Join us for Coffee with a Curator on Friday, October 27th. At 12pm CDT Dr. Maribeth Latvis will give a lecture titled, “A ‘tree thinking’ approach to biodiversity conservation and management, and building the research capacity of the UARK herbarium.”

Online Exhibit 🐦 Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Feature: Songbird Bell Jar While a fairly common decoration in the 18th and early 19th centuries, federal laws protecting birds ended this trend. 🎧 Read and listen with ornithologist Tom Webber: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/obje…

I'm recruiting 2 fully funded Ph.D. students (w/ summer funding) to work on a NSF CAREER grant! We will be studying how to increase students' science communication knowledge and skills about vaccines & climate change. Reach out if you are interested! nsf.gov/awardsearch/sh…

Today's #SpookySpecimen is from the Mutillidae family. They are known for their hair which can be red, orange, black, white, silver, or gold and their extremely painful stings. The sting from the species Dasymutilla klugii rated a 3 on the Schmidt pain index⚠️

WeDigBio is UNDERWAY and started in the Southern Hemisphere #NewZealand #Australia Check out progress of this global community science event at wedigbio.org Over 1200 records already unlocked and transcribed!! DigiVol Notes from Nature Siobhan iDigBio

The fall 2023 edition of WeDigBio is underway! Go to Notes from Nature bit.ly/2dgEe91 now and choose from one of the many expeditions we have live. Remember that there is still time to sign up for tomorrow's symposium. 1/2

We're off to an exciting start with Dr. Jessica Budke, the Tenn Herbarium Director, takes the stage to guide us through field collection, herbarium specimen transcribing, and the latest updates on global digitization efforts.🌿🌎 #botany #herbariumspecimen #wedigbio #bryophytes

In the world of transcription, you're in for a treat with the discovery of splendid specimens and the elegant handwriting from the past. 💯😍 #Herbarium #Transcription #Botany #Bryophytes #Plant_art #FlattenedFlora #Collections #ScienceResearch #Ecology #NaturalBeauty

What a productive day transcribing! We've transcribed 424 bryophytes and 205 lichens. Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers and the dedicated leadership team for making it all possible. 🌿✨ #TranscriptionTriumph #TeamEffort #science #communityscience #herbarium

I’ve written a report on my recent experiences at the Biodiversity Information Standards Conference #TDWG2023 Many thanks to Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand #WANZ for the funding to attend. Unsurprisingly it was #Wikidata that was frequently mentioned. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ambr…

Morpho-colorimetric characterization of the perigonium of the Alstroemeria pulchra complex (#Alstroemeriaceae, Alstroemerieae) as an aid to delimit its infraspecific taxa phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/vie… #Taxonomy

Six NEIU biology undergraduate students presented their summer research at the SACNAS Diversity in STEM conference in Portland, Oregon this week!

📣 IAB virtual meeting 2023 is on 13 - 14 December 2023 (New York Time zone). The meeting is split over two half days: Wednesday Dec. 13 from 14.00 to 18.00 UTC and on Thursday Dec. 14, from 00.00 to 04.00 UTC. For more info head on over to: bryology.org

#iabryo2023 continues with the second session starting in a couple of hours at 8pm New York Time. We look forward to engaging with you during this session.

#iabbryo2023 happening now! #mosses #liverworts and who can forget #hornworts Wonderful bryology colleagues from all around the world meeting virtually

#iabbryo2023 Equivalent to Oscar's night. Lots of awards to distinguished #bryologists and early career scientists Congratulations everyone!

🌻 Celebrating the unsung heroines of #botany: detailed research on #plant genera named after women, with a linked open dataset 🌼 blog.pensoft.net/2023/12/06/ent…

🌿 Exciting News! The new guide is here to help countries develop their National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans & Biodiversity Finance Plans!🌍 🔗 Download the report for a roadmap on aligning these plans⬇️ biofin.org/knowledge-prod… @UNDPbiofin

The esteemed Prof. Tamas Pocs, with colleague from Fiji looking at Entodon concinnis, only the 5th record in Hungary! Nryologist, Peter Szucs found 49 species of bryophytes in Prof. Pocs' backyard. Check out the paper. What can be found in YOUR backyard? doi.org/10.21406/abpa.…

Microplants is back! We are in #Eger #Hungary working with Prof. Tamas Pocs on #liverworts Eger is a lovely town. How ironic bryologists from the South Pacfic come to the north to study the south. Wait, what? It is because Tamas is a leading expert in the world! Thank you Tamas!