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Scientific & Fine Art Photography by Kyle Lough © 2025
Project Manager at The University of Michigan Herbarium
Michigan, USA
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@thewildimages.bsky.social
Official Photography Gallery Of The Wild Images. All Photos Taken By Me! 10%To Conservation. Professional Nature Wildlife Travel Photographer.
@claudiaxavier.bsky.social
biologist / zoologist / Ph.D candidate researching about spiders at @MuseuGoeldi / Taxonomy, Systematics, Morphology, CT scanning / writing about arachnids on @FaunaNews / Amazon 🇧🇷 / I love cake and coffee / PT/EN
@leafittouspod.bsky.social
Hosted by Nora and Aly. Bringing plants out of the background and into the spotlight! https://linktr.ee/leafittouspod
@greyauk.bsky.social
she/they 🌈 introverted nature nerd artist #sciart @greyauk on the bird app, ko-fi.com/ligus , Insta: grey8auk
@nenazhivina.com
👩🎨 Artist📍Based in NYC 🗽 Freehand dip pen сontemporary ink on paper 🖋️ Mostly drawings ✍️ Vegan 🌱🫶 nenazhivina.com/hi No DMs. Any enquirers: [email protected]
@jchrispires.bsky.social
Professor passionate about student success & team science #firstgen #Brassica enthusiast walking Dogs of the Plant World #Agriculture #Food #HigherEd #EduSky #Agsky #SciComm & more #Soil #Crop #Science ; opinions mine
@kmalofs.bsky.social
fishes and impacts of env change; asst prof aquatic ecology @ university of michigan seas sites.google.com/umich.edu/alofs
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
Explore the remarkable diversity of birds with Birds of the World, the world's leading collection of avian life histories published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with a global editorial team of avian experts. birdsoftheworld.org.
@chrisdick.bsky.social
Prof of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Michigan, plant curator at MICH, Director of E.S. George Reserve, research on trees, tropical forests; from the Allegheny Front in Pennsylvania
@uofmpress.bsky.social
Innovative, thoughtful, digitally-forward books in partnership with Michigan Publishing and Fulcrum. https://press.umich.edu/
@notesfromnature.bsky.social
We transcribe and classify museum records! Part of the The Zooniverse, the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. Give it a try and let us know what you think. notesfromnature.org
@asn-amnat.bsky.social
The American Naturalist, scholarly journal of evolutionary biology and ecology, pioneer of Open Data, affiliated with American Society of Naturalists and our nonprofit publisher (UChicago Press). All articles are Green Open Access compatible.
@nhcm.pensoft.net
Open-access, peer-reviewed journal for research, discussion & innovation of natural history collections. Publications foster deeper understanding & appreciation of natural history. Published by @pensoft.net. Powered by ARPHA. Website: nhcm.pensoft.net
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
The Botanical Society of America mission is to inspire and promote an inclusive global community committed to advancing fundamental knowledge and innovation in the botanical sciences for the benefit of people and the environment.
@annbot.bsky.social
International journal publishing novel and rigorous research in all areas of plant science, managed by the Annals of Botany Company, a not-for-profit educational charity.
@newphyt.bsky.social
International journal publishing high quality, original plant science research. Owned by the not-for-profit New Phytologist Foundation.
@natplants.nature.com
Nature Plants is an online-only, monthly journal publishing the best research on plants (hopefully).
@floridamuseum.bsky.social
The Florida Museum of Natural History inspires people to care about life on Earth. Located on the University of Florida campus, we are also the state museum.
@ummnh.bsky.social
🦣 ummnh.org Open Tuesday–Sunday, 10am–4pm
@romtoronto.bsky.social
The largest museum in Canada - We showcase art, culture, and nature from around the world and across the ages.
@nhmsystbiodiv.bsky.social
🌿🦋Documenting the diversity of life through systematics research🪰🦎 📃Our manuscripts: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tsab20 🏛️We're based at the Natural History Museum, London: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/business-services/publishing/Journals
@nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social
One of the finest collections of natural history literature, art and online resources. Come and research with us Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 - 16.00 (by appointment). linktr.ee/nhmlibraryarchives (Natural History Museum, London and Tring)
@drfirefly.bsky.social
Firefly connoisseur. SVSU, WSU, and UF alumnus. Appraiser of insect donations (www.entoconsulting.com). President Entomological Collections Network Check out www.lampyridae.world for an up-to-date catalog on #fireflies
@biodiversitypix.bsky.social
The Biodiversity Heritage Library contains thousands of historical illustrations of flora and fauna. This unaffiliated bot shares random images from the collection.
@weberlab.bsky.social
Genes | Light | Life "Exploring photosynthetic diversity for sustainable solutions"
@tvasconcelos.bsky.social
Assistant Professor & Curator of Vascular Plants at University of Michigan EEB & MICH | Plant biogeography and evolution | Tropical botany | she/her
@bionomia.net
Link natural history specimens to the world's collectors. https://bionomia.net. Posts by @dshorthouse.bsky.social and bot.
@andrewlhipp.bsky.social
Plant systematist, herbarium director, naturalist, in the Chicago suburbs; posts reflect my views, not my employer's. Just out: Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo236998258.html
@codythompson51.bsky.social
#UMMZ Mammal Collections Manager & @umicheeb Associate Research Scientist. #Mammalogizing & #MammalWatching!!! Tweets are my own!!!
@nagesanr.bsky.social
Micro-CT lab manager, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Anatomy | Morphology | Paleontology | Geology side interest Runner | Hiker | he/him
@paleolorax.bsky.social
Collection Manager of Vascular Plants at MICH | Nerd about leaf shape | Here to test your paleobotanical assumptions #EllieSattlerIRL
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: [email protected]