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Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) observed near Medno, Belarus by Stas & Lana. Photo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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Peer-reviewed papers using data

Award winner aims to increase data quality and interoperability through linked o…

9 October 2019

Using open data to indicate progress toward targets on conserving genetic divers…

15 October 2019

Award winner uses machine learning, data mining to identify collectors and duplicate herbarium specimens

9 October 2019

Tonga joins GBIF as voting participant

24 September 2019

GBIF introduces new version of the backbone taxonomy

25 September 2019

Promoting GBIF data use through a graduate degree programme in Biodiversity Informatics

GBIF Benin shares their experiences with setting up and maintaining a full degree university programme

New dataset: 111k specimens including 15k with images

Specimens from the University of California, Davis herbarium with emphasis on California, North America, and neotropics

Parbatthorax proiectus sp. nov

The genus Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) new to China, with a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains