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Twitter versus Facebook: August 2016
In August you had a daring sense of style, both with images and the moves and rhymes to go with them.
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Twitter versus Facebook: July 2016
Our Twitter and Facebook audiences don’t always agree on what they find interesting, but they both agreed that there was a problem in July.
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Twitter versus Facebook: June 2016
This month we learn plants can give and they can take away, but both Nature Plants and AoB PLANTS are happy to give.
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Twitter versus Facebook: May 2016
We started May with a revolution. I'm taking over from @ajcann as new Weblog Editor for AoB Blog. I'm beyond excited about
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Twitter versus Facebook: April 2016
April saw our readers choosing quite different posts on different channels but, as Nigel Chaffey would point out, it’s all inter-connected.
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It’s the taste of flesh* that makes a Sundew salivate**
If you want to get a Sundew to feed on its prey, it has to do more than just wriggle.
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Twitter versus Facebook: March 2016
March was almost a Nigel Chaffey grand slam. It took something special to stop him taking the most popular post on all our channels.
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Aerobotanists wanted! Apply at the Zooniverse
Some of us like to help save the planet. Others prefer to relax. Now a new site at the Zooniverse means armchair botanists can do both as they explore the Amazon rainforest.
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Twitter versus Facebook: February 2016
What did you feel the love for around Valentine’s Day? Our look back at Twitter versus Facebook continues…
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Twitter versus Facebook: January 2016
This year for our look back at the past twelve months, I’m going to compare what caught the imagination of our Twitter audience with what
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Plant Records: More Weed Than You Ever Need
Name: Palmer amaranth Scientific name: Amaranthus palmeri Known for: Destroyer of crop yields Record broken: Weed of the Year two years running (2014-2015) Palmer amaranth,
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Plant Records: When Land Doesn’t Mean Land…
Name: Common eelgrass Scientific name: Zostera marina * Known for: Stabilizing the seabed, providing food and habitat for other marine organisms, maintaining water quality, supporting local economies…