A data platform by GBIF for exploring biodiversity information in Vermont.
Get connected with a community of over a million scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature! What’s more, by recording and sharing your observations, you’ll create research quality data for scientists working to better understand our natural heritage.
Vermont eBird has revolutionized the way that the birding community reports and accesses information about birds. Join nearly 14,000 bird watchers in Vermont in discovering and reporting bird observations for education, science and conservation. Every sighting matters. Contribute yours.
Join the thousands of butterfly watchers in recording your observations. From the rarest butterflies to the most common, your sightings contribute to conservation decisions, scientific knowledge, education, and more. Share your observation and make a difference.
Kevin Hemeon discovered a new butterfly for Vermont. He found a Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) in Bennington while surveying butterflies for the Second Vermont Butterfly Atlas last week, the 120th species documented in the state.
A new species of moss for Vermont was recently discovered by high school student. Donn's Rock-Bristle (Seligeria donniana) was confirmed by an expert and added as the 471st moss species known from the state.
The Vermont Orthoptera Atlas has now amassed nearly 5,500 records of grasshopper, cricket, and katydid (Orthoptera) species, adding nine new species for the state over the last five years. There have now been 91 species documented in Vermont, with three of them now considered to be of conservation concern and six introduced species.
Twenty years ago hundreds of community scientists joined us for the first Vermont Butterfly Atlas, heralding a new era for their conservation. Now with your help, we have the rare opportunity to understand long-term trends in butterfly populations across the state and help conserve them.
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A decade-long study published in the journal Northeastern Naturalist this month found that 352 wild bee species call Vermont home, with 60% of those species likely in need of conservation action. The study, led by researchers from VCE's Vermont Atlas of Life, in collaboration with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, and experts from across the continent, provides the first comprehensive faunal list and conservation assessment of Vermont’s wild bees. Read more on the VCE Blog.
In the past, many scientists viewed the data that they collected as something belonging to them, sometimes guarding it zealously out of fear that they would be scooped by another scientist or with a sense that the data reflected too much hard work to simply give away. The result was a significant loss of potential insights, simply because we can seldom anticipate how our data might be further used—now and in the future—if it were made accessible to others. Read more on the VCE Blog.
We’re excited to announce that this month, iNaturalist Vermont topped one million research-grade biodiversity records! The submission that brought Vermont to this major collective achievement was an observation of a Hickory Tussock Moth (Lophocampa caryae) caterpillar by iNaturalist user Sue Staats on October 21st. Read more on the VCE Blog.
