Presentation of the book “Researchers, Pioneers and Environmental Activists in Catalonia. Vol. I”
The event will take place next Thursday, June 18 at 6 pm in the Salvador Hall of the Botanical Institute of Barcelona “When we think about the environment, we often imagine forests, rivers, seas, animals or landscapes,” writes Sònia Garcia, senior CSIC scientist at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-CMCNB). “But behind everything we […]
The IBB 2025 Annual Report is now available!
The centre strengthens its commitment to scientific excellence, with more research talent, new international projects, and high-impact scientific output 2025 has been an especially intense year for the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC–CMCNB), and the new annual report reflects this very well. Throughout the year, the IBB has continued to consolidate itself as a […]
Biomarathon 2026: check out our activities
The IBB joins the Flora Biomarathon and organizes two free botanical outings on May 15 and 17 Spring is the best time to rediscover the plants around us, and the Flora Biomarathon is a perfect opportunity to do so. This initiative, promoted by the Spanish Botanical Society, is a major citizen science event to observe, […]
The IBB butterfly house opens its new visiting season
Schools and secondary schools can book visits, subject to availability, on Wednesday mornings from April to July The insect migration and phylodiversity research group at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-CMCNB) is launching a new season of educational visits to its butterfly house, an experimental space dedicated to both research and science outreach. Visits […]
The IBB brings its research closer to different neighbourhoods in Barcelona
Since late 2023, the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB) has been participating in the project “Ciencia en el Barrio”, a science outreach initiative promoted by the CSIC that brings research closer to schools and other community spaces in neighbourhoods of Madrid, Seville and the Barcelona metropolitan area. Research experienced first-hand Through these visits, people of […]
Cataloguing non-native plants on Isla del Coco: a pioneering study reveals new conservation challenges
The study reveals that nearly one in two wild plants on the island is not native to the territory Located more than 500 kilometres off the coast of Costa Rica, Isla del Coco is a small island in the eastern Pacific Ocean known for its remarkable biodiversity and the high number of endemic species it […]
Two JAE-Intro Fellowships Open at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona
The IBB offers two JAE-Intro fellowships for undergraduate and master’s students interested in research The call was published in the Spanish Official Gazette (BOE) on 11 March 2026 and offers students the opportunity to carry out a research placement in one of the institute’s research groups in cutting-edge fields such as evolutionary genomics, biodiversity, and […]
Open Postdoctoral Position in Remote Sensing and Global Change Ecology
We invite applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher position to join the DISECO project (The role of disequilibrium on niche and biodiversity effects over ecosystem trajectories). The position focuses on the remote sensing component of the project and offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of global change ecology, biodiversity science, and satellite time-series […]
More homogeneous and less resilient: the future of the world’s forests
Climate change, deforestation and habitat loss are favouring the dominance of fast-growing tree species. As native trees are displaced, biodiversity declines, disease resistance decreases and forests lose their capacity to store CO₂. Trees play a central role in life on Earth: they store carbon, provide habitats, stabilise soils and regulate water cycles. However, the world’s […]
Sweet alyssum: domesticated five thousand years ago… and turned violet only 700 years ago
A genomic study reconstructs for the first time the evolutionary history of this Mediterranean ornamental plant and identifies the gene responsible for the colour change Flower colour is one of the traits that most captivates us in ornamental plants. Yet behind these colours there are often evolutionary and genetic histories that remain unknown. Until recently, […]