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New Moss Species Discovered in Vermont
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.
Vermont Atlas of Life iNaturalist Project 2024: A Year in Review
In 2024 thousands of iNaturalists added over 200,000 biodiversity records to the rapidly growing database of life in Vermont, helping us build the largest biodiversity database every assembled for the state. Read about some of the amazing discoveries and more.
Searching for Butterflies: The West Virginia White
West Virginia White butterfly populations are a conservation concern in Vermont due to various factors, including invasive species and forest fragmentation. As VCE’s Spatial Science Intern, Eli Byington spent the summer working with data from the Vermont Atlas of Life to create a species distribution model for the West Virginia White in Vermont. This model incorporated bioclimatic variables and host-plant distributions to reveal areas within Vermont that may be suitable for these butterflies today and into the future.
New Moth Species Recorded for Vermont
A new moth species for the state, Hops Anglewing (Niphonyx segregata) was photographed during the Vermont Moth Blitz week and shared to our iNaturalist project.
Vermont Atlas of Life iNaturalist Project Celebrated 10th Anniversary in 2023 by Surpassing 1 Million Records
In 2023 thousands of iNaturalists added over 200,000 biodiversity records to the rapidly growing database of life in Vermont, helping us surpass 1 million records during our 10-year anniversary. Read about all the amazing discoveries and more.
Bumblebee Photographed in Backyard is a New Species for Vermont
It took a photo, a drawing, a naturalist’s boundless curiosity, and bee experts from across the nation for Vermont to claim a new bumblebee species for the state last week.
New Native Bee Species Discovered for Vermont
A mystery red bee visiting an uncommon willow tree in bloom becomes Vermont’s latest native bee species discovery by biologist Spencer Hardy.
iNaturalists Helped the Vermont Atlas of Life Build Biodiversity Big Data in 2022
In 2022 thousands of iNaturalists added over 202,000 biodiversity records to the rapidly growing database of life in Vermont. Read about all the discoveries and more.
Federally Threatened Orchid Discovered in Vermont
Botanists with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department confirmed that a population of Small Whorled Pogonia—believed to be extinct in Vermont since 1902 and listed as Threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act—has been documented on Winooski Valley Park District conservation land in Chittenden County. The observation was first reported to iNaturalist last fall.
Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist Surpasses Half a Million Research-Grade Records
om Scavo snapped a photo of a Trout Lily and shared it to the Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist and Tom Norton soon agreed with the identification. It was something the both of them have done thousands of times, but this one was special. It was the 500,000th research-grade record for our project, making this the largest biodiversity database likely every collected for the state.
