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New paper from Jamie Thompson & Priest Lab - University of Bath! Cacti are amongst the most diverse plants! This study sheds light on the mystery as to why are there so many different types. You can listen to senior author, Nick Priest, chat about the paper and its findings here: YouTube:

What’s the secret behind the stunning diversity of cacti?: Cacti's evolution isn't just about aridity. Soil texture, temperature swings, and seasonal changes are key. earth.com/news/whats-the… #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Feel free to join this or watch it later. It should be fun, hopefully people will find it interesting! Not sure if my picture with the angry screaming kitten was the most professional choice for the Royal Society website though... Oops

Mind is blown seeing my work on cactus evolution in New Scientist! It's a very nice piece UoR BioSci Milner Centre for Evolution

How were freshwater fishes affected by the end-Cretaceous mass extinction? What drove the evolution of cacti? When did flowering plants originate? Where did cobras and their close relatives evolve? We discuss these questions and more in this news episode! youtube.com/watch?v=hGfmc0…

New piece in The Conversation about everyone's favourite spiky plant family 🏜️ The Conversation UoR BioSci British Cactus and Succulent Society theconversation.com/cacti-are-surp…

A really nice paper with Dr Hannah and co at Reading and beyond 🌱🌵

Congrats Santiago @LabSpiritu ! Amazing work

So happy to have won the Irene Manton Prize for the best PhD in botany! 🌵

So happy to announce that a few weeks ago I was offered a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship! And they picked my proposal title to promote the scheme. 🌵 Looking forward to working on new questions, with new methods and even bigger data than before. Thank you The Leverhulme Trust

Congrats Jamie C. Weir ! 🐛

New database of traits and other variables for the cactus family 🌵this involved an awesome team, lots of work, and funding from the BCSS. We hope that CactEcoDB will facitliate future macro scale analyses of evolution and ecology in cacti 🏜️