🚨New Blog Alert🚨
Continuing the GSB4 ECR series, Dr. Jennifer Bell reflects on her path to restoration ecology, the role of aboveground diversity in shaping soil communities, and mine reclamation!
📣 Check out Dr. Bell's talk at the #GSB4 conference!
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath...
I'm hiring a postdoc to work with myself, Dr Jim Lyons and the entire NOAA Firebird team on the adaptive management part of our larger project focused on the impacts of prescribed fire on Gulf Coast wetlands
Accepting applications until Feb 15th
blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/19...
🪱🐜 Happy #WorldSoilDay!! 🕷️🪲
Although we celebrate soil everyday, today is a great reminder to appreciate the breadth of diversity beneath our feet.
Check out the GSBI atlas to explore the organisms that call soil home!
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/atlas-introd...
A figure from the article in the link, showing a selection of soil organisms in 15 panels, from springtails to waterbeats to viruses to nematodes
“Soil is likely home to 59% of life including everything from microbes to mammals, making it the singular most biodiverse habitat on Earth.”
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
🚨 One month away from the end of the early-bird! Register now:
globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/
⏰Don't miss this chance to showcase your research and chat with an incredible group of soil experts!
Late-breaking poster submissions for #GSBC2026 are due on January 30, 2026!
Submit your abstract here: globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/
I just registered this morning! Looking forward to catching-up and meeting new soil biodiversity colleagues in April!
Reminder to recent/expected PhD grads looking for postdocs, this is a great opportunity from a non-profit foundation. Applications due Oct. 21.
Hiring Now! The 2026 Hubbard Fellowship with The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska
It's time! We are now accepting applications for our 13th class of Hubbard Fellows. Please forward this to anyone you know who might be interested. I supervise our fellows each year, and can't wait to meet the next…
Reminder to recent/expected PhD grads looking for postdocs, this is a great opportunity from a non-profit foundation. Applications due Oct. 21.
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
A grassland on a sunny day near Boulder, CO
We're recruiting!! Myself along with Nathan Gill, Dylan Schwilk @schwilk.org, and Katharine Suding are recruiting people for Master's, PhD, and postdoc positions in GrassFire, an NSF funded project examining fuels and fire risk in grassland ecosystems across the Southern Great Plains! 🔥🌿🐮
Join us for Nachusa Grasslands' Fall Festival! Sat. Sep. 20, 10am-4pm. Bison tours, guided hikes, activity tents, food truck $5 donation requested for parking. www.nachusagrasslands.org/aotp-2025.html
Catching up on some reading - this study shows large herbivores, including bison, have wide-ranging diets that vary by season and geography.
The apportionment of dietary diversity in wildlife | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Current status: sweet corn and datasheets!
Looking for evidence to inform invasive species management decisions? This free resource from @naturalareas.bsky.social is a great starting place, feature work from numerous ecosystems.
Abstract deadline has been extended and student travel grants are available for GSB2026!
Walder Foundation Biota Awards now accepting applications for 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships. Supports postdoctoral researchers working at Illinois institutions with a focus on biodiversity and conservation work in Chicago or by Chicago institutions.
www.biotaawards.org
I've submitted my abstract! Join me in April 2026 for three days of amazing soil biodiversity research with great colleagues in Victoria, British Columbia.
Thanks for visiting!
Former pest manager becomes insect advocate! A lovely local story from Northern Illinois Public Radio. "Most of my fears came from bad information," he said. "It didn't come from bad experiences."
@nature.org Nachusa Grasslands is restoring tallgrass prairie to set-up native Illinois plants and animals for success in the future, including bison. @science.nature.org
📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission portal is NOW OPEN 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱
Abstracts are due July 15th 23:59 PDT ‼️
Submit an abstract 👇
globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/
A go-to resource for invasive species research across many ecosystems and taxa! Request free access here: naturalareas.org/get_access_t...
📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission portal is NOW OPEN 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱
Abstracts are due July 15th 23:59 PDT ‼️
Submit an abstract 👇
globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/
Small brownsnake basking on light brown gravel surface.
And a brownsnake is up!
Six pasque flower blooms, white and purple petals, yellow anthers
Blooming pasque flower on prairie landscape. White and purple flowers, brown and green grass in foreground. Blue sky and red barn in background.
Signs of spring at Nachusa Grasslands, pasque flower in bloom.
Two books covers include close-up images of sedges
Who's excited about Midwest US sedges? New field guide for Carex in Illinois + reissue of Wisconsin guide to sedges out now! @gspyreas.bsky.social @andrewlhipp.bsky.social
New issue of #NAJ! Keep your eye out for article highlights including #plants, #protectedareas, #seeds, and #bookreviews ...
#naturalareas #ecology #research
bioone.org/journals/nat...
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