Botany One
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‘How hard is it to keep a plant alive?’: California woman exchanges dead flowers at Home Depot every four months. Should she be ‘embarrassed?’
www.themarysue.com/woman-exchan...
Bring a dead houseplant to Home Depot with a receipt. The store will take it off your hands and give you a new shrub.
www.themarysue.com/woman-exchan...
Bring a dead houseplant to Home Depot with a receipt. The store will take it off your hands and give you a new shrub.
‘How hard is it to keep a plant alive?’: California woman exchanges dead flowers at Home Depot every four months. Should she be ‘embarrassed?’
A TikTok creator’s dead houseplant exchange at Home Depot has gone viral, raising questions about the retailer’s return policy and plant care.
www.themarysue.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
‘How hard is it to keep a plant alive?’: California woman exchanges dead flowers at Home Depot every four months. Should she be ‘embarrassed?’
www.themarysue.com/woman-exchan...
Bring a dead houseplant to Home Depot with a receipt. The store will take it off your hands and give you a new shrub.
www.themarysue.com/woman-exchan...
Bring a dead houseplant to Home Depot with a receipt. The store will take it off your hands and give you a new shrub.
South Florida's hidden tropical paradise grows thousands of plant species
www.wptv.com/finding-flor...
Just south of downtown Miami lies The Kampong, a tropical paradise founded by David Fairchild, now boasts one of the nation's most extraordinary gardens
www.wptv.com/finding-flor...
Just south of downtown Miami lies The Kampong, a tropical paradise founded by David Fairchild, now boasts one of the nation's most extraordinary gardens
South Florida's hidden tropical paradise grows thousands of plant species
Just south of downtown Miami lies The Kampong, a tropical paradise founded by one of America's most prolific inventors, now boasts one of the nation's most extraordinary gardens.
www.wptv.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
South Florida's hidden tropical paradise grows thousands of plant species
www.wptv.com/finding-flor...
Just south of downtown Miami lies The Kampong, a tropical paradise founded by David Fairchild, now boasts one of the nation's most extraordinary gardens
www.wptv.com/finding-flor...
Just south of downtown Miami lies The Kampong, a tropical paradise founded by David Fairchild, now boasts one of the nation's most extraordinary gardens
The weed threat to mustard, and the need to counter it with innovative solutions
indianexpress.com/article/expl...
India’s largest oilseed crop is facing a serious menace from Orobanche, a parasitic weed that has inflicted damage in major mustard-growing areas of Rajasthan and Haryana.
indianexpress.com/article/expl...
India’s largest oilseed crop is facing a serious menace from Orobanche, a parasitic weed that has inflicted damage in major mustard-growing areas of Rajasthan and Haryana.
The weed threat to mustard, and the need to counter it with innovative solutions
India’s largest oilseed crop is facing a serious menace from Orobanche, a parasitic weed that has inflicted damage in major mustard-growing areas of Rajasthan and Haryana.
indianexpress.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The weed threat to mustard, and the need to counter it with innovative solutions
indianexpress.com/article/expl...
India’s largest oilseed crop is facing a serious menace from Orobanche, a parasitic weed that has inflicted damage in major mustard-growing areas of Rajasthan and Haryana.
indianexpress.com/article/expl...
India’s largest oilseed crop is facing a serious menace from Orobanche, a parasitic weed that has inflicted damage in major mustard-growing areas of Rajasthan and Haryana.
Storm Goretti decimates famous Cornwall gardens
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gary Long, head of Trewithen near Grampound Road, said a quarter of the large mature trees, some of which were 250 years old, had been felled by the storm on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gary Long, head of Trewithen near Grampound Road, said a quarter of the large mature trees, some of which were 250 years old, had been felled by the storm on Thursday.
Storm Goretti decimates famous gardens in Cornwall
St Michael's Mount and Trewithen are among the places that have lost many of their trees.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Storm Goretti decimates famous Cornwall gardens
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gary Long, head of Trewithen near Grampound Road, said a quarter of the large mature trees, some of which were 250 years old, had been felled by the storm on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gary Long, head of Trewithen near Grampound Road, said a quarter of the large mature trees, some of which were 250 years old, had been felled by the storm on Thursday.
The Buzz Behind Your Favourite Morning Aroma
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Nothing like the smell of fresh coffee in the morning. According to science, we might want to thank the bees for it.
#Botany
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Nothing like the smell of fresh coffee in the morning. According to science, we might want to thank the bees for it.
#Botany
The Buzz Behind Your Favourite Morning Aroma
Nothing like the smell of fresh coffee in the morning. According to science, we might want to thank the...
botany.one
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Buzz Behind Your Favourite Morning Aroma
botany.one/2026/01/the-...
Nothing like the smell of fresh coffee in the morning. According to science, we might want to thank the bees for it.
#Botany
botany.one/2026/01/the-...
Nothing like the smell of fresh coffee in the morning. According to science, we might want to thank the bees for it.
#Botany
Fire Threatens Rare Forests in Argentina
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
Summer is usually peak tourism season in Argentina’s Chubut province. In January 2026, however, some visitors to the remote Patagonian region instead found themselves fleeing raging wildland fires.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
Summer is usually peak tourism season in Argentina’s Chubut province. In January 2026, however, some visitors to the remote Patagonian region instead found themselves fleeing raging wildland fires.
Fire Threatens Rare Forests in Argentina - NASA Science
Blazes spread across Los Alerces National Park, home to some of the world's oldest trees.
science.nasa.gov
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Fire Threatens Rare Forests in Argentina
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
Summer is usually peak tourism season in Argentina’s Chubut province. In January 2026, however, some visitors to the remote Patagonian region instead found themselves fleeing raging wildland fires.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
Summer is usually peak tourism season in Argentina’s Chubut province. In January 2026, however, some visitors to the remote Patagonian region instead found themselves fleeing raging wildland fires.
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"Tidestromia oblongifolia took only two days to increase its photosynthetic capacity to produce energy and thrive in extreme heat, and by day 14 reached its ideal photosynthetic temperature of 45 °C (113 °F)"
#PlantScience #PlantStress #ClimateChange
Original paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#PlantScience #PlantStress #ClimateChange
Original paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
The 'Hell-Plant' of Death Valley offers hope to a hotter world
We humans are a delicate bunch. We don’t have bark, boney exo-plates, or lush fur to protect us from hostile environments, so we have to steal what other creatures produce just to survive in regions a...
newatlas.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
"Tidestromia oblongifolia took only two days to increase its photosynthetic capacity to produce energy and thrive in extreme heat, and by day 14 reached its ideal photosynthetic temperature of 45 °C (113 °F)"
#PlantScience #PlantStress #ClimateChange
Original paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#PlantScience #PlantStress #ClimateChange
Original paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Comenzamos el año con novedades!!! La Sociedad Española de Etnobiología anuncia su andadura en la red social de Bluesky. Os informaremos desde aquí de todas las actividades previstas para un año 2026 lleno de aventuras etnobiológicas!!!
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January 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Comenzamos el año con novedades!!! La Sociedad Española de Etnobiología anuncia su andadura en la red social de Bluesky. Os informaremos desde aquí de todas las actividades previstas para un año 2026 lleno de aventuras etnobiológicas!!!
😍🌳🦅
😍🌳🦅
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Everyone should give it a listen! I've learned a lot from this episode and the "ley micaela" curse about gender perspective and violence given to all public employees in Argentina. We need to ensure that our spaces are safe for everyone 💜🌈
Latest from the Nature Careers Podcast 🔊 ‘Coming out as a transgender scientist made me the best teacher I’ve ever been’
go.nature.com/4qRIP3F
go.nature.com/4qRIP3F
‘Coming out as a transgender scientist made me the best teacher I’ve ever been’
Shannon Bros and Kihana Wilson outline how academia can better support LGBTQ+ researchers, launching a podcast series about workplace topics that are often off limits.
go.nature.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Everyone should give it a listen! I've learned a lot from this episode and the "ley micaela" curse about gender perspective and violence given to all public employees in Argentina. We need to ensure that our spaces are safe for everyone 💜🌈
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Latest preprint from the lab!
A novel pathosystem between Aeschynomene evenia and Aphanomyces euteiches reveals new immune components in quantitative legume root-rot resistance. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.11.698850v1
January 12, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Latest preprint from the lab!
PhD fellowship in Conservation Genetics, Basel
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
The project aims to verify how well reported dynamics of decline in rare plant species align with inferred trajectories of effective population size.
#PlantSciJobs
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The project aims to verify how well reported dynamics of decline in rare plant species align with inferred trajectories of effective population size.
#PlantSciJobs
Universität Basel: PhD fellowship in Conservation Genetics
The group of Plant Ecology and Evolution, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel, Switzerland (https://duw.unibas.ch/en/ecoevo/), is looking for a PhD student in the field of…
jobs.unibas.ch
January 12, 2026 at 11:33 AM
PhD fellowship in Conservation Genetics, Basel
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
The project aims to verify how well reported dynamics of decline in rare plant species align with inferred trajectories of effective population size.
#PlantSciJobs
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
The project aims to verify how well reported dynamics of decline in rare plant species align with inferred trajectories of effective population size.
#PlantSciJobs
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Research Manager Job for Plant Growth Facilities and Microscopy at University of Basel, Switzerland
The University of Basel is recruiting a Research Manager to oversee plant growth facilities and microscopy for the Plant Ecology and Evolution research group. A long-term role combining plant…
The University of Basel is recruiting a Research Manager to oversee plant growth facilities and microscopy for the Plant Ecology and Evolution research group. A long-term role combining plant…
Research Manager Job for Plant Growth Facilities and Microscopy at University of Basel, Switzerland
The University of Basel is recruiting a Research Manager to oversee plant growth facilities and microscopy for the Plant Ecology and Evolution research group. A long-term role combining plant cultivation, imaging, and research support.
agristok.net
January 11, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Research Manager Job for Plant Growth Facilities and Microscopy at University of Basel, Switzerland
The University of Basel is recruiting a Research Manager to oversee plant growth facilities and microscopy for the Plant Ecology and Evolution research group. A long-term role combining plant…
The University of Basel is recruiting a Research Manager to oversee plant growth facilities and microscopy for the Plant Ecology and Evolution research group. A long-term role combining plant…
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An in planta single-cell screen to accelerate functional genetics--very cool application of the TMV vector pTRBO by Elizabeth Sattely’s Lab 😎
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
An in planta single-cell screen to accelerate functional genetics
Genetic screens in whole plants are a powerful tool for functional genetics. However, elucidating gene function in highly redundant genetic programs such as signaling pathways remains challenging in b...
www.biorxiv.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
An in planta single-cell screen to accelerate functional genetics--very cool application of the TMV vector pTRBO by Elizabeth Sattely’s Lab 😎
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”
IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.
— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.
— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”
IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.
— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.
— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
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Happy New Year!! 🎉
We're pleased to be back with some exciting new opportunities which we will be sharing in the coming weeks.
We are again inviting host labs to share their projects for our 2026 BiPS Summer Studentships.
Head to our website for more details: buff.ly/g6vAJmM
We're pleased to be back with some exciting new opportunities which we will be sharing in the coming weeks.
We are again inviting host labs to share their projects for our 2026 BiPS Summer Studentships.
Head to our website for more details: buff.ly/g6vAJmM
January 8, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Happy New Year!! 🎉
We're pleased to be back with some exciting new opportunities which we will be sharing in the coming weeks.
We are again inviting host labs to share their projects for our 2026 BiPS Summer Studentships.
Head to our website for more details: buff.ly/g6vAJmM
We're pleased to be back with some exciting new opportunities which we will be sharing in the coming weeks.
We are again inviting host labs to share their projects for our 2026 BiPS Summer Studentships.
Head to our website for more details: buff.ly/g6vAJmM
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🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 How about this plant-related question? The Great Exhibition in London of 1851 was in a purpose-built building designed by Joseph Paxton & Charles Fox. What plant inspired its design? 5 possible ones on the picture. Which do you think? #BUC2026
January 8, 2026 at 10:23 AM
🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦 How about this plant-related question? The Great Exhibition in London of 1851 was in a purpose-built building designed by Joseph Paxton & Charles Fox. What plant inspired its design? 5 possible ones on the picture. Which do you think? #BUC2026
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📢 Victoria's firefighters says the state faces the most hazardous bushfire conditions since the Black Summer six years ago. They continue to battle out of control bushfires and catastrophic fire danger warnings are in place for several areas tomorrow. The state will also be under a total fire ban.…
Victoria battles out-of-control bushfires as the whole country faces extreme heat wave
www.sbs.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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Our new year starts of course with new preprint on brassinosteroid signaling tinyurl.com/nhzcfkxd. We re-analyzed the function of Kelch phosphatases, which were previously characterized as protein tyrosine phosphatases that dephosphorylate the critical pTyr200 in the GSK3 kinase BIN2. (1/6)
Plant Kelch phosphatases are Ser/Thr phosphatases involved in cell cycle regulation
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are plant steroid hormones sensed at the cell surface by the membrane receptor kinase BRI1. Activation of BRI1 leads to the dephosphorylation of BZR1/BES1 transcription factors ...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Our new year starts of course with new preprint on brassinosteroid signaling tinyurl.com/nhzcfkxd. We re-analyzed the function of Kelch phosphatases, which were previously characterized as protein tyrosine phosphatases that dephosphorylate the critical pTyr200 in the GSK3 kinase BIN2. (1/6)
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I am going to kindly share, as a Black person used to dodging these types of things, if you have your settings set to autoplay video, today is a great day to turn them off. You can be very informed without having to witness murder.
January 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I am going to kindly share, as a Black person used to dodging these types of things, if you have your settings set to autoplay video, today is a great day to turn them off. You can be very informed without having to witness murder.
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This article strikes a chord with me. With mobile laser scanners and GNSS receivers I can now collect as much data in a few days as used to take weeks. Great! Except that's less time spent in the forest really looking at the trees. 🧪🌏🌲🌳 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This article strikes a chord with me. With mobile laser scanners and GNSS receivers I can now collect as much data in a few days as used to take weeks. Great! Except that's less time spent in the forest really looking at the trees. 🧪🌏🌲🌳 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🌳PhD Opportunity in plant ecophysiology🌡️ Join EPFL (Switzerland) for fully-funded 4yr PhD on tree responses to air drought and heat. Climate chamber + long-term experiments to uncover physiological thresholds under climate change. www.epfl.ch/labs/perl/pe...
PhD Position: Tree Physiological Responses to Atmospheric Drought
We invite applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, with a planned start date in June 2026. The selected candidate wil...
www.epfl.ch
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
🌳PhD Opportunity in plant ecophysiology🌡️ Join EPFL (Switzerland) for fully-funded 4yr PhD on tree responses to air drought and heat. Climate chamber + long-term experiments to uncover physiological thresholds under climate change. www.epfl.ch/labs/perl/pe...
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Have we been overstating the role of transposable elements in adaptation to local or rapidly changing environmental conditions? Happy to share my (somewhat unpopular?) opinion paper on this matter: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to those who already shared the link!
Thanks to those who already shared the link!
Blinded by the lights? Re-examining the adaptive role of transposable elements in plants with population genomics
Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous components of the genome whose mobility can be triggered by environmental stress and influenced by genotype…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Have we been overstating the role of transposable elements in adaptation to local or rapidly changing environmental conditions? Happy to share my (somewhat unpopular?) opinion paper on this matter: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to those who already shared the link!
Thanks to those who already shared the link!