A decade of Notes from Nature: 10 years of using community science to...
Natural history museums across the world share a common goal – to conserve and make available knowledge about natural and cultural heritage. The Notes from Nature project gives anyone with internet...
View ArticleFiling Folder Foray
We are very excited to announce the launch of our new expedition workflow: Filing Folder Foray. In this new workflow we are asking you (clever citizen scientists) to transcribe the information...
View ArticleWeDigBio: Save the date October 12 – 15
The next WeDigBio is a month away! The event will take place on 12-15 October 2023. People from all over the world join together to digitize specimen data and to celebrate biodiversity collections. We...
View ArticleWeDigBio’s Symposium on Hyperlocal Biodiversity Collections
The WeDigBio Board is pleased to announce a 1-hour symposium entitled “Energizing Understanding of Biodiversity Close-at-Hand with Hyperlocal Collections” on October 13 from 2–3 PM ET (UTC -4). Hear...
View ArticleNew Project – Capture the Collections!
We are thrilled to announce our newest digitization project: “Notes from Nature – Capture the Collections!” We’re also excited to be rolling out our first set of workflows under the banner “Letters...
View ArticleIntroducing: Project Cybermander!
Amphibians worldwide are at risk of disease caused by chytrid fungal pathogens, which have caused drastic declines in some species. There are two main disease-causing members of this group-...
View ArticleWeDigBio so far
It’s been an exciting October WeDigBio so far. Notes from Nature has received over 6,000 classifications in the past two days. Thanks to all that attended the symposium on hyperlocal collections. We...
View ArticleWeDigBio 2023 – Thank you
We closed out WeDigBio October 2023 with over 11,100 classifications. Thanks to all that made it possible! We sincerely appreciate all the symposium talks, onsite and virtual events, everyone that...
View ArticleLichen Tales, Bryophyte Trails: The Next Chapter Awaits!
Hello friends! We’re thrilled to announce that you diligent Notes from Nature – Capture the Collections transcribers have created a beeyoootiful, complete dataset for our holdings of lichens from the...
View ArticleTerrestrial Parasite Tracker – Price Collection of Parasite Research
If you’re watching wildlife from your kitchen window, you are witnessing several levels of biodiversity that cannot be seen through binoculars. Birds and mammals are hosts to many parasites that live...
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