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IPBES @ipbes.net · 09/06/2026

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👇

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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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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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

Graphic with black background featuring green silhouettes of diverse organisms including a crane, dragonfly, bear, spider, snake, jellyfish, starfish, lizard, mushrooms, butterfly, scorpion, snail, coral, cattails, and insects. White text reads "HELP US IDENTIFY" at top and "UNKNOWNS" at bottom.

Slide with black background and white text explaining that anyone can help with identifications on iNaturalist by sorting unknown observations — defined as observations uploaded with no identification at all. Below shows a screenshot of the iNaturalist Identify interface displaying a grid of thumbnail photos all labeled "Unknown."

Slide titled "WHAT YOU CAN DO" with three tips: add broad IDs like "Plants," "Insects," "Birds," or "Fungi"; start with what you recognize (example: ID a dragonfly as "Dragonflies"); and skip anything you're unsure about. Below shows an iNaturalist screenshot of a dragonfly observation being identified at the suborder level, with the Identify menu option circled in the navigation bar.

Slide stating "You can contribute identifications from any computer, anywhere in the world" with a call-to-action link tr.ee/identifyweek1. Below shows the iNaturalist Identify filters panel with the "Unknown" category icon and "Filters" button circled in green, highlighting how to find unidentified observations.

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BISS (Biodiversity Information Science and Standards) journal @biss.pensoft.net · 15/12/2025

📢 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... 🔓

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 16/12/2025

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

A beautiful taxidermy leopard lays comfortably on a branch in a diorama display in the "Fierce! The Story of Cats" exhibition on view at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 10/12/2025

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...

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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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Biological Journal of the Linnean Society @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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 👇 🌍

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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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GBIF @gbif.org · 08/10/2025

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

Photograph of Panshak Solomon in the field

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GBIF @gbif.org · 08/10/2025

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

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GBIF @gbif.org · 19/10/2025

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

Group shot of people at the GBIF global nodes event

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GBIF @gbif.org · 23/10/2025

🌊 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.

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GBIF @gbif.org · 17/10/2025

💪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

A collage of images from the GBIF global nodes training

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Gubbi Labs @gubbilabs.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

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...

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Professor Anjali Goswami FRS @evoswami.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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...

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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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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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...

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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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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 22/03/2025

🍌 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

Banana slugs are also romantics at heart. Slugs are hermaphrodites, and they reproduce by exchanging sperm with their mate, but banana slugs sometimes spend hours in foreplay before doing the deed. Sometimes, their penises get caught, and they have to use their radula to chew themselves out of the embrace. By Andy Goryachev/Wikipedia.

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

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.

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Shawan Chowdhury Lab

School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

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GBIF @gbif.org · 11/02/2025

⏰ 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

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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

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/

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Unveiling - Home

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Priyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

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...

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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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GBIF @gbif.org · 23/01/2025

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

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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...

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

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diginverts.bsky.social @diginverts.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

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...

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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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diginverts.bsky.social @diginverts.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

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

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Andrew Warren @andybugguy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

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

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GBIF @gbif.org · 10/01/2025

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

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GBIF @gbif.org · 20/12/2024

🔎🌱 Are you a #biodiversity data holder located in Asia? The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region! Registrations are open! 🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...

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Dan Paluh @danpaluh.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the University of Dayton (Fall 2025) to study the evo-devo of tadpoles! More info here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

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GBIF @gbif.org · 16/12/2024

News flash! ⚡ Four new projects have been selected to receive funding under the GBIF 2024 Capacity and Enhancement Support Programme (CESP)! 🐍 Sssssee more here: 🔗https://gbif.link/2024-cesp #Biodiversity #DataMobilization #NewsItem #GBIF

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GBIF @gbif.org · 13/12/2024

👩‍💻📊 Join us for #12DaysOfData as we re-cap stats highlights from the year! Starting off with the total amount of occurrence records accessible through GBIF (to date)! 2024 was an exciting year as we ticked over 3 billion records! 🤯 🔗: gbif.org

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Three billion, thirty-one million, three hundred eighty-eight thousand, nine hundred ninety-two occurrence records

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diginverts.bsky.social @diginverts.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Check out the mantis shrimp🦐✨ It's actually not a shrimp, but a stomatopod with impressive raptorial claws that deliver punches at speeds of 10 m/s — one of the fastest movements in the animal kingdom. This strike is so fast, it can even boil water! #FunFactFriday

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Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Interesting use of eDNA to monitor marine biodiversity #citizenscience dashboard.ednaexpeditions.org

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eDNA Expeditions dashboard

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Powdered Oakblue (Arhopala bazalus ssp. turbata) #Okinawa #Japan Dozens encountered during September 2024. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

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diginverts.bsky.social @diginverts.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Why DigIn? The marine biome is the LARGEST but LEAST KNOWN biome on earth. Invertebrates make up about 75% of marine species but most specimens are essentially invisible outside of museum collections. DigIn is adding data from 7.5 MILLION specimens to online portals. #digitization #naturalhistory

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis) #Okinawa #Japan Frequently encountered during September 2024. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) @boisestate.bsky.social #Idaho #USA This was the the most common butterfly I encountered during my two day visit in late September 2024. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Marine Blue (Leptotes marina) caterpillar being attended by Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile) at @nhmla.bsky.social Nature Garden, #California #USA #Butterflies #Lepidoptera #Ants #BioticAssociation

Marine Blue caterpillar being attended by Argentine Ant

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola) from @nhmla.bsky.social Nature Garden, #California #USA Not very common visitor. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Marine Blue (Leptotes marina) from @nhmla.bsky.social Nature Garden, #California #USA One of the most common visitor. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 03/12/2024

🦕 Dinosaurs are hardly ever found in their entirety, and Gnatalie is no exception. Learn about the 150-million-year journey from the Jurassic to Exposition Park with @latimes.com: bit.ly/JrscJrny

Workers excavate fossils at the Gnatalie quarry near Bluff, Utah. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times.

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

We are far from conserving migratory butterflies. Our new paper shows that current protected areas are inadequate for 👉84% of migratory butterfly species in at least one season 👉45% of species in all seasons. (1/7) doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

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Andrew Warren @andybugguy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Sapsuckers are, without a doubt, my favorite birds! They drill these elaborate sap wells, which attract lots of insects... Here is a Red-naped Sapsucker hard at work, with some insects that came to her wells- Mourning Cloak, Red Admiral, Satyr Anglewing, plus Honey Bees and Bald-faced Hornets.

Female Red-naped Sapsucker busy drilling sap wells. Douglas County, Colorado, August 2016.

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) sipping sap from a sap well, together with Honey Bees and Bald-faced Hornets. Douglas County, Colorado, August, 2016.

A Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) came to join the Mourning Cloak at the sap well.

Satyr Anglewing (Polygonia satyrus) sharing the sap well with Honey Bees and Bald-faced Hornets. The insects at the sap well remained all afternoon.

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Nick Volpe @nvolpe.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

A thread of Katydids from the Northern Territory! LETS DO IT!! 🥳💚 First off, is my absolute FAVOURITE! Built like a tank, Armadillagraecia mataranka is found during the wet seasons feeding on tall grass in savannas! 🌱

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Common Mormon Swallowtail (Papilio polytes) encounter in #Okinawa, #Japan. Just got lucky with this in flight capture. #butterflies #Lepidoptera #Swallowtails

Common Mormon Swallowtail (Papilio polytes) in flight

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