Registration Open for Fall 2026 Strategic Planning for Biodiversity Collections Course
Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758) Observed in United States of America by Mikie Green (licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0).
Digitizing the past and present for the future
Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)
Permanent imaging station in a museum collection by Austin Mast (licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0).
Making data and images of millions of biological specimens available on the web.
iDigBio is an Other Associate Participant Node and Data Publisher within the GBIF Network. Our focus is on specimen-based biodiversity collections from U.S. institutions. We promote and catalyze digitization, mobilization, and use of data about biodiversity specimens through community capacity building, open data, and innovative uses of these data. We envision a world in which digitized biodiversity and extended specimen data underpin research, policy, and economic decision-making.
Drawer of butterflies from the University of Alaska’s Musuem of the North by David Jennings (licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0).
Explore Data
Access, browse, visualize, and filter specimen-based biodiversity data
iDigBio is permanently shutting down its servers at the University of Florida in August. All images and media will be…
As you are likely aware, iDigBio is currently pursuing its final year of NSF funding with a scheduled termination of…