BKQ150YySOw

Come and join us!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ547/r...

Fully-funded PhD with me in beautiful North Wales (field work in Sumatra). From conflict to coexistence: how can new biodiversity finance approaches promote elephants and humans living in harmony? With @wwf.org.uk, @bangoruniversity.bsky.social www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation...

Our new #BIEN biodiversity data workflow paper is out! BIEN is an ecosystem of modular, open-source BIEN tools for collecting, harmonizing, and validating biodiversity data -- and an integrated global database (BIEN db) of plant occurrences, traits & geographic ranges. doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🧪🌐🌾🌵

Don't miss out! This month's Funk Biogeography Seminar is still open for registration here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...

Persistence and potential of soil organic carbon in nature-based climate solutions: A review of managed disturbances #ThomasReview by Adam Pellegrini, Katerina Georgiou, et al. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PlantScience 🧵1/5

Applications are open for the LinnéSys Systematics Research Fund: we offer up to £1,500 for research in taxonomy & systematics - from fieldwork to equipment, specimen prep, and more. Open to researchers at any stage (UG+). Deadline: 27 March 2026, 23:59 Apply now: buff.ly/8eryOMN

Una nueva especie de Gesneriaceae. 𝘋𝘳𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢 es endémica del Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén en la selva central del Perú. Felicidades a Rocio Rojas Gonzales y sus colegas por su descubrimento. doi.org/10.14522/dar...

🚨 PhD position available ! 🚨 I am hiring a PhD student to work with me on the evolution of plant sexual systems 🌺 at @unifrbiology.bsky.social ! The position is funded for 4 years by @snsf.ch as part of my Ambizione fellowship. More info here: tinyurl.com/monoecy 🌱 Please RP and share widely ! 🌱

Apply for up to £1,500 for systematics/taxonomy projects via LinneSys. Members of The Systematics Association or the Linnean Society are eligible. Deadline: March 27, 23:59 GMT+1. More info: https://systass.org/linnesys/

Rapid evolution predicts demographic recovery after extreme drought www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌐🧪

Dr. Catherine Graham (Swiss Federal Research Institute, WSL) is our Funk Biogeography Seminar speaker this month! Join us for an exploration of the past, present, and future of studying biodiversity in environmental space. Learn more and register at: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...

Looking for a small grant for systematics work? Check us out! systass.org/linnesys/ Deadline is MARCH 27 at 23:59 GMT+1 All you need is to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or the @linneansociety.bsky.social Caveat, legally, we cannot fund anyone in these countries: tinyurl.com/wemwtfrz

Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in @nature.com! 🦋🐝🪰🪲🦗 @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de

Fabaceae emerge as amongst the most embolism-resistant tree families in Amazonia. Forests in the Brazilian and Guiana Shield regions, where Fabaceae abundance is high, are expected to have greater drought resistance than Western Amazon forests.

We already have more than 💯 participants for #ExE2026, but there are still places available. Once you have registered, you have until April 1 to submit an abstract, so don’t miss out and register now at sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/registra... Everything you need to know is 👇 and at evoxeco.uk!

Thrilled to share our new paper out in @science.org, led by François Leroy and Petr Keil! Using the Breeding Bird Survey, we document not only a continent-wide decline in bird abundance since the 1980s — but, crucially, the acceleration of these declines over time. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Slowly adding content to bionames.org and tweaking the interface. Hope page loads faster now and looks a little better on mobile. Lots of DOIs and PDFs for taxonomic papers, but so much to do. Half a million names linked to DOIs, wish it were more.

Wanna know about you should care about seeds and seedlings as much as I do while learning what I'm up to during my PhD? Check the #NHER post from the @mobotgarden.bsky.social, the Ecological Health Network and the Restoration Ecology Lab at Virginia Tech. #RestorationEcology #Seedlings #Seeds

Last, but not least: How do biogeography and plant diversity interact in the quartz islands of South Africa? Different types of biodiversity (taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional) may respond very differently: doi.org/10.21425/fob...

Next in our Frontiers roundup: Using Appalachian pollen records, Shuman et al. explore how the tree communities of the Holocene were formed by interactions between climate variation and species climate niches: doi.org/10.21425/fob...

And lastly, a reminder: February's Funk Biogeography Seminar takes place this Wednesday (2/25) at 1:00PM UTC! There's still time to register here:

I am really excited to share our new paper, published today in Nature. We show that rising atmospheric CO2 is linked to decling nutrient availability in boreal forest, with implications for the future carbon sink. Kudos to lead author @kelleyrbassett.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Postdoctoral position in Forest Genetics at @uni-freiburg.de with a focus on local adaptation and/or stress reaction of trees. The position combines research and teaching (4 SWS), and offers the opportunity to develop an independent research profile (4+ years).

Diverging responses of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic plant diversity to biogeographic parameters in arid habitat islands of southern Africa biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php... new work on quartz habitat islands in Southern Africa

Open‐land‐derived agroforestry and effects of abandonment of management of the main crop on ecosystem services and woody plant diversity 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... by Fonzaghi et al. Summary also available in Português @WileyPlantSci

The global island species–area relationship for plants | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Our latest effort to understand ISARs for plants globally!

Linking to images and #AI-based identification tools—The only way for Flora projects to survive #ThomasReview by Susanne S. Renner nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PlantScience #LatestIssue

Important new approaches in biogeography and evolutionary diversification, especially for species-rich ecosystems with high levels of sympatry. Check out the preprint ⬇️

February's Funk Biogeography seminar is on the horizon! This month's speaker is Juan Pablo Quimbayo, who will talk about the role of traits in shaping marine biodiversity. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/fe...

This month's Funk lecture from @biogeography.bsky.social will be given by Juan Pablo Quimbayo. Sign up soon!

The 2026 LinneSys call is open! Looking for a small grant for systematics work? Check us out! systass.org/linnesys/ All you need is to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or the @linneansociety.bsky.social Caveat, legally, we cannot fund anyone in a country listed here: tinyurl.com/wemwtfrz

🚨3 Lectureships in Biology 🚨 Come join us in Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social! We are looking for new collegues working across a broad spectum of topics in biology, including ecology & environmental change. Get in touch if you have Qs! Apply here by 8 March: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

On March 3rd @ 5pm CET, we are re-starting the Integration of speciation seminar series! The first 3 sessions feature talks by *Early-Career Researchers*, and include a Q&A with an established PI about their career path. Sign up to get the link: speciation-network.pages.ist.ac.at/seminar-seri...