@saralilplants
Open Science Coordinator 👐🏾 | PhD in plant trait ecology @ Oxford Uni 🌱 | Editorial Board @plantperspectives.bsky.social 🌿 | Founder & Filmmaker 🎥 | 💚 Fabaceae, Crinoids, Outreach | AuDHD | She/her. Own views saralilmiddleton.com
A glass terrarium setting on a piece of wood and inside the glass there are two diff selaginella species, one very red one very green
Top view of the terrarium
Perks of teaching intro plant biology, my office now is packed with a variety of plants! Please appreciate my Selaginella terrarium muhahahaha #ib103 #plantjoy #iamabotanist
Me at the beach holding out an ammonite fossil about 7 cm across with septa visible as wavy grey stripes.
Nice septa on show in this ~190 million year old ammonite I found it Whitby, North Yorkshire.
#FossilFriday #Paleontology
A collection of 8 ammonites fossils lined up in size order on my waterproof trousers.
The autistic urge to line up our fossil finds while waiting for the train back home 😂 @geologyjohnson.bsky.social
Nice bunch of ammonites that are about 200 million years old (Redcar Mudstone, Siliceous Shales).
#FossilFriday #Paleontology
@saralilplants.bsky.social your faves in the news. This is a carboniferous crinoid columnal that has been eroded in a pleasing way.
Geology shirts are back online. Only two designs available atm with more on the way. I'm looking into prints of my tiny fossils, nice rocks, and natural history art too. If you could share that would be super appreciated! geology-johnson-shop.fourthwall.com
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
Bringing this back up for the International Day of Women in Science, and yes, I consider scientific art, as part of scientific process and communication 🫰
So excited to have been accepted to write this piece. Thanks to all who have entertained my ramblings over the years and have encouraged me in my passion for #ecophysiology and #evolution 🙏
#IAmABotanist 🌱
Gorse bush on a cliff top with a view of the sea and grey sky.
Always nice to see gorse by the sea 💛💚
#WildflowerHour
Close up of a primrose in flower on a vegetated bank with bracken.
Saw my first primrose this week!
#WildflowerHour
A patch of snowdrops on a grassy bank overlooking a bay. There are two small boats on the grassy bank too.
Snowdrops out in abundance this week around the Whitby area 🤍💚
Found these snowdrops at Runswick Bay on a very wet and windy day (surprised camera got them in focus)!
#WildflowerHour
Well spotted! It's a crinoid (sea lily) ossicle!
a circular hard enamel pin that says "It's Dr actually" in dark metal text on a white enamel background. It is also shown glowing in the dark
it's dr actually pins in nonbinary, trans, agender, genderqueer, genderfluid, bigender, intersex, lgbtq, lesbian, black, white, hot pink, purple, dark green, light green, light blue, and light pink colours
Very excited to announce the new pin in my "It's Dr, Actually" collection: Glow in the dark!! 😍🧪
canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1841...
About 195 million years old!
Ooh nice find, pinging @geologyjohnson.bsky.social who may be able to help you identify it!
Someone holding a slab of Staithes sandstone (grey colour) slightly larger than a hand with many fossils including oysters, scallops and crinoid ossicle.
A lovely find today with @geologyjohnson.bsky.social at Robin Hoods Bay.
Lots going on here in this Staithes sandstone including: scallop, oyster, and a cute little crinoid ossicle 🤩
#FossilFriday #Paleontology #Geology #Fossil
An excited young black woman in out door clothing holding a fossil crinoid stem, and stood in front of a sea cliff.
A gloved hand holding a well preserved crinoid stem fossil.
An excited young black woman in out door clothing holding a fossil crinoid stem, and stood in front of a sea cliff.
A gloved hand holding a well preserved crinoid stem fossil.
Have you ever seen any one as pleased as @saralilplants.bsky.social finding some crinoids? Probably not. #FossilFriday #geology #paleontology #fossils #crinoids #jurassic #RobinHoodsBay
Photo of yellow and grey sandstone slab with three toed dinosaur footprint fossils
Photo of yellow and grey sandstone slab with red worm-like trace fossils
Photo of yellow and grey sandstone slab with black worm-like trace fossils
Photo of yellow and grey sandstone slab with three toed dinosaur footprint fossils
The world is on fire so please enjoy these nice middle #jurassic trace #fossils. @ichnologist.bsky.social one for you! #geology #paleontology #dinosaur
Went to check on the little patch of colt's-foot in Whitby and it's back 💛
Photo by @geologyjohnson.bsky.social
I suspect that one of the reasons behind the widespread adoption of generative AI by faculty is that it gives people the illusion that they can still do the things they knew how to do as a postdoc. Gen AI is used as a poor substitute to maintaining core skills.
Great to work with our friends at @metoffice.gov.uk @climatecentreuk.bsky.social & @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social to spread the word about how climate change is impacting plant flowering times.
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in #NewYearPlantHunt & collected vital data!
#CitizenScience
#NYPH
For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times
Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
Snowy mountain peaks of the High Atlas with one mountain side covered in conifers.
Small hamlet on the steep snowy covered mountain side of the High Atlas, Morocco.
Snowy peaks of the High Atlas mountains.
Being in the mountains fills me with joy.
The views were something else 😍
High Atlas mountains, Morocco
We need more publicly owned 3rd places.
Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al:
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
Me: do I really got the 'tism?
Mum: when you were 7 you'd collect spiders and make temporary homes for them in jam jars to study their behaviour and you’d regularly read the dictionary...
That little kid turned into an ecologist and wrote a PhD thesis chapter on definitions in trait-based ecology.
#Oxford people, #birdflu has been confirmed on Port Meadow.
Take care everyone.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2567322...
I have so many questions....
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A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.
The fossil, more than 400 million years old, offers hints about the origin of one of the greatest partnerships in the history of life on Earth.
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...