Violet Nicholls
@woods-of-purple.bsky.social
Natural history blogs, collections, herbaria, palaeobotany, lichens and fungi. Cats. All the good stuff
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Welcome to all our new followers on @bsky.app We now have 4000 followers. #BatsNeedFriends more than ever and #bats 🦇 conservation is only possible thanks to your support. Please continue to champion bat conservation, encourage friends and family to follow too.
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Welcome to all our new followers on @bsky.app We now have 4000 followers. #BatsNeedFriends more than ever and #bats 🦇 conservation is only possible thanks to your support. Please continue to champion bat conservation, encourage friends and family to follow too.
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#Paleobotany talk Tuesday "The Eocene Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest of Sexi, Peru: Conservation, Leaves, and Woods" December 16, 2025 11 AM EST/ 5 PM CET. Speakers: Dr. Herbert Meyer, Dr. Deborah Woodcock & Dr. Sarah Allen 🌳🌲⛏️
More info & link: www.fossilforests.org/post/the-eoc...
More info & link: www.fossilforests.org/post/the-eoc...
December 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#Paleobotany talk Tuesday "The Eocene Piedra Chamana Fossil Forest of Sexi, Peru: Conservation, Leaves, and Woods" December 16, 2025 11 AM EST/ 5 PM CET. Speakers: Dr. Herbert Meyer, Dr. Deborah Woodcock & Dr. Sarah Allen 🌳🌲⛏️
More info & link: www.fossilforests.org/post/the-eoc...
More info & link: www.fossilforests.org/post/the-eoc...
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When it comes to better ways of conducting science, who better than Arctic communities themselves?
“Who else can do it but us? Are you going to develop something for Indigenous rights that serve our needs, and listen to and work toward the goals and the priorities of our communities?”
“Who else can do it but us? Are you going to develop something for Indigenous rights that serve our needs, and listen to and work toward the goals and the priorities of our communities?”
Redefining Arctic research with equity at the center - Permafrost Pathways
Indigenous leadership and equitable partnerships must determine the future of Arctic science.
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
When it comes to better ways of conducting science, who better than Arctic communities themselves?
“Who else can do it but us? Are you going to develop something for Indigenous rights that serve our needs, and listen to and work toward the goals and the priorities of our communities?”
“Who else can do it but us? Are you going to develop something for Indigenous rights that serve our needs, and listen to and work toward the goals and the priorities of our communities?”
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The annual Presidents Award is made by @bsbibotany.bsky.social & @wildflowersociety.bsky.social Presidents to "the most useful contribution to the understanding of the flowering plants & ferns of Britain & Ireland".
The 2025 Award goes to Alys Fowler for her book Peatlands:
bsbi.org/about/news/p...
The 2025 Award goes to Alys Fowler for her book Peatlands:
bsbi.org/about/news/p...
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The annual Presidents Award is made by @bsbibotany.bsky.social & @wildflowersociety.bsky.social Presidents to "the most useful contribution to the understanding of the flowering plants & ferns of Britain & Ireland".
The 2025 Award goes to Alys Fowler for her book Peatlands:
bsbi.org/about/news/p...
The 2025 Award goes to Alys Fowler for her book Peatlands:
bsbi.org/about/news/p...
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Assistant Professor position in non-seed plant diversity ( #bryophytes, #ferns, #lycophytes) Department of #Botany of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver:
botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...
⚠️ Deadline is soon, December 19.
#Paleobotany is explicitly included 🌿⛏️
botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...
⚠️ Deadline is soon, December 19.
#Paleobotany is explicitly included 🌿⛏️
UBC
botany.ubc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Assistant Professor position in non-seed plant diversity ( #bryophytes, #ferns, #lycophytes) Department of #Botany of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver:
botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...
⚠️ Deadline is soon, December 19.
#Paleobotany is explicitly included 🌿⛏️
botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...
⚠️ Deadline is soon, December 19.
#Paleobotany is explicitly included 🌿⛏️
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Check our paper with @paleobotanist.bsky.social on root suckering in a Permian glossopterid from Antarctica 🌳⛏️🇦🇶 It's the 1st report of root suckering in this group & the oldest in the fossil record
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... 🧵1/5
#paleobotany #botany
@umramap.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... 🧵1/5
#paleobotany #botany
@umramap.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
Production of root suckers in Glossopteridales from the late Permian of Antarctica
Premise
The Glossopteridales are an extinct group of seed plants that dominated mid to high latitude floras of the supercontinent Gondwana during the Permian (298–251 million years ago). Reconstruct.....
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Check our paper with @paleobotanist.bsky.social on root suckering in a Permian glossopterid from Antarctica 🌳⛏️🇦🇶 It's the 1st report of root suckering in this group & the oldest in the fossil record
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... 🧵1/5
#paleobotany #botany
@umramap.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... 🧵1/5
#paleobotany #botany
@umramap.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
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In our most recent blog post, Harry Jones, GCG assistant blog editor and palaeontological researcher, reflects on how working with museum collections has shaped his career 🦖
Give it a read here: geocollnews.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/f...
Give it a read here: geocollnews.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/f...
Fun with Fossils: Using Museum Collections in the 21st Century
Posted on by geocurators Written by Harry T. Jones, who is a GCG assistant blog editor and palaeontological researcher. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you have …
geocollnews.wordpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
In our most recent blog post, Harry Jones, GCG assistant blog editor and palaeontological researcher, reflects on how working with museum collections has shaped his career 🦖
Give it a read here: geocollnews.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/f...
Give it a read here: geocollnews.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/f...