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botanistlaura.bsky.social
Botanist at Kew working on the conservation of New Guinea plants
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Join Laura on a research adventure in New Guinea on #BiodiversityDay! 🌿✨ Collecting plant specimens lets us build a clearer picture of how species are distributed across important darkspot regions like New Guinea, and appreciate the scale of biodiversity yet to be fully understood! 🔎🌱

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

propaganda we're not falling for: - there's no nature in cities/urban areas - we already know everything about plants & animals - nature photography requires expensive camera equipment - you need a degree to contribute to science - you need to travel far to see interesting species

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

I'm always going to re-post a thread that features Vavilov

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

This is extraordinary: "emissions by data centres needed to train and deliver AI services are estimated at around 3 per cent of the global total, close to those created by the aviation industry."

submitted 11 days ago • 15 comments

They certainly did radiate in a big way in SE Asia. Piper at the species level is one area I hope rapid DNA analysis eventually becomes cheap enough to help with ID because they are very tricky.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Best Indonesian vocabulary I've learned this week

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

This is one of my favourites of Natee's work

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

I am not really the target audience for the Tank Museum (in Dorset), but one small thing that moved me was this case of items Ukrainian families now in the UK took with them when they evacuated (read @lucygobag.bsky.social for importance of personal effects)

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

How I feel when I see a really good moth

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

submitted 40 days ago • 157 comments

I often visit National Trust houses (my spouse is staff, so free entry), and have gone to so many they are starting to blur together. For next time I have made NT bingo.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

The flowers are coming out! I'm very excited to announce my latest nature-inspired LGBTQ+ pride pin: a white flower that changes colour to show the 🏳️‍🌈 flag in sunlight! Please share! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1885...

submitted 55 days ago • 4 comments

A delightful thread, including Lycomorpha's art. All moths are good moths, salute to the Moth Promotional Board.

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Every spring I miss the Lake District and forget that I left because of the rain, long winter and low pay / lack of opportunities. When it's sunny it's like nowhere else though.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Intro post: I am a botanist at Kew working on plants in West Papua with partners from BRIDA and UNIPA. I am interested in how to conserve endemic and threatened plants as part of Kew's Tropical Important Plant Area program #TIPAs

submitted 174 days ago • 1 comment