Berkeley Natural History Museums

Berkeley Natural History Museums (BNHM): a consortium of the natural history collections and field reserves at the University of California, Berkeley

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

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[UC Botanical Garden @ucbgarden]

This is Babiana sambucina. Our accession of this irid is from the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Dutch for baboon; the the chacma baboon apparently eats the corms of some Babiana species. In bloom now.
#ucbg #baboonflower #southafrica

[UC Museum of Paleo @ucmpberkeley]

They did the math. Billions of T.rex estimated using new model. See how @ucmpberkeley's Prof. Charles Marshall and students Connor Wilson, @kmagoulick, @TannerPaleo, @danielvlatorre, @joshzimmt, and @AshPoust crunched the numbers! https://t.co/w6qSVozhB2

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

Who knew Scaptomyza flies were such protective moms? Here, a female fly taste-tests a leaf so she can lay her egg in the least toxic spot for her offspring (credit Julianne Peláez/UC Berkeley)

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

Hot off the press! Check out this new @KQEDscience Deep Look episode featuring Scaptomyza flies in the @NKWhiteman lab, assisted by @berkeleyIB PhD candidates @jn_pelaez & @Jess_M_Agui, story by undergraduate @megarhyssamar
https://t.co/7Ulfp5KUNY

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

#nomnomnom

[CalFalconCam @CalFalconCam]

Buckle up! We've compressed 14 hours of incubation into 24 riveting seconds. Excitement! Adventure! Fluffy falcons! This video has one of those things!

#timelapse #adayinthelife #thewaitingisthehardestpart

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

A little behind the scenes this morning in @ucbgarden - a living museum of plants from around the world!

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

A collection of 5 million little barometers of the changing planet! The Essig Museum of Entomology endeavors to engage students of all ages and backgrounds in critical biodiversity research. Please consider donating to the Essig as part of Big Give today https://t.co/rPgiB0hlgT

[University and Jepson Herbaria at UC Berkeley @AskACABotanist]

It's #CalBigGive! Today at the Jepson Herbarium, we're raising money to support production of the Jepson Videos. If you haven't seen our videos, visit https://t.co/nU7UtDuC0f
To donate, visit https://t.co/iBci9RfiGa

[UC Museum of Paleo @ucmpberkeley]

UCMP is celebrating its 100th Anniversary! Help us reach 100 Gifts for 100 Years during the Big Give!

Learn more about how your gift will help increase accessibility to paleontology to broader audiences: https://t.co/VAKJR2rwkW

Big Give starts at 9pm! #UCMP100 #CalBigGive

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

Tune in for the Webinar Series starting soon: Adapting to COVID-19: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World https://t.co/QdtCJuye6u

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

Check out this wonderful @PodcastSpecies with guest Dr. Rosemary Gillespie @Berkeley_Evolab - Evolution, Hawaiian ecosystems, and 8 New species of Happy Face spiders!
https://t.co/MrFasd3TxX

[Dr. Jenna T. B. Ekwealor 🌱💪🏽 @Bryophyter]

I’m absolutely mesmerized by this tiny forest 🌳🥰

[UC Museum of Paleo @ucmpberkeley]

Check out our first issue for 2021 -- an updated annotated catalog of fossil marine Mollusca from California by Lindsey T. Groves and Richard L. Squires! https://t.co/MrbrPnidm3

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

This Friday, the Essig Museum celebrates Darwin’s birthday with special behind-the-scenes virtual tours of the entomology collection (featuring beetles collected by Darwin himself!). Join in via Zoom on Feb 12th https://t.co/2ZFiGBQwCF

[University and Jepson Herbaria at UC Berkeley @AskACABotanist]

Do you recognize these distinctive inflorescences? You might see this plant in bloom right now! The leaves of this plant are opposite and covered with densely woven hairs on the underside. Need a hint? Check out our Jepson Video: https://t.co/5EDBdP0LUt

[Berkeley Natural History Museums @BerkeleyMuseums]

Check out a fantastic new Deep Look episode about California Oak Moths, assisted by Peter Oboyski at the Essig Museum of Entomology - These Silk-Swinging Caterpillars Will Ruin Your Picnic https://t.co/KxQnIRmw69

[UC Museum of Paleo @ucmpberkeley]

What can you find in the drawers @ucmpberkeley waiting to be published? Giant bony-toothed birds from Antarctica, a collaborative study by present and former @berkeleyIB students @BeakyThings @AshPoust @avianscience today in @SciReports
https://t.co/9xhbkGVvhX