Vijay Barve
@vijaybarve.bsky.social
Biodiversity Informatics, Community / Citizen Science
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PhD student Kumdet Panshak Solomon of #Nigeria has been named as a 2025 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award winner! 🥳
🐦 Panshak’s research advances biodiversity informatics in West Africa by leveraging GBIF-mediated data collected through BirdPlus 📲
🔗: gbif.link/GRA_panshak
🐦 Panshak’s research advances biodiversity informatics in West Africa by leveraging GBIF-mediated data collected through BirdPlus 📲
🔗: gbif.link/GRA_panshak
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
PhD student Kumdet Panshak Solomon of #Nigeria has been named as a 2025 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award winner! 🥳
🐦 Panshak’s research advances biodiversity informatics in West Africa by leveraging GBIF-mediated data collected through BirdPlus 📲
🔗: gbif.link/GRA_panshak
🐦 Panshak’s research advances biodiversity informatics in West Africa by leveraging GBIF-mediated data collected through BirdPlus 📲
🔗: gbif.link/GRA_panshak
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Master's student Esteban Marentes of #Colombia has been named as a GBIF Graduate Researcher's Award winner! ⭐
🪲Esteban’s research focuses on using machine learning models to predict beetle species diversity across Colombia’s Antioquia province. 🌎
🔗: gbif.link/GRA_esteban
🪲Esteban’s research focuses on using machine learning models to predict beetle species diversity across Colombia’s Antioquia province. 🌎
🔗: gbif.link/GRA_esteban
October 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Master's student Esteban Marentes of #Colombia has been named as a GBIF Graduate Researcher's Award winner! ⭐
🪲Esteban’s research focuses on using machine learning models to predict beetle species diversity across Colombia’s Antioquia province. 🌎
🔗: gbif.link/GRA_esteban
🪲Esteban’s research focuses on using machine learning models to predict beetle species diversity across Colombia’s Antioquia province. 🌎
🔗: gbif.link/GRA_esteban
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Branching out, one buddy group at a time 🌱💡
At the Global Nodes Training, collaboration grows when knowledge takes root 🌳
Featuring 📷 group highlights from the past days
#Bogotá #Colombia #SiBColombia
At the Global Nodes Training, collaboration grows when knowledge takes root 🌳
Featuring 📷 group highlights from the past days
#Bogotá #Colombia #SiBColombia
October 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Branching out, one buddy group at a time 🌱💡
At the Global Nodes Training, collaboration grows when knowledge takes root 🌳
Featuring 📷 group highlights from the past days
#Bogotá #Colombia #SiBColombia
At the Global Nodes Training, collaboration grows when knowledge takes root 🌳
Featuring 📷 group highlights from the past days
#Bogotá #Colombia #SiBColombia
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🌊 Seas the day!
Today at #LivingData2025 GBIF and @obis.org renewed their Joint Strategy for Marine Biodiversity Data which enhances collaboration between OBIS and GBIF nodes and facilitates opportunities for training and aligned documentation.
Today at #LivingData2025 GBIF and @obis.org renewed their Joint Strategy for Marine Biodiversity Data which enhances collaboration between OBIS and GBIF nodes and facilitates opportunities for training and aligned documentation.
October 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🌊 Seas the day!
Today at #LivingData2025 GBIF and @obis.org renewed their Joint Strategy for Marine Biodiversity Data which enhances collaboration between OBIS and GBIF nodes and facilitates opportunities for training and aligned documentation.
Today at #LivingData2025 GBIF and @obis.org renewed their Joint Strategy for Marine Biodiversity Data which enhances collaboration between OBIS and GBIF nodes and facilitates opportunities for training and aligned documentation.
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We are thrilled to announce that the data gathered during the Bisle Frog Watch from 2012 till 2025 has been published on @gbif.org The Global Biodiversity Information Facility! Thanks to @vijaybarve.bsky.social for making this happen & Bharata for organising it all. See
www.gbif.org/dataset/db53...
www.gbif.org/dataset/db53...
www.gbif.org
September 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We are thrilled to announce that the data gathered during the Bisle Frog Watch from 2012 till 2025 has been published on @gbif.org The Global Biodiversity Information Facility! Thanks to @vijaybarve.bsky.social for making this happen & Bharata for organising it all. See
www.gbif.org/dataset/db53...
www.gbif.org/dataset/db53...
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New paper alert! Worked with an incredible group of scientists across fields on this vision for much needed investment in Indian natural history collections:
Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science
Abstract. India, one of the world’s most biodiverse countries and now the most populous, stands at a critical intersection of ecological wealth and intense
academic.oup.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
New paper alert! Worked with an incredible group of scientists across fields on this vision for much needed investment in Indian natural history collections:
Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Northern Cardinals in #Gainesville, #Florida today.
August 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Northern Cardinals in #Gainesville, #Florida today.
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Pesticide residues found in butterflies during the 2024 western Monarch population crash.
Monarch butterflies’ mass die off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study
New peer-reviewed research found an average of seven pesticides in each of 10 butterflies tested
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Pesticide residues found in butterflies during the 2024 western Monarch population crash.
The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) is a common resident throughout the Eastern United States and one of the most frequent encounters here in #Gainesville, #Florida. myencounterswithnature.blogspot.com/2025/07/caro...
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
The Carolina Wren ( Thryothorus ludovicianus ) is a common resident throughout the Eastern United States and one of the most frequent encou...
myencounterswithnature.blogspot.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) is a common resident throughout the Eastern United States and one of the most frequent encounters here in #Gainesville, #Florida. myencounterswithnature.blogspot.com/2025/07/caro...
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🍌 These slugs are a pretty big deal (literally and figuratively)! Just in time for Snail Search 2025, California finally has a state slug: 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙭, a.k.a. the banana slug. bit.ly/CAStateSlug
March 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
🍌 These slugs are a pretty big deal (literally and figuratively)! Just in time for Snail Search 2025, California finally has a state slug: 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙭, a.k.a. the banana slug. bit.ly/CAStateSlug
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Please share. We are #hiring #PhD students to work on #citizen #science, #insect #migration, or #insect #conservation. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests and contact information here. shawanchowdhury.com.
Shawan Chowdhury Lab
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
shawanchowdhury.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Please share. We are #hiring #PhD students to work on #citizen #science, #insect #migration, or #insect #conservation. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests and contact information here. shawanchowdhury.com.
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⏰ There's still time to register for our upcoming #DataUseClub practical session - Data standards & processing!
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET (this event will be recorded).
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET (this event will be recorded).
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent
February 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
⏰ There's still time to register for our upcoming #DataUseClub practical session - Data standards & processing!
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET (this event will be recorded).
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET (this event will be recorded).
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent
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Do you think butterflies are beautiful? You can help researchers at the University of Florence understand why by taking this online quiz. It only takes a few minutes. Thanks in advance www.unveiling.eu/en_US/
Unveiling - Home
www.unveiling.eu
February 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Do you think butterflies are beautiful? You can help researchers at the University of Florence understand why by taking this online quiz. It only takes a few minutes. Thanks in advance www.unveiling.eu/en_US/
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I think this is the first ever iNaturalist based bioblitz to be held in Sri Lanka. Diyasaru Park is on the east side of Diyawanna Lake. As a child I knew the area on the opposite side that was converted into the Beddagana Wetland Park.
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
CitiSci Sri Lanka: BioBlitz
CitiSci Sri Lanka – BioBlitz 2025 📅 Date: 4th February 2025 ⏰ BioBlitz Time: 10:00 - 12.00 📍 Location: Diyasaru Park, Thalawathugoda As part of the "CitiSci Sri Lanka" initiative, the Young ...
www.inaturalist.org
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I think this is the first ever iNaturalist based bioblitz to be held in Sri Lanka. Diyasaru Park is on the east side of Diyawanna Lake. As a child I knew the area on the opposite side that was converted into the Beddagana Wetland Park.
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
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Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing!
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#DataUseClub #GBIF #Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#DataUseClub #GBIF #Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent
January 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing!
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#DataUseClub #GBIF #Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#DataUseClub #GBIF #Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent
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Hearing from @er1ngrady.bsky.social, science grad student as part of @inaturalist.bsky.social event today.
We will hear from @vijaybarve.bsky.social + Jeremy Yoder. (archive will be on youtube here )
Phenology is the timing of #seasonal changes in plants and animals
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZGp...
We will hear from @vijaybarve.bsky.social + Jeremy Yoder. (archive will be on youtube here )
Phenology is the timing of #seasonal changes in plants and animals
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZGp...
Phenology in Focus: Exploring Plant Cycles with iNaturalist (Webinar)
YouTube video by iNaturalist
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hearing from @er1ngrady.bsky.social, science grad student as part of @inaturalist.bsky.social event today.
We will hear from @vijaybarve.bsky.social + Jeremy Yoder. (archive will be on youtube here )
Phenology is the timing of #seasonal changes in plants and animals
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZGp...
We will hear from @vijaybarve.bsky.social + Jeremy Yoder. (archive will be on youtube here )
Phenology is the timing of #seasonal changes in plants and animals
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZGp...
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Register for this @inaturalist.bsky.social webinar next Wednesday to learn about annotating phenophase— buds, flowers, or fruits on a plant you're observing with the app— and how researchers use that data, with examples from @vijaybarve.bsky.social and me!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: iNaturalist Webinar Registration. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Did you know that every plant observation on iNaturalist helps us understand the timing of seasonal cycles? Join us to learn more about plant phenology and easy ways to get involved!
Phenology is the...
us06web.zoom.us
January 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Register for this @inaturalist.bsky.social webinar next Wednesday to learn about annotating phenophase— buds, flowers, or fruits on a plant you're observing with the app— and how researchers use that data, with examples from @vijaybarve.bsky.social and me!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Publication!🚨@zookeys.pensoft.net published an 167-page guide to marine isopods in the Southern CA Bight. This paper covers 190 species of isopods & is an organized biodiversity resource that will allow for scientists to better monitor the SCB. @nhmla.bsky.social zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1003...
Review and guide to the isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda) of littoral and sublittoral marine habitats in the Southern California Bight
The isopod crustaceans reported from or expected to occur in littoral and sublittoral marine habitats of the Southern California Bight (SCB) in the northeastern Pacific Ocean are reviewed. A total of ...
zookeys.pensoft.net
January 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Publication!🚨@zookeys.pensoft.net published an 167-page guide to marine isopods in the Southern CA Bight. This paper covers 190 species of isopods & is an organized biodiversity resource that will allow for scientists to better monitor the SCB. @nhmla.bsky.social zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1003...
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Sea stars are excellent at regenerating. Most can grow back a lost arm, & some species can grow an entire body back from a severed arm! ⭐️ But even these stars of regrowth make mistakes. Regeneration errors cause some individuals to have 1 too many or 1 too few arms.
@myfwc.bsky.social
@myfwc.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sea stars are excellent at regenerating. Most can grow back a lost arm, & some species can grow an entire body back from a severed arm! ⭐️ But even these stars of regrowth make mistakes. Regeneration errors cause some individuals to have 1 too many or 1 too few arms.
@myfwc.bsky.social
@myfwc.bsky.social
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To avoid males as much as possible, female Rocky Mountain Parnassians don’t fly much. Instead, they spend most of their time running around on the ground!
Douglas County, Colorado, USA
Douglas County, Colorado, USA
January 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
To avoid males as much as possible, female Rocky Mountain Parnassians don’t fly much. Instead, they spend most of their time running around on the ground!
Douglas County, Colorado, USA
Douglas County, Colorado, USA
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Going to other clubs: 😵😒🍹
Going to GBIF clubs: 😎💚🧬#DataUseClub
Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing!
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#FreeEvent #Webinar #Biodiversity
Going to GBIF clubs: 😎💚🧬#DataUseClub
Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing!
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#FreeEvent #Webinar #Biodiversity
January 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Going to other clubs: 😵😒🍹
Going to GBIF clubs: 😎💚🧬#DataUseClub
Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing!
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#FreeEvent #Webinar #Biodiversity
Going to GBIF clubs: 😎💚🧬#DataUseClub
Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing!
📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.
🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...
#FreeEvent #Webinar #Biodiversity
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🔎🌱 Are you a #biodiversity data holder located in Asia?
The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region!
Registrations are open!
🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...
The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region!
Registrations are open!
🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...
December 20, 2024 at 9:10 AM
🔎🌱 Are you a #biodiversity data holder located in Asia?
The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region!
Registrations are open!
🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...
The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region!
Registrations are open!
🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...
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I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the University of Dayton (Fall 2025) to study the evo-devo of tadpoles! More info here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
November 24, 2024 at 12:49 AM
I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the University of Dayton (Fall 2025) to study the evo-devo of tadpoles! More info here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...