The Biodiversity Futures Lab, led by @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social, has announced funding for synthesis working groups addressing key biodiversity challenges, offering up to €10,000 support per group. Applications open worldwide, deadline: 30 June 2026. Details👇

2026 Announcement - Biodiversity Futures Working Groups -

At a glance Up to €10,000 in catalytic support per working group Two in-person meetings (3-5 days each) […]

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📢 Counting on Citizens: Unveiling Butterfly Diversity Through 30-Minute Counts biss.pensoft.net/articles.php... #LivingData2025

CSUN Researchers Call for Public’s Help in Documenting Joshua Trees’ Surprise Out-of-Season Bloom 🌿 newsroom.csun.edu/2025/12/16/c...

All you need to help make identifications on iNaturalist is a computer! Join our first-ever ID-a-thon and build your nature-identification skills — this week, we'd love your help sorting Unknown observations into broad categories. Learn more: tr.ee/identifyweek1

📢 45 extended #conference #abstracts already made publicly & permanently available in the #LivingData2025 conference collection in our #journal! 💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org! biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓

From Fierce felines to Dueling Dinos and some of the most spectacular minerals ever Unearthed, there’s so much to see this season!  🐾 Spend your 𝙥𝙖𝙬lidays with us! Plan your visit today: NHM.org

This is unusual, but it's not unheard of! There was a late-season bloom in and around Joshua Tree National Park in 2018/2019. A study by a team including @vijaybarve.bsky.social analyzed iNaturalist records and concluded it was cued by an unusually cool, wet fall doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Analyzing a phenological anomaly in Yucca of the southwestern United States - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Analyzing a phenological anomaly in Yucca of the southwestern United States

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India is one of the most biodiverse & unique countries on Earth, with high levels of endemism & evolutionary distinctiveness, yet its biodiversity is still poorly understood. It is important to make biodiversity research available to all, starting with collections 👇 🌍

Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science

Abstract. India, one of the world’s most biodiverse countries and now the most populous, stands at a critical intersection of ecological wealth and intense

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PhD student Kumdet Panshak Solomon of #Nigeria has been named as a 2025 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award winner! 🥳 🐦 Panshak’s research advances biodiversity informatics in West Africa by leveraging GBIF-mediated data collected through BirdPlus 📲 🔗: gbif.link/GRA_panshak

Master's student Esteban Marentes of #Colombia has been named as a GBIF Graduate Researcher's Award winner! ⭐ 🪲Esteban’s research focuses on using machine learning models to predict beetle species diversity across Colombia’s Antioquia province. 🌎 🔗: gbif.link/GRA_esteban

Branching out, one buddy group at a time 🌱💡 At the Global Nodes Training, collaboration grows when knowledge takes root 🌳 Featuring 📷 group highlights from the past days #Bogotá #Colombia #SiBColombia

🌊 Seas the day! Today at #LivingData2025 GBIF and @obis.org renewed their Joint Strategy for Marine Biodiversity Data which enhances collaboration between OBIS and GBIF nodes and facilitates opportunities for training and aligned documentation.

💪Train today, mobilize data tomorrow ⚡ Delegates from around the world at the Global Nodes Training are participating in modules organized by the GBIF Community and Capacity team and led by subject-matter expert trainers. #Bogotá #Colombia

We are thrilled to announce that the data gathered during the Bisle Frog Watch from 2012 till 2025 has been published on @gbif.org The Global Biodiversity Information Facility! Thanks to @vijaybarve.bsky.social for making this happen & Bharata for organising it all. See www.gbif.org/dataset/db53...

New paper alert! Worked with an incredible group of scientists across fields on this vision for much needed investment in Indian natural history collections: Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...

Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science

Abstract. India, one of the world’s most biodiverse countries and now the most populous, stands at a critical intersection of ecological wealth and intense

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Northern Cardinals in #Gainesville, #Florida today.

Pesticide residues found in butterflies during the 2024 western Monarch population crash.

Monarch butterflies’ mass die off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study

New peer-reviewed research found an average of seven pesticides in each of 10 butterflies tested

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The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) is a common resident throughout the Eastern United States and one of the most frequent encounters here in #Gainesville, #Florida. myencounterswithnature.blogspot.com/2025/07/caro...

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

The Carolina Wren ( Thryothorus ludovicianus ) is a common resident throughout the Eastern United States and one of the most frequent encou...

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🍌 These slugs are a pretty big deal (literally and figuratively)! Just in time for Snail Search 2025, California finally has a state slug: 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙭, a.k.a. the banana slug. bit.ly/CAStateSlug

Please share. We are #hiring #PhD students to work on #citizen #science, #insect #migration, or #insect #conservation. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests and contact information here. shawanchowdhury.com.

Shawan Chowdhury Lab

School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

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⏰ There's still time to register for our upcoming #DataUseClub practical session - Data standards & processing! 📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET (this event will be recorded). 🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu... #Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent

Do you think butterflies are beautiful? You can help researchers at the University of Florence understand why by taking this online quiz. It only takes a few minutes. Thanks in advance www.unveiling.eu/en_US/

Unveiling - Home

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I think this is the first ever iNaturalist based bioblitz to be held in Sri Lanka. Diyasaru Park is on the east side of Diyawanna Lake. As a child I knew the area on the opposite side that was converted into the Beddagana Wetland Park. www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...

CitiSci Sri Lanka: BioBlitz

CitiSci Sri Lanka – BioBlitz 2025 📅 Date: 4th February 2025 ⏰ BioBlitz Time: 10:00 - 12.00 📍 Location: Diyasaru Park, Thalawathugoda As part of the "CitiSci Sri Lanka" initiative, the Young ...

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Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing! 📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded. 🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu... #DataUseClub #GBIF #Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent

Hearing from @er1ngrady.bsky.social, science grad student as part of @inaturalist.bsky.social event today. We will hear from @vijaybarve.bsky.social + Jeremy Yoder. (archive will be on youtube here ) Phenology is the timing of #seasonal changes in plants and animals www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZGp...

Phenology in Focus: Exploring Plant Cycles with iNaturalist (Webinar)

YouTube video by iNaturalist

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Register for this @inaturalist.bsky.social webinar next Wednesday to learn about annotating phenophase— buds, flowers, or fruits on a plant you're observing with the app— and how researchers use that data, with examples from @vijaybarve.bsky.social and me! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Did you know that every plant observation on iNaturalist helps us understand the timing of seasonal cycles? Join us to learn more about plant phenology and easy ways to get involved! Phenology is the...

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Publication!🚨@zookeys.pensoft.net published an 167-page guide to marine isopods in the Southern CA Bight. This paper covers 190 species of isopods & is an organized biodiversity resource that will allow for scientists to better monitor the SCB. @nhmla.bsky.social zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1003...

Review and guide to the isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda) of littoral and sublittoral marine habitats in the Southern California Bight

The isopod crustaceans reported from or expected to occur in littoral and sublittoral marine habitats of the Southern California Bight (SCB) in the northeastern Pacific Ocean are reviewed. A total of ...

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Sea stars are excellent at regenerating. Most can grow back a lost arm, & some species can grow an entire body back from a severed arm! ⭐️ But even these stars of regrowth make mistakes. Regeneration errors cause some individuals to have 1 too many or 1 too few arms. @myfwc.bsky.social

To avoid males as much as possible, female Rocky Mountain Parnassians don’t fly much. Instead, they spend most of their time running around on the ground! Douglas County, Colorado, USA

Going to other clubs: 😵😒🍹 Going to GBIF clubs: 😎💚🧬#DataUseClub Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing! 📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded. 🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu... #FreeEvent #Webinar #Biodiversity