This is the end of my year in flowers. Thank you so much for visiting this blog, and for the chance to get to know and be inspired by your work too. For the finale, here are some of my favorite posts from the last year. Rose at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Motion-blur rose at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California,.

Sunday, March 18, 2018. Monday, February 26, 2018.

Engaging and Interpreting Natural Sciences and Environment. Museum science engagement and innovation. Young people and the natural world. Musicological, biodiversity and engagement consultancy. What is nature worth? Global assessment and policy documents. UK assessment and policy documents. Minerals and mining policy and strategy. Hidden threats to Biodiversity in Local Government.

Thoughts from the vanguard of biodiversity research. Why is leaf shape important to plants? June 12, 2017. A decade of restoration is making the microbiome great again. Forests hiding in plain sight.

Life Science, Earth Science, Astronomy, and Exploration. Using street art to raise awareness of imperiled birds. Silverware bird assemblages by Matt Wilson. Craftsman Matt Wilson creates bird assemblages from discarded silverware.

ACME system allows in vivo quantification of cellular mechanical properties within developing plant organs. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. In a new article Robinson. Have paired a micro-extensometer with a confocal microscope to measure the mechanical properties of th.

Why is it important to publish an abstract in the indigenous language of the research country? The BES journals have recently started publishing papers which include a second language abstract.

Nothing in Biology Makes Sense! Making sense of life as we know it, in the light of evolution. A bear and its forebears. Want to read more? Check it out here.

For the love of all wild things. There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. Crouching on top of a branch looking a bit cold. Goodbye to my Four Thirds equipment and Hello to a new lens. I have been using my new lens for a while now, and it is versatile, sharp, and quick. Autumn colours along the canal at the beginning of the month.

Photos and video of track cycling, road racing and cyclocross. Amgen Tour of California heads toward Pasadena. Danny Pate protects Amgen Tour winner Bradley Wiggins on the penultimate stage. Ben King is in the break.