Last year at EMAPI 2023 in Chile, we hosted an open discussion about human diversity in the field of #InvasionScience. Part was based on a short questionnaire, the other part was based on finding on safety in the field by Dr ZP (she/her). It was a very moving exchange. Here a🧵

The unusual flowers of Drosera walyunga found in a small area northeast of Perth, Western Australia

Today we harvested a giant water lily to admire its ASTONISHINGLY beautiful undercarriage:

Girls, you did it!!!!🧙‍♀️🧹🐈‍⬛️

The teeny mystery bolete I found yesterday has been identified as the Crimson Bolete, Rubinoboletus rubinus. Apparently it’s very rare, vulnerable on the IUCN Red List! A lovely surprise for #FungiFriday & another amazing record for this wonderful old cemetery!!!! 🥰

It's #InternationalChocolateDay! Did you know that chocolate is toxic to dogs? 🐶 Or that some chocolate contains butyric acid, also found in vomit? 🤮 More chocolate chemistry in this updated edition of #PeriodicGraphics in C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) 👇

The wet heath/bog east of the Isle of Thorns, nr. Wych Cross Ashdown Forest High Weald National Landscape is fsb! It has the most Bog Asphodel I have seen in Sussex. Saw lots of Sphagnums & Cross-leaved Heath & some Cotton Grass; but sadly no Sundews or Marsh Clubmoss. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Sussex Botanical Recording Society

🧵 Extremely excited to share our updated #Orchid Tree of Life poster, led by Kew Gardens and inc. over 40 coauthors! It showcases the latest relationships, origin timings of major groups, and key facts, inc. global #species richness and those under threat of #extinction 1/2

Excited to announce a new review paper exploring #apomixis and how this form of asexual reproduction shapes diversity and evolutionary processes in angiosperms. Very happy to have contributed the section on apomixis in Brassicaceae! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The blackbird's nest is round and made with twigs, grass and other plant materials. They lay blue-green eggs with brown speckles. My drawing is available... theweeowlart.etsy.com/listing/177462… #OriginalArt #drawing #MixedMedia #painting #artwork #Birds #BirdsNest #GiftIdeas

Have you checked out today's #BlackMammalogists Week daily puzzles? It's a crossword crosswordlabs.com/embed/black-ma… Once you finish it, tag us with a screenshot, and get entered into a giveaway! Winners will be announced at 5pm PT tonight!

The planet’s tiniest creatures are getting their time in the spotlight, thanks to a $1.66 million grant to study their genetics at an “unprecedented scale.” popsci.com/science/small-…

立体刺繍の苔玉とムシトリスミレ 土台に高低差を出したくて苔玉を表現してみました 駿府博物館向での展示販売に出品します ◆展示販売◆ 会期：2024年10月26日～2025年1月13日 場所：静岡県　駿府博物館　企画展「花鳥風月のものがたり〜森でよむ短歌　生きものと語らう〜」 内 ＼ 駿府（すんぷ）博物館（静岡市駿河区） ／

tomatoes from my sketchbook 🍅❤️🍀

Revelation

I absolutely love fresh water theme and aquatic invertebrates! I’ve just remade the previous “secret pond” piece to this vertical, more chibi style sticker sheet design. Beside the sticker sheet (which will be available later), art print will be available too & link in bio 💚💚

Shiny new project. Do you have the time? No: --> Don't do it. Yes: --> No you don't.

“If we do not carry out this total eradication in Cubatão, [it will] become the supplier of new seeds, putting mangroves throughout Brazil at risk... If this issue is not combated, the change and impoverishment of our biodiversity will be fatal.” news.mongabay.com/2024/09/expert…

Our Archives team recently retrieved this volume on 'Mosses' by W P Schimper (1808-1880), a German botanist and geologist. It contains fantastic sketches of botanical material as well as numerous letters written about his work and scientific findings.