Check out this great story featuring @SLU_Official recent PhD graduate Alex Linan - he is discovering new species and helping us understand genetics of rare species! @SLUResearch@SLUBiology @cedwar10 @MoBot_Research
We are proud of the biodiversity work occurring in Madagascar thanks to the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Conservation in Madagascar and the @HarrisCenterEco , a collaboration of the Zoo, @umsl and the @mobotgardenksdk.com/article/news/local/…
They face down tribes with machetes and negotiate pacts with wary governments. They're emissaries from the @mobotgarden, and they’re on a mission to save the planet. stlmag.com/news/longform/bot…
Garden curator @meriania & team have released a new version of the Floramo app, a field guide to 250 species of wild plants found in the páramo atop the Andes Mountains of tropical South America. It's free and available in English & Spanish in the iOS and Google Play app stores.
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the National Botanical Garden of Georgia and the Missouri Botanical Garden @mobotgarden@NBGGEO Tbilisi, #Georgia#missouribotanicalgarden#NBGG Cooperation for Plants Conservation
We're back, folks! A week from tomorrow, join us @urbanchestnut in the Grove for some #white#hot#takes on #PLANTSCIENCE! As always, we are partnered with @AcademyofSciSTL, sponsored by @UMSL_WEC, and hosted by @ColbergEva and @emyoung90.
On 21 January @MoBot_Research launched a 3-month field botany training course at Analalava Forest, eastern #Madagascar with the aim of developing the next generation of Malagasy field botanists
We’ve encountered some server issues since taking over administration of the site; our IT team is working to restore access soon. x.com/laurenssparrius/status…
If anyone knows a hardworking undergrad that wants to help me with a DNA metabarcoding project be sure to send them my way
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