Ben Nyberg
@benbotanical.bsky.social
Plant Conservation 🌿 Island Biodiversity 🏝️
Cliff Ecosystems ⛰️ Drones 🚁
National Tropical Botanical Garden 🪴
Hawaiian Islands 🌺
Cliff Ecosystems ⛰️ Drones 🚁
National Tropical Botanical Garden 🪴
Hawaiian Islands 🌺
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Ben Nyberg
@benbotanical.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Newly-described species!! 📒
Schiedea waiahuluensis (Caryophyllaceae)
Perhaps the first new species to be located, then collected by drone.
Our plant collecting drone has been a game changer for documentation and conservation of cliff flora in Hawaii.
Bonus: maybe a new insect too! 🪲
Schiedea waiahuluensis (Caryophyllaceae)
Perhaps the first new species to be located, then collected by drone.
Our plant collecting drone has been a game changer for documentation and conservation of cliff flora in Hawaii.
Bonus: maybe a new insect too! 🪲
Reposted by Ben Nyberg
A wonderful opportunity for a fully funded #PhD position in collections-based research at Natural History Musuem Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social
Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾
#globalchange #eco-evo
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾
#globalchange #eco-evo
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research
employment.ku.dk
September 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A wonderful opportunity for a fully funded #PhD position in collections-based research at Natural History Musuem Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social
Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾
#globalchange #eco-evo
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾
#globalchange #eco-evo
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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Postdoc position in the lab of @biogeokreft.bsky.social for developing your own line of research in macroecology, biogeography, and functional or tropical ecology:
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
June 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Postdoc position in the lab of @biogeokreft.bsky.social for developing your own line of research in macroecology, biogeography, and functional or tropical ecology:
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
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It has been wonderful to see all the enthusiasm for the #woolydevil in the midst of everything else going on. This is a wonderful write up by @npr.org @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist. By @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
Meet the 'wooly devil,' a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park
The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist...
www.npr.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It has been wonderful to see all the enthusiasm for the #woolydevil in the midst of everything else going on. This is a wonderful write up by @npr.org @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
Reposted by Ben Nyberg
💼 Job alert!!!
🌺 Endowed Chair in Botany at the University of Hawaiʻi!
Continuous recruitment until position is filled – application review begins March 17,2025.
www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
🌺 Endowed Chair in Botany at the University of Hawaiʻi!
Continuous recruitment until position is filled – application review begins March 17,2025.
www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
www.schooljobs.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
💼 Job alert!!!
🌺 Endowed Chair in Botany at the University of Hawaiʻi!
Continuous recruitment until position is filled – application review begins March 17,2025.
www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
🌺 Endowed Chair in Botany at the University of Hawaiʻi!
Continuous recruitment until position is filled – application review begins March 17,2025.
www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
Reposted by Ben Nyberg
New species of native bee from Hawaiʻi! I discovered this a few months ago on the island of Molokaʻi. It's named Hylaeus paumako, from the Hawaiian word paumākō (mourning or grief), as it's the first species from there that's all black even in males. scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/817817...
February 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
New species of native bee from Hawaiʻi! I discovered this a few months ago on the island of Molokaʻi. It's named Hylaeus paumako, from the Hawaiian word paumākō (mourning or grief), as it's the first species from there that's all black even in males. scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/817817...
Reposted by Ben Nyberg
🌻 Out now our paper, "Pollen banking is a critical need for conserving plant diversity" in @natureplants.bsky.social 🌴
🌺 We argue that pollen banking is an essential tool in the plant conservation toolbox that urgently needs focused research attention and resources. 🌸
🌺 We argue that pollen banking is an essential tool in the plant conservation toolbox that urgently needs focused research attention and resources. 🌸
New Correspondence: "Pollen banking is a critical need for conserving plant diversity" rdcu.be/dPpqK
Pollen banking is a critical need for conserving plant diversity
Nature Plants - Pollen banking is a critical need for conserving plant diversity
rdcu.be
January 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
🌻 Out now our paper, "Pollen banking is a critical need for conserving plant diversity" in @natureplants.bsky.social 🌴
🌺 We argue that pollen banking is an essential tool in the plant conservation toolbox that urgently needs focused research attention and resources. 🌸
🌺 We argue that pollen banking is an essential tool in the plant conservation toolbox that urgently needs focused research attention and resources. 🌸
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Soil isn't just underground. With the help of networks of mycorrhizal fungi, soils are formed even on the most vertical cliffs.
Underground Explorer Felipe Morales Armijo is working w/@spununderground.bsky.social to map vertical fungi across the cliffs of Mexico.
Happy World Soils Day.
Underground Explorer Felipe Morales Armijo is working w/@spununderground.bsky.social to map vertical fungi across the cliffs of Mexico.
Happy World Soils Day.
December 5, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Soil isn't just underground. With the help of networks of mycorrhizal fungi, soils are formed even on the most vertical cliffs.
Underground Explorer Felipe Morales Armijo is working w/@spununderground.bsky.social to map vertical fungi across the cliffs of Mexico.
Happy World Soils Day.
Underground Explorer Felipe Morales Armijo is working w/@spununderground.bsky.social to map vertical fungi across the cliffs of Mexico.
Happy World Soils Day.
Newly-described species!! 📒
Schiedea waiahuluensis (Caryophyllaceae)
Perhaps the first new species to be located, then collected by drone.
Our plant collecting drone has been a game changer for documentation and conservation of cliff flora in Hawaii.
Bonus: maybe a new insect too! 🪲
Schiedea waiahuluensis (Caryophyllaceae)
Perhaps the first new species to be located, then collected by drone.
Our plant collecting drone has been a game changer for documentation and conservation of cliff flora in Hawaii.
Bonus: maybe a new insect too! 🪲
November 25, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Newly-described species!! 📒
Schiedea waiahuluensis (Caryophyllaceae)
Perhaps the first new species to be located, then collected by drone.
Our plant collecting drone has been a game changer for documentation and conservation of cliff flora in Hawaii.
Bonus: maybe a new insect too! 🪲
Schiedea waiahuluensis (Caryophyllaceae)
Perhaps the first new species to be located, then collected by drone.
Our plant collecting drone has been a game changer for documentation and conservation of cliff flora in Hawaii.
Bonus: maybe a new insect too! 🪲
Aloha BlueSky 🤙
Looking forward to making some new friends.
Looking forward to making some new friends.
November 23, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Aloha BlueSky 🤙
Looking forward to making some new friends.
Looking forward to making some new friends.