The pre-registration period for biological/geological specimen datasets to join the @DiSSCoEU #DigitalSpecimen data infrastructure is now open! Deadline for the 1st selection process 👉Oct 31st. Hurry! We will create only 20M #DOIs in 2025. Know more: https://t.co/KNJks5ET7B

Back from our EarthCape "Fest" 2025 at Kew! It has been wonderful to see everyone who was able to attend and share their EC journeys. Looking forward to another year of solving collection management problems.

15 database systems and 4 years later, Kew Gardens collections are integrated within @EarthCape. It has been an absolutely fantastic experience both for the advancement of the system and for me personally. Huge thanks to the whole team at Kew and... we continue from here.

Take a look at @DiSSCoEU's latest publication: Extraction of Quantitative Specimen #Data using #MachineLearning as a Service in the DiSSCo Research Infrastructure 👉 https://t.co/pVQOpxGY6W @REA_research #biodiversity #FAIRdata

“Everything we do, it’s going to be using AI," said @World_Wildlife's Global Data and Technology Lead Scientist, @davethau on this week's episode of Nature Breaking. Listen to the full episode to learn about the future of AI for conservationists: https://t.co/ymUgjqu8O9

🐀 Did you know the most common reason people reduce bird-feeding isn’t about #birds at all? It’s rats! This new study found that observing unwanted species—especially rodents—is the top reason people change their bird-feeding habits. 🧵1/5 @aivelo https://t.co/Y3Rmkmb5nW

In the past five years I have ringed 34 Long-eared Owls. They are rare in Wiltshire so these totals are pretty amazing. We ringed this female in Jan 2023 and in March 2025 she was retrapped by a ringer in Finland - only the 4th 'LEO' ringed in the UK to be recovered in Finland!

Dark Taxonomy: From unknown to ready for biomonitoring in 5 steps. By describing 120 species, most species of fungus gnats routinely caught in Singaporean Malaise traps now have names. Bees, butterflies and birds, make room for your new friends. Read here: https://t.co/cmvgjo9flD

NEW PROJECT (💰 SEKUENS -Agency for Science, Business Competitiveness and Innovation, Asturias Principality- & European Union) - brown bear family groups and mating areas - brown bear and otter social communication networks - impact of human activities on otters - microbiomes

📢 WEBINAR ALERT: The Role of Digital Twins in Environmental Protection 🌍 As #climatechange accelerates, the need for innovative solutions to protect our environment is more urgent than ever. #DigitalTwins (DTs)—advanced tools for real-time monitoring and predictive

#WOMEN & #BIODIVERSITY: #GENDER & THE MAKING OF THE #KEW #FUNGARIUM 1900-1950. Fantastic funded PhD opportunity from @AnthropoceneBio @UniofYork & @kewgardens supervised by @archivemole & Dr Nathan Smith. Details: https://t.co/5fGsKCRpNd @KewScience @KewMycology @RHGeoHumanities

We just had our very first EarthCape User Community meeting at @MeiseScience, and it was a wonderful experience! A big shout-out to the teams from @kewgardens, @ResearchUGent , and @naturmusee for joining us and sharing their insights on collection rollouts.

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Happy to see @KoljalgUrmas @unite_sh @plutof_platform e-present taxon hypothesis system with links to @GBIF #tdwg2024

Great to share fantastic #tdwg2024 experience with our users @KewScience and @WorldForestID

Night #running via Urasoe Park #stickinsect #tdwg2024 https://t.co/eRKK9K0SIA

Maybe #TDWG2024 should recommend that we document carbon costs of AI models that we develop in biodiversity @huggingface have a nice set of documentation about this

Very successful discussions at #tdwg2024 from the perspective of the intersection between suppliers, institutions and the community. A take home, is we need a yearly landscape analysis published ahead of TDWG to drive and align community discussions and platform development

Star team from @KewScience @KewGardens will give several presentations on @earthcape cms at #tdwg2024 , schedule below: