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Full time job opportunity for a scientific illustrator to work with us at the U-Michigan museum of zoology and herbarium! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

"BU Asst Prof position in urban ecology, behavior, & evolution. Candidates whose work addresses pressing biological challenges @ intersection of ecology, evolution, & society encouraged to apply. Areas of interest include: nature-based solutions to climate change & biodiversity loss..." #evobio 🧪 ⚒️

*** please share widely *** Georgia Tech is hiring an ecologist tinyurl.com/GT-eco-coasts - general search - submit by Dec 1 - come join us, we have a growing group of excellent + collegial eco eco folks (e.g., @armanafzadeh.bsky.social, Sean Anderson, @jameststroud.bsky.social, Lauren Speare)

📣 The Center for Plant Conservation is hiring a Science & Conservation Programs Coordinator 🌺 💻 Remote (USA) 🎓 Bachelor’s in related field required, Master’s preferred 💸 $60-67k ⏳ Application review rolling saveplants.org/employment-o... 🌾🧪🪴🌎 #plantscience #botany #conservation

Want to skip the lines? Head to a polling place near you and VOTE EARLY from October 13–30! You can vote from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Just be sure to check your local polling place for its specific hours! Make your plan to vote at mvp.sos.ga.gov!

📣Atlanta Botanical Garden seeks a Research Scientist in Ecology! 🌿 🥾 Priority research areas: restoration, fungal/microbial interactions, conservation translocations/reintroductions, adaptive mgmt, demography/population dynamics, population viability.🌎 recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

Your TAD dollars at work. “All graft, all the time” would be a good slogan. #GApol

Today is the fifth day of the public losing access to The Academy of Natural Sciences. We can change that. save-the-academy.org youtu.be/v-R1t4YlYJ8?...

Interesting “resurrection experiment” with flowers by @gbaucom.bsky.social and colleagues shows emergent constraint and environmental mismatch over a decade. Their conclusion: not great for climate adaptation academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

Georgia O'Keeffe, Purple Leaves, 1922 #AutumnWeek

Exploding jewelweed seed pods are so much fun. Great hands-on native plant activity for kids. #nativeplants

Can human waste be sustainable? Dr. Jason Graham-Nye thinks so. In our latest issue, he discusses his recent research on compostable diapers 🌎 www.briefecology.com/life-after-w...

In 2003, the U.S. military bombed Iraq’s national seed bank in Abu Ghraib, effectively eliminating hundreds of varieties of indigenous seeds adapted to growing in the drought-prone desert climate. A year later, U.S. law prohibited Iraqi farmers from seed saving. (First published in 2025 by Prism)

Ludwigia fruits are bonkers

I am hiring a full-time lab technician for my new lab at UNL. The full position description can be found at: employment.unl.edu/postings/102... The position is for 1 year, with renewal possible for up to 2 additional years. Pay is $23.50/hour. Please share!

Recovering secondary grasslands have taller plants that can quickly absorb light and nutrients go.nature.com/4yiVJeT

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Gall of the week is caused by an anthomyiid fly related to house flies, Chirosia betuleti, on ferns. First photo on lady-fern, Athyrium filix-femina, second photo on male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas. Both photos by Mike Poulton.

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

Do you use #iNaturalist data in research—or advise students who do? We put together a practical guide to using iNaturalist data in scientific research, covering how to access, acquire, analyze, and attribute the data, with examples in R and Python. Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios... #ecology

Delicate crocheted/embroidered leaf sculptures by UK artist Susanna Bauer #womensart ##AutumnEquinox 🍃

Every now & then we get a paper that argues preventing ecosystem degradation is more effective - in terms of cost &/or ecological benefits - than restoring ecosystems This is so obvious; why is it seen as debatable? But it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t put effort into restoring degraded ecosystems

📣 NYBG is hiring a Part-Time Research Technician to support invasive species research, data management, and institutional policy implementation ⌛ 2y position, 20h/wk, hybrid eligible 🎓 Bachelor's or Master's 📊 data mgmt & analysis experience, incl. spatial 🗺️ 🤑 $26/h www.nybg.org/about/work-w...

📣 Dr. Adam Smith is recruiting a PhD student for fall 2027 to join the Global Change and Conservation Computation Lab at the Missouri Botanical Garden 🧑‍💻🌎🌿 🎓 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program, WashU 📆 Application to lab due Oct. 25 earthskysea.org/recruiting-a...

Plant Colleagues! Open job for Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center (PRC) at UT Austin. A great job for anyone addressing fundamental questions in evolution of plants and a commitment to herbarium administration and/or collections-based research. apply.interfolio.com/193263

📣 Submit your manuscript to a Special Issue of Biopreservation and Biobanking focused on Botanical Biobanking for Research and Conservation—ranging from seeds, pollen and spores to tissues, DNA and living collections 🫘🧬🌿 Submissions due: March 31, 2027 journals.sagepub.com/page/bpb/bot...

OMG, new pub: Leandra O'Connell, @noraflora10.bsky.social, and I ask, what's the deal with all that hybridization in the sunflower family? Hybridization patterns and research effort in Asteraceae, a megadiverse and economically important plant family nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/…

Another #PlantScience job here @kwsgroup.bsky.social! We need a seed physiology expert in our seed research team. This is a full-time, permanent position here at our headquarters in Einbeck. Expertise in Seed Physiology and Germination are needed. #PlantSciJob #PlantSciJobs

My department (Biology at Emory) is hiring for a teaching track position! These are stable, well-respected, long-term positions with a path to promotion and ppl often staying for decades. The dept is wonderfully supportive and filled with amazing humans (faculty + staff) apply.interfolio.com/191814

The Natural Resources Conservation Service lost nearly a quarter of its staff nationwide in 2025 after the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government. Many were local experts that help farmers with soil and water conservation efforts.

I am looking to hire two seasonal field/laboratory technicians to join the lab working at the MSU Kellogg Biological Station and Main Campus. The primary work will be dedicated to our switchgrass program with potential to expand into other roles in the lab with time. careers.msu.edu/jobs/profess...

📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist! 🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program 📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled) 📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable) 🤑 $87.5k jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...

Today’s rally to save the academy of natural sciences was incredible. Hundreds of people turned out. This is only the beginning. Follow along with save-the-academy.org

#CallForPapers 🌿 New perspectives in plant anatomy: how cells and tissues explain different phenomena in plants collection is open for submissions in Botany. 🔗https://ow.ly/k6uw50ZHvWK

NEW: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia has made payments of more than $1.1 million for at least one contractor to work with the Corrections Department on its lethal injection process. The state performed just one execution in that period.

Come out to the rally on Tuesday at 10am in front of The Academy of Natural Sciences! RSVP here luma.com/1qwnrqz2 Read more here: whyy.org/articles/phi...

You don't have a right to safe drinking water, a US court just ruled. A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.

It should not be up to natural history museums to monetize their collections in order to justify their existence. defector.com/how-the-u-s-...

🌱🔥 Check the newly published article ‘Fire as a regeneration filter in the Arctic: effects of heat and smoke on seed germination in 25 common plant species’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Jerónimo Vázquez-Ramírez @jeronimovazquez.bsky.social and co-authors🧵(1/9) 👉 doi.org/rmsq #AoBpapers #PlantScience

I am currently searching for a postdoc to work on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass. The position entails lab, growth facility, bioinformatics, and fieldwork. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...

📣 post-doc opportunity w/ Georgia Native Seed Network @ State Botanical Garden (Athens, GA) 🫘 lead conservation genetics research supporting restoration across the southeastern U.S. 🧬 50% molecular lab work, 30% research, 10% field, 10% training & development www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/503...

🌱 We are SO close! A Day for BSA has raised $13,200 of our $15,000 Endowment goal, & today is the final day to give. Just $1,800 to go! From our Board (100% of whom gave!) to members worldwide, this campaign belongs to all of us. YOUR Journey — OUR Story. Give today: day-for-bsa.botany.org/2026

I want to live as freely as the young woman sleeping next to me on this flight with her mouth wide open ✈️