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Biodiversity Informatics Journal

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Biodiversity Informatics is a diamond open-access journal exploring the digital dimension of biodiversity: data, informatics, AI, visualization, and analysis. No APCs, continuous publication, peer-reviewed. journals.ku.edu/jbi/index

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🌱 "The Earth laughs in flowers." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From field notebooks & biological collections to citizen science, AI, species distributions and hidden diversity, the collection explores how we can better understand, measure—and ultimately fill—the gaps in biodiversity knowledge. Thanks to all the authors and reviewers who made it possible! 💚

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🦋🌿 Where are the gaps in our knowledge of biodiversity—and how can we bridge them? Our Special Issue in Biodiversity Informatics is out! 🎉 🔎 Biodiversity Knowledge Shortfalls: Understanding, Quantifying, and Bridging Gaps 🔗 journals.ku.edu/jbi/issue/vi...

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2026): Biodiversity Knowledge Shortfalls: Understanding, Quantifying, and Bridging Gaps | Biodiversity Informatics

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

#GBIF #BiodiversityInformatics #NaturalHistoryCollections #OpenData #FAIRdata #OpenScience

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Working with biodiversity images means working with: data, law, infrastructure, and time. This paper is a reminder that how we access images shapes the knowledge we build from them. 📄 Read the paper: doi.org/10.17161/bi....

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Downloading images from GBIF: Licenses, citation and link rot | Biodiversity Informatics

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

This paper doesn’t stop at diagnosing the problem. Authors propose practical solutions, including: • incremental image downloads • license-aware workflows • provider-level filtering • strategies to reduce link rot

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

These issues matter for: • reproducibility • legal reuse • long-term accessibility • trustworthy biodiversity workflows Ignoring them can silently undermine research at scale.

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The paper identifies four key challenges when downloading specimen images from GBIF: 1️⃣ Licenses — what can you legally reuse? 2️⃣ Citation — how should images be credited? 3️⃣ Providers — filtering by institution or source 4️⃣ Link rot — images that disappear over time

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Images are not just “data”. Specimen images underpin: • machine learning • image analysis • large-scale biodiversity research But reusing them responsibly requires more than a download button.

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Working with specimen images from Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)? This paper breaks down why downloading images is trickier than it looks—and how to do it right. 📄 Biodiversity Informatics 🔗 DOI: 10.17161/bi.v20i1.24326

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

What do we mean by biodiversity informatics? The science of integrating biodiversity data, computational tools, and analytical frameworks to understand life on Earth 🔬🌍.

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Biodiversity Informatics Journal @journalbi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🌱 Welcome to Biodiversity Informatics! A diamond open-access journal at the intersection of biodiversity, data, informatics & AI. No APCs. No paywalls. Just open science. 🔗 journals.ku.edu/jbi

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Biodiversity Informatics

A scientific journal devoted to topics in biodiversity informatics

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