1) 🎉Today is UN Biodiversity' World Wildlife Day, which celebrates the unique roles and contributions of wildlife to our planet. This year's theme highlights medicinal and aromatic plants! 🌱 🔎 A recent study modelled medicinal flora ranges in the Himalaya using GBIF-mediated data.

1) 📣 Read all about it: BHL is the one-stop-shop for biodiversity literature! 📖 @biodivlibrary.bsky.social (BHL) is the world's largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.

1) 💡 Seeking inspo for your Graduate Researchers Award nomination? 👀 Using open access occurrence records from GBIF, 2022 GRA winner Armand Rausell-Moreno led research to investigate whether environmental data combined with predictive modelling can reveal hidden diversity within species. @gbif.es

🧊 @b-cubed.eu online training happening tomorrow: Occurrence cubes and biological invasions 📍27 February, 15:00 CET 💡 What's covered: An overview of the Invasibility Cube and the b3alien #Python package. Register: 🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...

🦀 Register for our next GBIF Data Use Club: Best practices for using GBIF-mediated data! This online session will also feature a panel discussion and opportunities for Q&A. 📍 11 March 226. 15:00-16:30 CET 🔗 gbif.link/DUC-using-... See less

Taking data from the Aussie microbiome to macro scales! 🚀🌏 🤯 A staggering 93 million records from >14,000 samples, across eight datasets have been mobilized via the Australian Microbiome (AM), using the GBIF Metabarcoding Data Toolkit. 🔗 gbif.link/australian...

⭐ Register for the Virtual Data Use Workshop for Asia 2026 hosted by the GBIF Asia Regional Support Team! ⭐ The workshop will be conducted in English for up to 25 participants ✍️ Dates: 16–17 March 2026 Application deadline: 25 February 2026, 23:59 UTC 🔗 gbif.link/Asia-data-...

📣 Call for sessions for TDWG 2026 closing soon! You're invited to submit a proposal for an organized session at TDWG 2026 in #Oslo, Norway. Conference theme: 🤖 Research & robot-ready biodiversity data standards ⭐Deadline 26 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMT +1 🔗 www.tdwg.org/confere... @tdwg.org

🚀 Submit an abstract for a talk, poster or booth under one of the nine conference themes. See details and descriptions of the full programme! ⭐ Deadline: 18 March 2026 🔗 2026.biomonweek.eu/p... @biodiversa.eu+, #AllianceforNature, @bioagora.eu GBIF and MARCO-BOLO project#AllianceforNature,

🔎 Spotted a suspicious record... maybe an erroneous entry? 🥁 Introducing.... rule-based annotations in GBIF! This new experimental tool allows users to mark certain occurrence data as suspicious to improve data cleaning and user feedback to publishers. 🔗gbif.link/rule-based...

🔎 From biodiversity observations to insights: Hands-on training 🤝 Over the upcoming Fridays at 15:00 CET, @b-cubed.eu is hosting a training series to showcase emerging approaches that help make biodiversity data more actionable in practice. 🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...

1) Compartilhe as suas perspectivas num #inquérito breve sobre governança e soberania de dados indígenas e ajude a promover os #PrincípiosCARE em toda a rede GBIF. ⭐ A pesquisa está agora disponível em inglês, espanhol e português! ⭐ 🔗 gbif.link/Indigenous...

Don't be a neigh-sayer, be a celebrator for #LunarNewYear! 🎉🔥🐎 Spotlighting the Year of the Fire Horse with the Equus genus, which includes all extant horses, donkeys and zebras! The Przewalski’s horse is considered the only truly wild extant horse species. 🔗 https://gbif.link/Equus

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.

1) 💕 Looking for your perfect match on #ValentinesDay? So are these marine species 😍 As ocean temperatures and conditions shift, predators and prey are falling out of sync, causing cascading effects across marine ecosystems in South America, Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Deadline for session proposals: 🗓️ 25 Feb, 23:59 UTC‑10! There’s still time 🕐 but act fast ⚡️ Submit an organized session for #TDWG2026 in #Oslo. New this year: 🌟Discussion sessions🌟. Theme: 🔬🤖 Research & robot‑ready biodiversity data standards. More info: 🔗 tdwg.link/call-for-ses...

🎓 Student job alert! Are you studying in #Copenhagen, have an interest in open data and scientific literature and want to make some extra cash💰 ⏰ 10-12 hours per week 💸 Competitive hourly wage 😍 Flexible hours 📍 Deadline: 27 February 2026 🔗 gbif.link/student-job

Ayúdanos a definir la gobernanza de datos indígenas en biodiversidad Comparte tus perspectivas en una breve #encuesta sobre la gobernanza y soberanía de datos indígenas, y ayuda a promover los #PrincipiosCARE en toda la red de GBIF. ⭐ ¡La encuesta ya está disponible español! gbif.link/Indigenous...

1) Who runs the world? 🌍✨ Girls in #STEM! Today on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the incredible contributions of women across our global biodiversity community.

⭐ Announcing the Virtual Data Use Workshop for Asia 2026 hosted by the GBIF Asia Regional Support Team ⭐ ✍️ Workshop dates: 16–17 March 2026 Application deadline: 25 February 2026, 23:59 UTC 🔗 gbif.link/Asia-data-...

⭐ Join the Introduction to GBIF participation #WestAsia webinar: 10 March 2026 10:00 - 11:30 CET 🔗 gbif.link/participat...#WestAsia Registration is intended for government & reps from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates & Yemen

During a brief pause in the action at #IPBES12 @phylojoe.bsky.social & I had the chance to welcome Ethiopia as @gbif.org's the newest participant! 🇪🇹 🎉 Tesfu Fekensa & his colleagues at #EBI are eager to get the national GBIF delegation and node that they host up and running #ForNature !

📣 Call for sessions for TDWG 2026 You're invited to submit a proposal for an organized session at TDWG 2026 in #Oslo, Norway. Conference theme: 🤖 Research & robot-ready biodiversity data standards ⭐Deadline 26 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMT +1 Learn more: 🔗 www.tdwg.org/confere... @tdwg.org

🎉 Registrations & abstract submissions for #BioMonWeek26 are OPEN! Bring your biodiversity monitoring work to the European stage and submit your contribution under one of the 9 themes. 🔗 www.biomonweek.eu/ @biodiversa.eu, @bioagora.eu, #AllianceForNature, GBIF & MARCO-BOLO project#BioMonWeek26

1) Never smile at a crocodile 🐊 unless you're deep-diving into learning about its phylogenetic history! 🧬🤩 Modern crocodilian species belong to the Neosuchia clade, but there are currently many evolutionary knowledge gaps for this group.

🐆 LAST DAY! Call for proposals for the @ec.europa.eu-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme close today (2 Feb, 16:00 CET)! Project in #SubSaharanAfrica, #LatinAmerica #Caribbean & #Pacific are invited. Call: gbif.link/BID-region... FAQs: gbif.link/BID-FAQs

🔎 From biodiversity observations to insights: Hands-on training 🤝 Over the upcoming Fridays at 15:00 CET, @b-cubed.eu is hosting a training series to showcase emerging approaches that help make biodiversity data more actionable in practice. 🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...

1) 🦅 Keep calm and carrion. New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊

1) Connecting biodiversity, culture, tech and community💚 Spotlighting #GBIFEstonia, #eElurikkus! 🎉 In 2024, the team expanded public engagement and improved citizen-science data quality during the 2024 Nature Observations Marathon!

🚀 2026 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is now OPEN! Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸 ⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026 🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026

Registrations and abstract submissions for #BioMonWeek2026 open on 4 February 2026! Explore the 9️⃣ conference themes and list of contributed sessions! 🗓️ 4-8 May 2026 🌐 www.biomonweek.eu Co-organized by @biodiversa.eu #AllianceforNature @bioagora.eu @gbif.org & @marco-bolo.bsky.social

🦇 Hang tight! We're currently experiencing some technical difficulties 🤖 GBIF.org, hosted portals, hosted IPTs, @tdwg.org and Catalogue of Life are currently being impacted. This is due to power outages in Copenhagen, which are anticipated to be resolved shortly💚

All videos from our #LivingData2025 conference with @geobon.org, @gbif.org, and @obis.org are now public! It was an amazing conference in Bogota, Colombia, thanks to our hosts at Instituto Humboldt. www.youtube.com/@LivingData2...

Long slime, no see! 💚👋 More than 34,000 new slime mould occurrences have been made available on GBIF, mediated by Biodiversity Data Journal ZooKeys! This study represent the first continent-scale assessment of slime moulds in Europe! 🔗gbif.link/slime-moulds

🦋 The Swiss Node of GBIF (GBIF.ch) and #SwissNatColl has transformed access to Switzerland’s natural history collections by launching a national data aggregator that improves the discoverability, standardization and reusability of specimen data.

🎓 The 2026 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award is now open for nominations! This award celebrates innovative Master’s and PhD research powered by GBIF-mediated data, with opportunity to win 2x €5,000 prizes! Learn more:🔗 gbif.link/GRA_2026 #ApplyNow #EarlyCareerResearch #FundingOpportunity

🦑 Rough seas ahead for commercial squid species Researchers modeled distributions for 12 squid species using GBIF, OBIS and climate data under different climate scenarios, but results showed regional variation across species. Read more in the GBIF Science Review🔗gbif.link/science_re...

1) 🌿 Spotlighting #GBIFBenin! Benin has been part of the GBIF network since 2004, became a voting participant in 2024, and has contributed almost 1M biodiversity records to date! 🚀

📢 Registrations for #BioMonWeek2026 are opening in early February! 📍 Montpellier, France 📅 4–8 May 2026 Join the first edition of the European conference on biodiversity monitoring! www.biomonweek.eu @biodiversa.eu, GBIF, MARCO-BOLO project, @bioagora.eu#BioMonWeek2026#AllianceforNature

📣 Last days to have your say in the official @tdwg.org Darwin Core public review! ⚡ Get involved! All community members are encouraged to participate. Deadline: 16 January 2026 🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20...

Last chance to register! 🤔 Have questions about the European Commission-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) regional and cross-regional call? 📅 Register for the open Q&A session 📍 13 Jan 26, 09:30-10:30 & 15:30-16:30 (UTC+1) (two availabilities) 🔗 gbif.link/BID_QandA

🐦 #CitizenScience supports improved invasive species detection A recent study compared 200M+ citsci records accessed via GBIF with official data from 30 European countries and found that 50% of invasions were detected earlier or in the same year by citsci. 🔗 gbif.link/citsci_IAS#CitizenScience #DataUse

🌍 Digital Sequence Information (DSI) Under the #UnitedNations Convention on Biological Diversity, a study is examining tools and platforms to support transparent and equitable benefit-sharing from the use of DSI on genetic resources. ✍️ Share your views in this survey: 🔗 gbif.link/CBD-survey

Have you herd? 🦓 We've just published the GBIF quarterly global and country analytics reports! Explore dazzling data ✨such as occurrence records by taxa, time and seasonality trends, completeness and precision metrics, data sharing trends by country and more! 🔗 www.gbif.org/analyti...

We currently have TWO open positions within the GBIF Secretariat! 🐙 Senior software data enginee within the Engineering team 🔗gbif.link/senior-dat... 📍Applications close 9 Jan 2026 🦭 Data administrator within the Data Products team 🔗 gbif.link/data-admin... 📍Applications close 13 Jan 2026

🤔 Have questions about the European Commission-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) regional and cross-regional call? 📅 Register for the open Q&A session on 13 January 2026 (with two sessions available). 📍 13 Jan 26, 09:30-10:30 & 15:30-16:30 (UTC+1) 🔗 gbif.link/BID_QandA

Feeling fabulous stepping into 2026! ✨💃 Fresh from New Year's, we're excited for what's to come in 2026! 👀 📲 Stay up to date with all the latest GBIF news across our social channels (Facebook, LinkedIn, Mastodon and Bluesky) and receive our newsletter here: 🔗 gbif.link/subscribe

🐨 2025 has been a big one! We’ll be taking a short break to rest, reflect and recharge 💚 Thank you to our amazing GBIF community including nodes, data publishers, data users, volunteers, committee members and staff for an incredible year. Here’s to an exciting 2026 ahead! ⭐

Documenting the roots 🌺 of Arctic biogeography The Vascular Plants from Eirik Raude's Land dataset is now available on GBIF, documenting >5,000 plant observations in Greenland from the 1930s. Data was published through the #DanBIF IPT💚 🔗 gbif.link/plants-of-...

(1) 📣 Shout out to Symbiota Support Hub (SSH)! SSH has been a GBIF #Node since 2022 and supports more than 1,900 biological collections using #Symbiota software to manage and publish Darwin Core-aligned data to GBIF. 💻