The Vermont Atlas of Life

Discovering and Sharing Biodiversity Knowledge

An online platform based on the Living Atlas infrastructure for exploring biodiversity information in Vermont.

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Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist

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.

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Vermont eBird

Vermont eBird has revolutionized the way that the birding community reports and accesses information about birds. Join the more than 9,000 bird watchers in Vermont in discovering and reporting bird observations for education, science and conservation. Every sighting matters. Contribute yours.

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eButterfly

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.

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Featured Species

Nine-Spotted Lady Beetle

Wild Bees of Vermont

Common Loon

Latest Discoveries

New Butterfly Species Found in Vermont

Fifteen years after it was first discover near Montreal, Canada, the European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) has been found in Vermont. On September 5, 2020 David Barrington captured an image of the species at Alburg Dunes State Park.

New Fern Species Described in Vermont

Research spanning over 50 years culminates in the discovery of a new species of fern newly described and named thanks to careful observation and work by Vermont botanists.

Vermont Wild Bee Survey Adds 35 New Species for Vermont

The Wild Bee Survey has discovered 37 new species for Vermont already!

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Featured Project

Vermont Wild Bee Survey

The Vermont Wild Bee Survey is the first comprehensive effort to document the bee fauna of the Green Mountain State. Since 2019, the Vermont Bee Survey has been exploring every nook and cranny of the Green Mountain State to document our ever changing bee fauna. Many species remain to be found and others haven't been seen in decades.

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News Highlights

A Giant Leap Northward for a Butterfly

In 2010 when the largest butterfly in North America fluttered among Ardys Fisher’s flowers at the end of July, she knew it was something neat. Now, our study published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution this week shows an unusually rapid northward range shift by the Eastern Giant Swallowtail over the last two decades.

New Bees Discovered in Vermont with Worldwide Teamwork

It takes an entire village to discover bees–volunteer naturalists, field biologists, and bee identification experts. Three new bee discoveries in June highlights the teamwork.

Big Biodiversity Data Now at Your Fingertips

We've launched an ambitious online project that allows anyone at a computer to explore vast amounts of data on biodiversity across the Green Mountain State. Now released as a beta version, the VAL Data Explorer is the newest implementation of the Living Atlas platform, powerful software first developed in Australia and now being implemented by countries around the globe.