Take part in the 8-week "Strategic Planning for Biodiversity Collections” online course organised by iDigBio!
Applications close September 9!
For more info and to apply: idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/st...
Applications close September 9!
For more info and to apply: idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/st...
Fall 2026 Strategic Planning for Biodiversity Collections Course
- Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)
Making data and images of millions of biological specimens available on the web.
idigbio.gbif.us
September 7, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Take part in the 8-week "Strategic Planning for Biodiversity Collections” online course organised by iDigBio!
Applications close September 9!
For more info and to apply: idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/st...
Applications close September 9!
For more info and to apply: idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/st...
We welcomed Eric McKenzie to the National Forest Fungarium at @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. BioCollections increasingly rely on the knowledge/generosity of retired experts to keep collection-based science thriving. With Eric is Pam Taylor, NZFRIM Collection's Manager. #Mycology #Biocollections 🧪
September 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
We welcomed Eric McKenzie to the National Forest Fungarium at @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. BioCollections increasingly rely on the knowledge/generosity of retired experts to keep collection-based science thriving. With Eric is Pam Taylor, NZFRIM Collection's Manager. #Mycology #Biocollections 🧪
The world's most comprehensive db of biological collections is ours at NCBI. Which means it's yours, too, and it now has a new home and updated interface. Check the accuracy of your institution's metadata and write us if updates are needed! ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2026/08/11/b...
BioCollections: Connecting Sequence Data to Physical Specimens - NCBI Insights
NCBI’s BioCollections is a curated database of metadata for institutions that house specimens, cultures, and other biological materials. These institutions include museums, herbaria, stock centers, an...
ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The world's most comprehensive db of biological collections is ours at NCBI. Which means it's yours, too, and it now has a new home and updated interface. Check the accuracy of your institution's metadata and write us if updates are needed! ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2026/08/11/b...
From #NCBI Insight | #BioCollections: Connecting Sequence Data to Physical Specimens | #OpenScience #Bioinfornatics #Genomics #Museums #Herbaria #StockCenters #CultureCollection | 🧬🖥️🧪🔓
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ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2026/08/11/b...
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ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2026/08/11/b...
BioCollections: Connecting Sequence Data to Physical Specimens - NCBI Insights
NCBI’s BioCollections is a curated database of metadata for institutions that house specimens, cultures, and other biological materials. These institutions include museums, herbaria, stock centers, an...
ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
From #NCBI Insight | #BioCollections: Connecting Sequence Data to Physical Specimens | #OpenScience #Bioinfornatics #Genomics #Museums #Herbaria #StockCenters #CultureCollection | 🧬🖥️🧪🔓
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ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2026/08/11/b...
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ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2026/08/11/b...
“iDigBio is permanently shutting down its servers at the University of Florida in August. All images and media will be permanently deleted. Hence, access to all media and image files currently visible in the iDigBio Portal will terminate 31 August 2026”
Instructions
idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/me...
Instructions
idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/me...
URGENT: ACT NOW to ensure your images and other media are not lost forever!
- Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)
Making data and images of millions of biological specimens available on the web.
idigbio.gbif.us
August 2, 2026 at 7:07 AM
“iDigBio is permanently shutting down its servers at the University of Florida in August. All images and media will be permanently deleted. Hence, access to all media and image files currently visible in the iDigBio Portal will terminate 31 August 2026”
Instructions
idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/me...
Instructions
idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/me...
Just in case anyone on here still has images or other stuff hosted on the digital collections portal iDigBio, make sure you have your own copies. Servers are shutting down permanently on August 31st 2026.
idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/me...
idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/me...
URGENT: ACT NOW to ensure your images and other media are not lost forever!
- Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)
Making data and images of millions of biological specimens available on the web.
idigbio.gbif.us
July 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Just in case anyone on here still has images or other stuff hosted on the digital collections portal iDigBio, make sure you have your own copies. Servers are shutting down permanently on August 31st 2026.
idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/me...
idigbio.gbif.us/post/2026/me...
Since 2022, Art Under the Microscope has been an annual collaboration between the ASU Biocollections and the ASU School of Art.
From June 29 through July 2, 2026, the ASU Biocollections welcomed high school students for a four-day workshop of discovery and artistic expression.
From June 29 through July 2, 2026, the ASU Biocollections welcomed high school students for a four-day workshop of discovery and artistic expression.
July 31, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Since 2022, Art Under the Microscope has been an annual collaboration between the ASU Biocollections and the ASU School of Art.
From June 29 through July 2, 2026, the ASU Biocollections welcomed high school students for a four-day workshop of discovery and artistic expression.
From June 29 through July 2, 2026, the ASU Biocollections welcomed high school students for a four-day workshop of discovery and artistic expression.
Botany 2026 is almost here, and iDigBio will be there!
Since 2011, iDigBio has advanced digitization and open data for the biodiversity community, and as their grant nears its end, they're not done yet.
Learn more: idigbio.org/we-moved
🌵 Find iDigBio at Booth #430 at #Botany2026!
Since 2011, iDigBio has advanced digitization and open data for the biodiversity community, and as their grant nears its end, they're not done yet.
Learn more: idigbio.org/we-moved
🌵 Find iDigBio at Booth #430 at #Botany2026!
July 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Botany 2026 is almost here, and iDigBio will be there!
Since 2011, iDigBio has advanced digitization and open data for the biodiversity community, and as their grant nears its end, they're not done yet.
Learn more: idigbio.org/we-moved
🌵 Find iDigBio at Booth #430 at #Botany2026!
Since 2011, iDigBio has advanced digitization and open data for the biodiversity community, and as their grant nears its end, they're not done yet.
Learn more: idigbio.org/we-moved
🌵 Find iDigBio at Booth #430 at #Botany2026!
🍃 iDigBio has served the biodiversity collections community & NSF since 2011, advancing digitization & open data. Visit their booth 430 at #Botany2026! As their grant nears its final chapter, they remain active via webinars & preserved data access.
Learn More: www.idigbio.org/we-moved
#Botany2026
Learn More: www.idigbio.org/we-moved
#Botany2026
July 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
🍃 iDigBio has served the biodiversity collections community & NSF since 2011, advancing digitization & open data. Visit their booth 430 at #Botany2026! As their grant nears its final chapter, they remain active via webinars & preserved data access.
Learn More: www.idigbio.org/we-moved
#Botany2026
Learn More: www.idigbio.org/we-moved
#Botany2026
Big update to our R package gatoRs has been accepted by CRAN!
Check out our update here: github.com/nataliepatte...
And here: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
Check out our update here: github.com/nataliepatte...
And here: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
gatoRs: Geographic and Taxonomic Occurrence R-Based Scrubbing
Streamlines downloading and cleaning biodiversity data from Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
cran.r-project.org
July 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Big update to our R package gatoRs has been accepted by CRAN!
Check out our update here: github.com/nataliepatte...
And here: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
Check out our update here: github.com/nataliepatte...
And here: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
The talk was about my current research project on Marine biocollections in Europe and their role in contributing to the European blue economy and marine biodiversity conservation. It wrapped up a couple of days at ICM, exploring their lovely marine biological collections with 40,000+ samples
June 26, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The talk was about my current research project on Marine biocollections in Europe and their role in contributing to the European blue economy and marine biodiversity conservation. It wrapped up a couple of days at ICM, exploring their lovely marine biological collections with 40,000+ samples
6/10 - CoreTrustSeal: Key Changes, Challenges, and Community Support - World Data System buff.ly/p6obNxS
6/11 - Plural syntheses of knowledge to support more just and sustainable futures - NCEAS buff.ly/BKQZRVM
6/11 - Improving Data Quality: A Data Quality Toolkit for Biocollections - GBIF
6/11 - Plural syntheses of knowledge to support more just and sustainable futures - NCEAS buff.ly/BKQZRVM
6/11 - Improving Data Quality: A Data Quality Toolkit for Biocollections - GBIF
Improving Data Quality: A Data Quality Toolkit for Biocollections
events.zoom.us
June 8, 2026 at 6:19 PM
6/10 - CoreTrustSeal: Key Changes, Challenges, and Community Support - World Data System buff.ly/p6obNxS
6/11 - Plural syntheses of knowledge to support more just and sustainable futures - NCEAS buff.ly/BKQZRVM
6/11 - Improving Data Quality: A Data Quality Toolkit for Biocollections - GBIF
6/11 - Plural syntheses of knowledge to support more just and sustainable futures - NCEAS buff.ly/BKQZRVM
6/11 - Improving Data Quality: A Data Quality Toolkit for Biocollections - GBIF
GBIF is organising a webinar on improving data quality for biocollections on June 11, 2026, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT
Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/Aqhr9vH7e...
Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/Aqhr9vH7e...
Improving Data Quality: A Data Quality Toolkit for Biocollections
events.zoom.us
June 2, 2026 at 8:11 AM
GBIF is organising a webinar on improving data quality for biocollections on June 11, 2026, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT
Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/Aqhr9vH7e...
Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/Aqhr9vH7e...
Ellwood et al. (2026) call for national centres to coordinate biocollections in the U.S. In NZ, we may already be there. With the @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social, the question shifts not whether to coordinate, but whether to serve as the backbone of a national collections system. #BioCollections
From Knowledge to Action: Next Steps for the Natural Science Collections Community
Abstract. Following decades of increasing collaboration and organization, the United States natural science collections community is uniting around the cre
academic.oup.com
May 19, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Ellwood et al. (2026) call for national centres to coordinate biocollections in the U.S. In NZ, we may already be there. With the @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social, the question shifts not whether to coordinate, but whether to serve as the backbone of a national collections system. #BioCollections
Here is the new homepage of iDigBio, in case I missed something: idigbio.gbif.us
Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)
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idigbio.gbif.us
May 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Here is the new homepage of iDigBio, in case I missed something: idigbio.gbif.us
🚨 #BioCollections update
GBIF has just released a new Types & Specimen extension (May 2026), strengthening how type specimens and physical collections are linked, cited, and reused across global biodiversity data. A big step toward truly extended specimens. 🌍🦋
🔗 rs.gbif.org/extensions.h...
GBIF has just released a new Types & Specimen extension (May 2026), strengthening how type specimens and physical collections are linked, cited, and reused across global biodiversity data. A big step toward truly extended specimens. 🌍🦋
🔗 rs.gbif.org/extensions.h...
GBIF Registered Extensions
rs.gbif.org
May 7, 2026 at 10:12 AM
🚨 #BioCollections update
GBIF has just released a new Types & Specimen extension (May 2026), strengthening how type specimens and physical collections are linked, cited, and reused across global biodiversity data. A big step toward truly extended specimens. 🌍🦋
🔗 rs.gbif.org/extensions.h...
GBIF has just released a new Types & Specimen extension (May 2026), strengthening how type specimens and physical collections are linked, cited, and reused across global biodiversity data. A big step toward truly extended specimens. 🌍🦋
🔗 rs.gbif.org/extensions.h...
Great to host Dr Alexander Schmidt‑Lebuhn ( #CSIRO) at the National Forestry Herbarium @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. His🌿expertise helped confirm, or not, Senecio madagascariensis (fireweed/Madagascar ragwort) specimens, an emerging weed and biosecurity concern in NZ.🧪 #BioCollections #Biosecurity
April 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Great to host Dr Alexander Schmidt‑Lebuhn ( #CSIRO) at the National Forestry Herbarium @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. His🌿expertise helped confirm, or not, Senecio madagascariensis (fireweed/Madagascar ragwort) specimens, an emerging weed and biosecurity concern in NZ.🧪 #BioCollections #Biosecurity
New webpage now live for the National Forestry Herbarium at @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. Explore our database of #BioCollections held in our care. Visit nzfri.scionresearch.com
April 21, 2026 at 3:53 AM
New webpage now live for the National Forestry Herbarium at @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. Explore our database of #BioCollections held in our care. Visit nzfri.scionresearch.com
These issues are well known, e.g., doi.org/10.1371/jour... and the development of GrSciColl original by David Schindel now by @gbif.org scientific-collections.gbif.org
The Trouble with Triplets in Biodiversity Informatics: A Data-Driven Case against Current Identifier Practices
The biodiversity informatics community has discussed aspirations and approaches for assigning globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) to biocollections for nearly a decade. During that time, and despite m...
doi.org
March 22, 2026 at 8:38 PM
These issues are well known, e.g., doi.org/10.1371/jour... and the development of GrSciColl original by David Schindel now by @gbif.org scientific-collections.gbif.org
they say they want "desirable" extensions, as opposed to all those universally undesirable extensions people are constantly asking websites for www.idigbio.org
iDigBio Home - Integrated Digitized Biocollections | iDigBio
www.idigbio.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 AM
they say they want "desirable" extensions, as opposed to all those universally undesirable extensions people are constantly asking websites for www.idigbio.org
1) Bringing AI to biodiversity research!🌿🤖
iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) has been active in using generative AI to help researchers quickly find, explore and process biodiversity data from iDigBio and beyond, all through a conversational interface called iChatBot.
iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) has been active in using generative AI to help researchers quickly find, explore and process biodiversity data from iDigBio and beyond, all through a conversational interface called iChatBot.
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
1) Bringing AI to biodiversity research!🌿🤖
iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) has been active in using generative AI to help researchers quickly find, explore and process biodiversity data from iDigBio and beyond, all through a conversational interface called iChatBot.
iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) has been active in using generative AI to help researchers quickly find, explore and process biodiversity data from iDigBio and beyond, all through a conversational interface called iChatBot.
ASU Biocollections Outreach Events of 2025!
What a year! And what a joy to look back on the many wonderful outreach events where we brought our specimens out and beyond our doors, or where we brought you behind-the-scenes, to share with you the incredible biodiversity of our planet! (1/3)
What a year! And what a joy to look back on the many wonderful outreach events where we brought our specimens out and beyond our doors, or where we brought you behind-the-scenes, to share with you the incredible biodiversity of our planet! (1/3)
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
ASU Biocollections Outreach Events of 2025!
What a year! And what a joy to look back on the many wonderful outreach events where we brought our specimens out and beyond our doors, or where we brought you behind-the-scenes, to share with you the incredible biodiversity of our planet! (1/3)
What a year! And what a joy to look back on the many wonderful outreach events where we brought our specimens out and beyond our doors, or where we brought you behind-the-scenes, to share with you the incredible biodiversity of our planet! (1/3)
ASU Biocollections Outreach Events of 2025!
What a year! And what a joy to look back on the many wonderful outreach events where we brought our specimens out and beyond our doors, or where we brought you behind-the-scenes, to share with you the incredible biodiversity of our planet! (1/3)
What a year! And what a joy to look back on the many wonderful outreach events where we brought our specimens out and beyond our doors, or where we brought you behind-the-scenes, to share with you the incredible biodiversity of our planet! (1/3)
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
ASU Biocollections Outreach Events of 2025!
What a year! And what a joy to look back on the many wonderful outreach events where we brought our specimens out and beyond our doors, or where we brought you behind-the-scenes, to share with you the incredible biodiversity of our planet! (1/3)
What a year! And what a joy to look back on the many wonderful outreach events where we brought our specimens out and beyond our doors, or where we brought you behind-the-scenes, to share with you the incredible biodiversity of our planet! (1/3)
Join the ASU Biocollections at the annual Bug Fest! Visitors are encouraged to dress up as well!
Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Time: 10AM-2PM
Location: Arizona Boardwalk Courtyard 9500 E Vía de Ventura, Scottsdale, AZ 85256
Cost: FREE! All ages!
#asubiocollections #butterflywonderland #bugfest
Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Time: 10AM-2PM
Location: Arizona Boardwalk Courtyard 9500 E Vía de Ventura, Scottsdale, AZ 85256
Cost: FREE! All ages!
#asubiocollections #butterflywonderland #bugfest
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Join the ASU Biocollections at the annual Bug Fest! Visitors are encouraged to dress up as well!
Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Time: 10AM-2PM
Location: Arizona Boardwalk Courtyard 9500 E Vía de Ventura, Scottsdale, AZ 85256
Cost: FREE! All ages!
#asubiocollections #butterflywonderland #bugfest
Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Time: 10AM-2PM
Location: Arizona Boardwalk Courtyard 9500 E Vía de Ventura, Scottsdale, AZ 85256
Cost: FREE! All ages!
#asubiocollections #butterflywonderland #bugfest
Putting US mollusk collections on the map
New pub on the project Mobilizing Millions of Marine Mollusks of the Eastern Seaboard, about why support for and digitization of mollusk collections matters
Not mine but PRI & Marvelous Mollusks exhibit are discussed🦑
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
New pub on the project Mobilizing Millions of Marine Mollusks of the Eastern Seaboard, about why support for and digitization of mollusk collections matters
Not mine but PRI & Marvelous Mollusks exhibit are discussed🦑
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Putting U.S. mollusk collections on the map: collaborative digitization and innovation
PDF | Among biocollections, mollusks are a particularly powerful resource for a wide range of studies, including biogeography, conservation, ecology,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
www.researchgate.net
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Putting US mollusk collections on the map
New pub on the project Mobilizing Millions of Marine Mollusks of the Eastern Seaboard, about why support for and digitization of mollusk collections matters
Not mine but PRI & Marvelous Mollusks exhibit are discussed🦑
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
New pub on the project Mobilizing Millions of Marine Mollusks of the Eastern Seaboard, about why support for and digitization of mollusk collections matters
Not mine but PRI & Marvelous Mollusks exhibit are discussed🦑
www.researchgate.net/publication/...