Places About Places The world is full of interesting places, each filled with weird and wonderful life forms. Some are on the other side of the world, while others are just down the street! iNaturalist.org Places are a way to record what lives where. Species from around the world Each place page displays all the species iNaturalist.org knows about from that place, including information about their abundance, conservation status, and who was first to observe that species from that place on iNaturalist.org. Localized species accounts View photos, species ranges, iNat observations, and more! Click the map to jump to a new place Blue icons represent political units like countries, states, provinces, counties, and the like, while green icons represent different kinds of open space (parks, reserves).
Panoramio Panoramio has been discontinued. We’ve appreciated your contributions over the years and hope you will continue to share amazing photos with the world. Sincerely, The Panoramio team Frequently-asked questions What happened to my Panoramio data? Volunteers Needed for Massive Smithsonian Digitization Project Today the Smithsonian launches its Transcription Center website to the public. The website is designed to leverage the power of crowds to help the Smithsonian unlock the content inside thousands of digitized images of documents, such as handwritten Civil War journals, personal letters from famous artists, 100-year-old botany specimen labels and examples of early American currency. The Smithsonian has already produced digital images for millions of objects, specimens and documents in its collection. Many of the digitized documents are handwritten or have text that computers cannot easily decipher. “We are thrilled to invite the public to be our partners in the creation of knowledge to help open our resources for professional and casual researchers to make new discoveries,” said Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough. The Smithsonian’s collection is so vast that transcribing its content using its own staff could take decades.
What's Invasive Invasive species are a threat to native plants and animals, crowding natives, consuming food sources, or acting as fire hazards. We have found that having groups such as schools run short-term "campaigns" is highly effective for locating invasive species. Join the fight against invasive species! Use your Android or iPhone to help us locate invasive species! Step 1. There are currently 249 registered users who have contributed 10824 observations of 216 invasive species in 108 active sites! TERRA: The Nature of Our World *Video Podcast* :: Home
Smithsonian Digital Volunteers CreekWatch Notes from Nature People have been collecting specimens from the natural world for centuries - minerals, plants, fungi and animals. Today, there are an estimated two billion specimens housed in natural history museums around the world! These biological collections document where species and populations exist now and where they existed decades and centuries before, so they hold irreplaceable information necessary for uncovering the patterns of changes in species distributions and ecosystem composition over time. Scientists use such data and information in order to address key environmental issues we are facing right now, such as the impacts of climate change and how diseases affect wildlife and humans. For the information held in these collections to be used to its full potential there must be better digital access to these data. People and Partners Multiple collections, containing specimens representing over 200 institutions, are currently involved with Notes from Nature. Notes from Nature and You
NSF Citizen Science DiscoveryBe a (citizen) scientist! A celebration of open science and innovation September 30, 2015 So you want to be a citizen scientist? NSF supports citizen science and crowdsourcing efforts across all areas of science, whether your passion is to scan the night sky, explore your own backyard or play video games. Projects such as these are highlighted at a White House Forum on Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing, a celebration of open science and innovation on Sept. 30. Citizen science not only opens new research avenues, but brings diverse perspectives and skill sets to research, and allows everyone to deepen their understanding and appreciation for science. Join a flock of birders eBird is an online platform that allows bird-watchers users to go online and record their sightings--both unusual visitors and the regular ones--to a database. Count every drop Search for stars with your computer Be part of a supercomputer Solve puzzles in the name of science Join the plankton party
Citizenscience.gov Notes from Nature Natural History has its roots in the ancient world, from Aristotle’s History of Animals to Pliny the Elder’s Natural History. Collection of specimens for “Cabinets of Curiosities” flourished during the Renaissance (many of them contained fantastical faked creatures) and some of the earliest Natural History museums, like the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, were founded. By the 19th century, modern scientific collection had begun and many of today’s Natural History collections originate from this period. However, much of that information was recorded by hand or typed, making it difficult to access and impossible to bring together into any kind of big data analysis. You can help to make these records freely and easily available for research and analysis by transcribing records from Natural History museums around the world on Notes From Nature. Each transcription takes about 3 minutes to complete, all work is done online, and it’s very easy to learn. Get Involved
Danke schön | Notes from Nature The Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin says “Danke schön” – “Thank you” Herbarium and the biodiversity informatics staff at the Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin Thanks a lot to the Notes from Nature Community for completing the Amaranthaceae expedition. Your transcriptions are very helpful for the Caryophyllales (an order of flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, etc.) research group at the Berlin Botanical Museum. We’ll include the results into information systems to make them available for further research queries. The results of the Amaranthaceae Expedition help our team to track back distribution patterns of this plant family and are important for biogeographical analyses and dynamic monographs of the group. Kind regards, Agnes Kirchoff, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin Like this: Like Loading...