February 2019 Biodiversity Spotlight
Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta
Photo courtesy of: John White - Virginia Herpetological Society
Biodiversity Spotlight
Since October 2014, iDigBio has promoted biodiversity education by highlighting a different organism each month in our Newsletter in the Biodiversity Spotlight section. Each spotlight includes natural history information, current research, and links to relevant specimens in the iDigBio Portal. Each spotlight is created via collaboration among the iDigBio team, TCN members, other researchers, and nature photographers. View iDigBio's "Biodiversity Spotlight" archive below.
November 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Wood-warblers, Parulidae
Image Credit: Joe Poston
September 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
August 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
European honey bee, Apis mellifera
Image Credit: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
July 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Rattails and Grenadiers (Family Macrouridae)
Images courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer
Contributed by Randy Singer
June 2018 Boidiversity Spotlight
May 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Agave, Bats, and Tequila!
Excerpt taken from the Biodiversity Litercy in Undergraduate Education (BLUE) module “Coevolution of Flowering Plants.” Find links to the assoicated educational materials below!
Image credit: Kirt Edblom
March 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Sand Food (Pholisma sonorae)
Photo courtesy of Michael Carters
February 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Pacarana (Dinomys branickii)
David F. Schmidt, USNM Dinomys branickii, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Mammals
January 2018 Biodiversity Spotlight
Labial view of an upper anterior tooth of C. megalodon.
Contributed by Jeanette Pirlo
November 2017 Biodiversity Spotlight
Hummingbird Clearwing Hemaris thysbe
Images courtesy of Cathy Bester
October 2017 Biodiversity Spotlight
September 2017 Biodiversity Spotlight
Photo Courtesy of Vic Berardi
August 2017 Biodiversity Spotlight
Larger Benthic Foraminifera
Nummulites and Alveolina from the Eocene of Madagascar.
Contributed by Dr. Laura Cotton
July 2017 Biodiversity Spotlight
Manta Rays
June 2017 Biodiversity Spotlight
American Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
Photo courtesy of: Florida Fish and Wildlife, Photo by: Karen Parker
April 2017 Biodiversity Spotlight
The Greater Bilby
Image courtesy of Bernard Dupont taken from David Fleay Wildlife Park
February 2017 Biodiversity Spotlight
Liverworts
Photo Courtesy of Matt von Konrat
January 2017 Biodiversity Spotlight
Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
All images courtesy of Heather Cray
November 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Jellyfish
Contributed By: Allen Collins (NOAA and NMFS) and Molly Phillips (iDigBio)
Jellyfish, or jellies, are free-swimming, aquatic, carnivorous animals. There are approximately 1,000 different species of jellyfish alive today, and they have inhabited the ocean for over 500 million years.
October 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
The Bowfin (Amia calva)
Cleared and stained Bowfin, Amia calva UF# 18751 collected in Alachua County, 1970. Photo by Zachary Randall.
September 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Images courtesy of Invertebrate Paleontology Division, Yale Peabody Museum
August 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Tragopogon mirus (the Remarkable Goatsbeard)
Photo courtesy of the Florida Museum of Natural History Photography Department
July 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Yellow Mongoose (Cynictis penicillata)
Photo Courtesy of Dylan Pond
Article Contributed by Sarah Makenbach
June 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Horse-face Loaches (Acantopsis)
This fish specimen is Acantopsis thiemmedhi. The specimen is about five inches long, and comes from the Wang River in Thailand. Photo by Zachary S. Randall.
May 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
Photo courtesy of Phil Colclough
April 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Florida Flame Azalea (Rhododendron austrinum)
Image Courtesy of Gil Nelson: Florida Flame Azalea (Rhododendron austrinum) and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
March 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
February 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Madagascar
January 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Graygreen Reindeer Moss (Cladonia rangiferina)
Image courtesy of Jim Kuhn
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