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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Plants of the National Parks is available for pre-order from your favorite bookseller. geni.us/Ywmh #NationalParks #Plants #WildPlants #NPS #PlantsOfTheNationalParks #Botany #NativePlantsUSA #NatureBooks #PublicLands #PlantScience #NatureEducation

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Maribeth Latvis @maribethlatvis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Plants! People! Plant people! #botany2026

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Patrick McKenzie @patrickmckenzie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Major #Botany2026 FOMO, but the drive MA->OR starts this week. So, sharing from afar: I’m recruiting grad students for my new lab at OSU! Info: www.mckenzie-lab.org . We're going to have FUN with systematics, speciation genomics, methods, natural history, and more in North Am angiosperms. Reach out!

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Maribeth Latvis @maribethlatvis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Orobanchaceae colloquium finished ✅. Amazing work being done in the coolest clade 😎 #botany2026

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Maribeth Latvis @maribethlatvis.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

World Cup 🤝 Botany prep

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Diego Paredes-Burneo @evoyeyo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The branches of the plant tree of life become fuzzy for Andean clades! The evolution of many plant groups of the Andes remain unresolved. Here a breakdown of what happens for #Brachyotum, endemic to the Tropical side of these mountains.

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

A 20 year study on 2 NIH diversity programs in Science Advances shows they doubled undergrads' odds of getting a Ph.D. That is, before the funding for those programs and for the study itself was terminated last year: www.statnews.com/2026/06/17/n...

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NIH diversity programs doubled undergraduates’ odds of getting a Ph.D., 20-year study finds

A new study found that two diversity-oriented programs supported by the NIH doubled the odds that an undergraduate would earn a Ph.D.

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Rachel Savage @rlsavage.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The new GBIF website is amazing! Exciting day for taxonomists🌱 It even makes it easier to find type specimens and related records!

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GBIF @gbif.org · 18/06/2026

🥁 Introducing.... the new and improved GBIF.org! 😍 Our refreshed website brings a series of enhancements to both the technical capabilities and user experience of GBIF infrastructure. Explore the new features on GBIF.org:🐅 🔗 gbif.link/new-gbif.org

A fabulous photograph of a pink, purple and blue nudibranch

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

On NSF’s postdoc page, the biology and earth science fields have been completely eliminated; the only remaining fellowships are in math, astronomy, engineering, and “entrepreneurship.” Weird choice not to support research on the life support system for 8 billion people. www.nsf.gov/funding/post...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In the last two weeks, 1% of new NSF awards were in biology. Just one grant of 97. One. Biology in the US is on hold until there’s a regime change.

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Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Many parasitic plants produce tiny seeds as light as dust: you can barely even see them. But zoom in with a powerful enough microscope, and suddenly they reveal a hidden trove of jewels. (Thanks to Renata Piwowarczyk for the photos; microscopy by Justyna Kasińska)

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Maribeth Latvis @maribethlatvis.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Genome for Agalinis fasciculata, coming up! 🧬 @pedropezzi.bsky.social

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Maribeth Latvis @maribethlatvis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

‘Dispersification’ of Agalinis (Orobanchaceae) Into South America Is Associated With Hummingbird Pollination and Perennial Life-History Shifts @pedropezzi.bsky.social @soltislab.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Rachel Savage @rlsavage.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Latvis lab just arrived in Baton Rouge for the SSB conference! Excited to try Elsie’s plate and pie. @pedropezzi.bsky.social @chukwumaemma.bsky.social #SSB2026

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

We 💚 the Stranger Plants—and now they’re on #BSAswag! The shirts feature bold illustrations by BSA’s own Catrina Adams, with a list of each species by common & scientific name on the back. BSA members (exp. 2026+) get 10% off—email aneely@botany.org for code. www.bonfire.com/store/bsa-wi...

Promotional graphic on a red background featuring two black-and-white raglan shirts from the Botanical Society of America’s “Stranger Plants” collection. One shirt shows a large illustrated plant scene; the other displays a grid of illustrated unusual plants. White text reads “We love the Stranger Plants BSA SWAG!” Below, descriptive text explains that the shirts highlight strange plants, with common and scientific names listed on the back in a concert-style format. A QR code labeled “Scan to Shop” appears at the lower right, along with BSA logos and text promoting additional BSA apparel.

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Ferris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are

An overview shot of a portion of the collection: a long window box with wooden frames filled with glass models of plants carefully arranged and labeled on white backgrounds, as though part of a 3D herbarium. From this distance, they are indistinguishable from real plants.

Glass model of maple leaves, featuring blended molten glass that mimics the red hues of autumn foliage

A glass model of a Columbine (Aquilegia) with parsley-like leaves and pendulous, faintly red and yellow flowers that look like swans huddled together, necks touching and wings flared out.

Glass model of a Potentilla with almost ferny foliage and simple, open-faced yellow flowers with fuzzy centers.

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University of Arkansas Herbarium (UARK) @uarkherbarium.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Fieldwork highlights from Italy: to understand what a species is PhD student @rlsavage.bsky.social is taking a integrative approach using morphological, genomic & ecological data to determine what a species is in Rhinanthus @maribethlatvis.bsky.social and Emily Carter helped with the fieldwork

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University of Arkansas Herbarium (UARK) @uarkherbarium.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We have several exciting events lined up for the 150th anniversary of the UARK herbarium! Check out all the events with this link: biology.uark.edu/herbarium/ev...

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Peter Moonlight @petermoonlight.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation. I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

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University of Arkansas Herbarium (UARK) @uarkherbarium.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Fieldwork in Brazil to understand how new plant species evolve? Pedro Pezzi @pedropezzi.bsky.social and Maribeth Latvis @maribethlatvis.bsky.social are taking a multi-pronged approach in Agalinis to understand morphological shifts and species interactions during rapid diversification

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Rachel Savage @rlsavage.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Any suggestions on bringing back pressed plant specimens thru customs?

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Nature @nature.com · 01/05/2025

Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature. go.nature.com/44Ugf9V

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Chilling report from Brown University. Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities. Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

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Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel

One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

As a curator at a natural history museum, I'm gutted to learn about the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. If anything, we need to fund, protect and preserve museum collections and uphold institutions of scientific and cultural knowledge now more than ever.

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University of Arkansas Herbarium (UARK) @uarkherbarium.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

@phylojennatics.bsky.social and @rlsavage.bsky.social, botanists and PhD students with the @maribethlatvis.bsky.social Lab in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at the @uarkansas.bsky.social recently taught students about botany, plant collecting, and biodiversity at the Holcomb Elementary STEM Night!

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.

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Rachel Savage @rlsavage.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Hey! We’re looking for a woman in science who is actively promoted and supported women in biology to give a talk or lead a workshop. Let me know if you have any recommendations! #womeninstem

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a grassland chase 🌾🌾🌾🌾 @chasesolidago.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Native prairie plant valentines for your friday I originally made these for www.plantlovestories.com ages ago!

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

CFPB - closed USAID - closed Medicaid - under attack NIH cancer funding - frozen Department of Education - under attack But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today? SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Today, we celebrate the incredible contributions of women in the botanical sciences! From groundbreaking research to mentoring and leading the next generation, women have shaped science in countless ways. 💬 Join the celebration! Tag a woman in science who inspires you or share your journey!

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University of Arkansas Herbarium (UARK) @uarkherbarium.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

UARK is bustling today! Volunteers @dgwalt.bsky.social @auxarcwildflowers.bsky.social @staymoreark.bsky.social and grad student @arisaemaguy.bsky.social mounted plants and worked on insect mgmt, while local artist (and recent UA grad) Riley Moore came in to draw grasses.

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Morgan Kelly @invertevoeco.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

We should all be using our best SciComm skills to talk about the impacts of these cuts. Many students in my class this morning had not heard this news, and none understood how indirect costs worked (because who does, outside of academia?) Several came up after class to thank me for the explanation.

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University of Arkansas Herbarium (UARK) @uarkherbarium.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A few mosses we saw growing on Ozark sandstone outcrops during a recent hike. UARK has uploaded all of the nearly 3,000 preserved #bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) in its collection to bryophyteportal.org.

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The Torrey Botanical Society @torreybotanical.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Reminder - Don't forget about our grants! We offer #grants for undergrads & graduate students doing research, going to symposia or workshops, and more, and the deadline for submission is coming up soon - Feb 15! Details can be found here: www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/ #botany 🧪🌎🌿🍄🌾

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

mvh: An R tool to assemble and organize virtual #herbaria from openly available specimen images New in #AppsPlantSci by @tvasconcelos.bsky.social & @jboyko.bsky.social bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @r-foundation.bsky.social @gbif.org #botany #biodiversity #iamabotanist

Eight herbarium sheets displaying various specimens of the blueberry genus, each with detailed labels and color calibration bars. The text above provides code for searching and downloading specimen metadata and images. Image credit: OUHC and BRIT herbaria.

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

I started gathering a list for REUs/Summer research opportunities for undergraduate students in Ecology/Conservation/Evolutionary Biology. Feel share to share with any undergraduate students who may be interested in participating in *PAID* research. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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REUs/Summer Research 2024 List (Ecology and Evolution)

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Cancellation of NSF review panels for today is confirmed by Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Rachel Savage @rlsavage.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

@arisaemaguy.bsky.social and I might change our career paths to becoming florists #ripnsf

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Rachel Savage @rlsavage.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

First Plant Taxonomy lab of the semester!! Starting off with vegetative morphology basics Quote from student: “I didn’t realize plants were so complex”

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Luis Santiago-Rosario, Ph. D. @saltyecoevo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Did you know showy mistletoes are incredibly diverse, with host diversity varying by genus? Australia is a hotspot for mistletoes! Check out the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of hosts for Australian showy mistletoes. 🌿 #Mistletoes #Australia bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Continental‐scale interactions of Australian showy mistletoes and their hosts

Premise Showy mistletoes are obligate hemiparasites of woody plants. Host specificity is therefore a fundamental determinant of mistletoe diversity, persistence, geographic distribution, and abundan...

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Zooplank, MS² @zooplank.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

My fan phylogeny from my thesis now ready for the club

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Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The botanists are inviting YOU to Plantsgiving 🌱 On Thurs we'll be documenting the plant species in our Thanksgiving meals, and we'd love it if you do, too! Follow along & join in using #Plantsgiving 🌱 THANKYOU @martinebotany.bsky.social for starting this wonderful tradition! #plantscience #botany

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