iNaturalist – Kettinki

2024-08-27 @ 14.35.15 ∈ In English

Volunteers record bee biodiversity and discover new species in Pennsylvania

The researchers recruited 26 participants, mostly Master Gardeners, from across Pennsylvania to sample bees after receiving extensive training from Penn State experts. [The] trained participants documented over twice as much biodiversity and novel baseline natural history data as [2233] iNaturalist users.

2024-07-27 @ 10.58.45 ∈ In English

200,000,000 observations on iNaturalist! · iNaturalist

This week iNaturalist passed another big observation milestone: 200,000,000 verifiable observations! It took iNaturalist 14 years to reach 100 million and just 2 more years to reach 200 million. […] Let’s take a closer look at these observations as 200 dots where each represents 1 million observations.

2024-07-25 @ 10.30.17 ∈ In English

(Slightly surprising to me that this wasn’t known, or assumed already. Here’s discussion about the paper on the iNaturalist forum.)

When it comes to butterflies, people prefer pretty ones: That’s a problem for scientists.

[Users] underreported many species, particularly those that were difficult to identify and those with light-colored markings on their wings. Behavioral traits, such as butterflies' flight style and height, and traits that make butterflies difficult to photograph, may have affected reporting patterns, the researchers surmise.

2024-07-12 @ 14.23.50 ∈ In English

A Rough Breakup - Observation of the Week, 7/11/24 · iNaturalist

Our Observation of the Week is this remarkable scene captured by @cumaliyesil in Turkey: a female Goblet-marked Damselfly (Erythromma lindenii) with a male’s dismembered abdomen still attached to her body!

2024-07-05 @ 10.15.23 ∈ In English

Identifier Profile: @k8thegr8 · iNaturalist

If you’re photographing a caterpillar, Kate recommends getting at least three photos: one the top of the caterpillar, one of the side showing all the sets of legs, and a photo of the face (aka head capsule). It’s also really important to note the host plant (or make an observation of the host plant and get it identified on iNat). Even then, she reminds us that not all caterpillars (or adults) can be identified to the species level from photos alone.

2024-06-27 @ 11.17.36 ∈ In English

Search iNaturalist Photos With Text · iNaturalist

This demo enables you to search a snapshot of 10 million iNaturalist photos using text queries. For instance, typing in ‘a bird eating fruit’ will return matching photos ranked by their relevance to your query.

2024-01-16 @ 16.59.33 ∈ In English

Using iNaturalist to learn names in other languages · iNaturalist

Now, you can see common names in multiple languages! iNaturalist has been translated into 57 languages, but many people want to use the platform in one language while learning common names in another. We’ve recently added functionality to address this, allowing you to experience iNaturalist with multilingual common names.

2024-01-01 @ 16.17.53 ∈ In English

Only one observation from Finland currently (AFAICS), an Oxypoda spectabilis.

First Known Photographs of Living Specimens

This project is designed to showcase the first known photographs of living specimens of any species. Note that by ‘first known’ I’m referring to the first known photographs of a species anywhere, not just the first photographs to be submitted to iNaturalist.

2023-12-01 @ 18.28.13 ∈ In English

Citizen scientists help discover new mantis species

"We have named the new species Inimia nat—I. nat for short—as it was discovered thanks to the citizen science platform iNaturalist—also iNat for short."

2023-09-30 @ 18.09.49 ∈ In English

Introducing the iNaturalist Geomodel · iNaturalist

Today, we’ve changed the Seen Nearby label on suggestions to Expected Nearby. The label comes from predictions made by the iNaturalist Geomodel that we’re introducing for the first time. […] The iNaturalist Geomodel takes a location as input and returns the most likely species at that location as output.