October 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus
Photo courtesy of Court Whelan
Undergraduates Learn About Careers and Graduate Study in Biology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
September 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
August 2015 Biodiversity Spotlight
Georeferencing: The Polygon Method
Georeferencing: The Polygon Method - a guest blog by Michael Yost, Macrofungi Collection Consortium (MaCC) Project Assistant at the Denver Botanic Gardens and active member of the iDigBio GWG.
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.
Delta High School Student Presents to Scientists at 3D Digitization Workshop
Photo by Rob Hoffman
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
Digitization of Biological Collections: A Global Focus
Photo: Minky Faber (ALA)
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/
Florida Museum of Natural History ButterflyFest 2014
iDigBio staff participated in the Florida Museum of Natural History’s annual event ButterflyFest “A Celebration of Wings, Wildlife and Biodiversity”. The event was held Saturday, October 4, at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville Florida.
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.
New Journal Article Highlights Collection Resources for Undergraduate Education
An article recently published in the journal BioScience has highlighted the NSF-funded Research Coordination Network AIM-UP! and their work developing collection-based educational programs for undergraduates.
Careers and Graduate Study in the Biological Sciences: A Workshop for Undergraduate Students
To be held at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, September 6, 2014.
Space for this workshop is limited and first-come, first-served. To register and ensure your spot, complete the online registration form at your earliest convenience.
CoGe: Collaborative Georeferencing Demo Webinar
by Deborah Paul for Nelson E. Rios
If you need to georeference hundreds of thousands of localities for millions of specimens, how will you get it done? On May 1st, 2014, 88 people logged in to find out more about how to use CoGe, or Collaborative Georeferencing using a suite of tools developed at Tulane Biodiversity Institute.
Tales from A Data Carpentry Workshop: In Demand
by Deb Paul @idbdeb, Kevin Love, and Matt Collins
While 27 students were lucky enough to get into this first-ever two-day Data Carpentry course, over 62 people were on the wait list! (And this doesn't include those who decided not to add themselves to that wait list). Why were they so eager to enroll?
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