As you are likely aware, iDigBio is currently pursuing its final year of NSF funding with a scheduled termination of…
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).
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Access, browse, visualize, and filter specimen-based biodiversity data
Webinar Series: The Importance of Sustaining Biodiversity Specimen Collections Digitization in the Absence of NSF Funding
As iDigBio approaches the conclusion of its 15 years of NSF support, we have developed a webinar series that spotlights…
After much demand, the Digital Data Conference is back! Digital Data 2026: Enabling Science Through Integrated Biodiversity Data will be…