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.
October 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus
Photo courtesy of Court Whelan
September 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
August 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
July 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
American pika (Ochotona princeps)
Photo courtesy of Philippe Henry
Pikas are small mammals in the order Lagomorpha. They belong to the family Ochotonidae, which comprises one extant genus (Ochotona) and 30 species. The majority of pika species occur in Asia, 24 of which are found in China.
June 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
May 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)
Male on the left and female on the right. Zachary S. Randall / FLMNH
April 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri)
Photo courtesy of Lary Reeves
March 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
Lettuce Sea Slug (Elysia crispata)
Photo provided by FLMNH Invertebrate Zoology
February 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
Festive Tiger Beetle: Cicindela scutellaris scutellaris
Denver Museum of Nature & Science - photos by Chris Grinter
January 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
The red maple (Acer rubrum)
Photo courtesy of Gill Nelson.
The red maple (Acer rubrum) is a tree native to eastern North America. It is fast-growing with strong wood and can reach up to 75 feet in height. The red maple can tolerate a variety of soil types but naturally occurs in low, wet habitat (hence their other common name the swamp maple).
December 2014 Biodiversity Spotlight
November 2014 Biodiversity Spotlight
Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria)
Image used with permission from http://specialtyornamentals.blogspot.com/
October 2014 Biodiversity Spotlight
Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander
The reticulated flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) is a federally endangered species that occurs in a small portion of the southeastern United States in pine flatwoods surrounding the Apalachicola and Flint rivers.
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